On Sat, Oct 10, 2026 at 01:28:50AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2026 at 09:27:57PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > foreground background > > -next Fix -next Fix > > > > make -jN Bug Good Bug Good > > > > kvm.sh [1] Bug Bug Bug Bug > > > > [1] tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh --build-only --allcpus > > --configs TREE02 --trust-make > > Thanks for the details! IIUC, the difference is the config, not > foreground vs background. kvm-build.sh adds CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE, > which is compressed with gzip by default. The usr/Makefile target picks > that compressor through a variable, so v1 missed it. Your plain "make > -jN" builds probably had no built-in initramfs, so the kernel image was > the only place where pigz ran, which v1 did cover.
I don't feel quite so bad for not having any idea why running "make" from kvm.sh would make a difference. ;-) > Hopefully v2 has all the missed targets fixed now: > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/T/#m3b466b33f835119bfbd0c1b3c48d2a8a87f31691 It does work for me, thank you very much!!! Thanx, Paul

