Messages in this thread | | | From | jim.cromie@gmail ... | Date | Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:27:28 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] locking-selftest: add option to proceed through unexpected failures |
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:02 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 04:00:48PM -0700, Jim Cromie wrote: > > Locking selftest is currently (v.5.10-rc3) seeing 14 unexpected failures. > > Add option to not disable debug_locks, so as to let it reveal any > > locking flaws in new unrelated work. > > I'm assuming this is the arm64 fallout? Mark anything I can do to help > you there? > > The reasoning doesn't make sense though; if it can't pass the selftest, > then why would you trust any further reports?
because it knows more than I do. having chosen to proceed anyway, Im free to discount the advice.
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