Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:41:46 +0100 | Subject | Re: Linux 6.8-rc6 |
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Hi Günter,
CC Kees
On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 6:52 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote: > stackinit > --------- > > Seen with m68k:q800 emulation. > > # test_char_array_zero: ASSERTION FAILED at lib/stackinit_kunit.c:333 > Expected stackinit_range_contains(fill_start, fill_size, target_start, target_size) to be true, but is false > stack fill missed target!? (fill 16 wide, target offset by -12) > > # test_char_array_none: ASSERTION FAILED at lib/stackinit_kunit.c:343 > Expected stackinit_range_contains(fill_start, fill_size, target_start, target_size) to be true, but is false > stack fill missed target!? (fill 16 wide, target offset by -12) > > Report: > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/a0d10d50-2720-4ecd-a2c6-c2c5e5aeee65@roeck-us.net/
I don't think these have ever succeeded before, see https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAMuHMdX_g1tbiUL9PUQdqaegrEzCNN3GtbSvSBFYAL4TzvstFg@mail.gmail.com
> I suspect this may be caused by the test assuming that stack growth is > downward, but I don't really understand the test well enough to be sure. > I'll disable this set of tests for m68k going forward, so I am not going > to report the problem again in the future.
On m68k, the stack does grow downward. AFAIK only parisc has a stack that grows upward.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68korg
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