On Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:36:12 +0100 Mark Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> KTAP parsers interpret the output of ksft_test_result_*() as being the > name of the test. The map_fixed_noreplace test uses a dynamically > allocated base address for the mmap()s that it tests and currently > includes this in the test names that it logs so the test names that are > logged are not stable between runs. It also uses multiples of PAGE_SIZE > which mean that runs for kernels with different PAGE_SIZE configurations > can't be directly compared. Both these factors cause issues for CI > systems when interpreting and displaying results. > > Fix this by replacing the current test names with fixed strings > describing the intent of the mappings that are logged, the existing > messages with the actual addresses and sizes are retained as diagnostic > prints to aid in debugging. This sounds fairly annoying and I'm inclined to backport the fix into -stable kernels(?).
