Failing kernel module tests and test frequency question

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 7/6/2023 6:50 PM, Patrick Robb wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am seeing our kmods testcase fail on the daily periodic run since June
> 29: https://dpdkdashboard.iol.unh.edu/results/dashboard/tarballs/25226/
> <https://dpdkdashboard.iol.unh.edu/results/dashboard/tarballs/25226/>
> 
> It does coincide with a slew of patches being merged for rc2. But, I
> haven't looked at those patches individually, and I also don't know
> whether we generally expect breakages for this kernel module compile job
> to come from dpdk patches or from patches on the linux kernel project.
> 
> I understand that the original/current plan was for running the kernel
> module test 1x/day. The question this raises for me is, if we were able
> to afford expending the needed compute resources for kmod compile
> testing on all incoming patchseries, would that be a valuable addition,
> or not? 
> 
> Thanks,
> Patrick
> 

Hi Patrick,

It is KNI build failure with latest kernel because of an kernel API
change, I am aware of it an have a local patch to fix.

But fix requires kernel version check (to detect correct API) and since
kernel is in the 6.5 merge window and -rc1 is not out, current version
is still 6.4 and version control is not working as expected.
In my local patch I am using 6.4 for version check but that is wrong and
not suitable for an upstream patch.

That is why can you pause the 'dpdk_kmod_compile_torvalds_linux' test
until v6.5-rc1 is out, it shouldn't take long.