From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33A06C2BC61 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DABF22081B for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:21:30 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="uolTsqQ/" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org DABF22081B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728019AbeJaDPq (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:15:46 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:40502 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727957AbeJaDPq (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Oct 2018 23:15:46 -0400 Received: from localhost (c-73-47-72-35.hsd1.nh.comcast.net [73.47.72.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A19B22081B; Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:21:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1540923673; bh=KOhjtIffSCMDKe8Uo/xz7BLM/PYENOCQq4p5GdZI3oE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=uolTsqQ/DmuK1iTIXYrFANVtGY/ku5H9pSCMAf8mTRip7UvX5JeRHXpc0w4xkIv8y K4MRr4PoDtBsZLEZ3wGB2n7P4ZV6xDs3xNpiGtgtxxepI62FP7YwVtibywzr9rImyC i+g+2y5lOhMEUG5mDjieeJ1PVGafEqzrh54Bwil4= Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:21:12 -0400 From: Sasha Levin To: Steven Rostedt Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Masami Hiramatsu Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 17/19] selftests: ftrace: Add synthetic event syntax testcase Message-ID: <20181030182112.GB194472@sasha-vm> References: <20181030132824.218056-1-sashal@kernel.org> <20181030132824.218056-17-sashal@kernel.org> <20181030105815.36974eb4@vmware.local.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181030105815.36974eb4@vmware.local.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:58:15AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: >On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:28:22 -0400 >Sasha Levin wrote: > >> From: Masami Hiramatsu >> >> [ Upstream commit ba0e41ca81b935b958006c7120466e2217357827 ] >> >> Add a testcase to check the syntax and field types for >> synthetic_events interface. >> >> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/153986838264.18251.16627517536956299922.stgit@devbox >> >> Acked-by: Shuah Khan >> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu >> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) >> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin > >Why are you adding selftests for old kernels to test a feature that >wasn't added until 4.17? We backport all selftest patches to stable to keep selftest on stable kernels as similar as possible to upstream. -- Thanks, Sasha