Failing kernel module tests and test frequency question

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 7/11/2023 11:12 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 7/6/2023 8:42 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> 
> I have sent following patch, can you please test:
> https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230711100941.2082191-1-ferruh.yigit@amd.com/
> 
> You can enable test and use patch locally until it is merged to main repo.
> 

Fix merged for -rc3, so test should be OK now.