From: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
To: live-patching@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jpoimboe@kernel.org, jikos@kernel.org, mbenes@suse.cz,
pmladek@suse.com, joe.lawrence@redhat.com, shuah@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 00/12] klp-build: Fix dependent patches, add selftests
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:45:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028214534.1919398-1-song@kernel.org> (raw)
klp-build fails when a later patch in the series depends on an earlier
one, because it fixes each patch against the original source on its
own. Patch 1 fixes this by combining the patches into a single patch
before adding the #line directives.
Patch 2 does this while validating the patches, before the original
kernel build, so problems with the patches show up without waiting for
a build.
Patch 3 moves the patch processing into a new script,
klp-prepare-patch, which klp-build runs. It doesn't need a kernel
build, so it can be tested on its own.
Patches 4-12 add a kselftest target, livepatch/test_klp_build. Each
test builds a small source tree, runs klp-prepare-patch on some
patches, and checks the patch it prints. The tests compile nothing,
need no root, and take about a second. To run them:
make -C tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build tests
Changes in v2:
- Patch 1: describe combine_patches() without "refresh", rename
fix_patches() to process_patches(), keep the combined patch in
$COMBINED_PATCH rather than $PATCHES, change the status message to
"Processing patch(es)", fold get_patch_{input,output}_files() into
get_patch_files(), and keep tmp.patch in klp-tmp (Josh)
- New patch 2: process the patches while validating them, before the
original kernel build (Josh)
- Replace the --patch-only option with a klp-prepare-patch script,
which the selftests run directly (Josh). The intermediate patch
without #line directives now lives in klp-prepare-patch's own
temporary directory, which is removed on exit.
- Make the dependent patches test a case of test-basic.sh (Sashiko)
- Name the selftest helpers and subjects after klp-prepare-patch
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261017002441.716615-1-song@kernel.org/
Song Liu (12):
klp-build: Fix dependent patches in a series
klp-build: Process the patches before building the original kernel
klp-build: Move patch processing to klp-prepare-patch
selftests/livepatch: Add tests for klp-prepare-patch
selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with dependent patches
selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with independent patches
selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with patches which cancel
out
selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with created and deleted
files
selftests/livepatch: Test where klp-prepare-patch adds #line
directives
selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with unsupported files
selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with patches which don't
apply
selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with offset and fuzz
scripts/livepatch/Makefile | 3 +-
scripts/livepatch/klp-build | 137 +--------
scripts/livepatch/klp-prepare-patch | 277 ++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README | 16 +
.../livepatch/test_klp_build/Makefile | 26 ++
.../livepatch/test_klp_build/functions.sh | 149 ++++++++++
.../livepatch/test_klp_build/run-tests.sh | 68 +++++
.../livepatch/test_klp_build/test-basic.sh | 93 ++++++
.../test_klp_build/test-cancelling-patches.sh | 102 +++++++
.../test-independent-patches.sh | 124 ++++++++
.../test_klp_build/test-line-directives.sh | 175 +++++++++++
.../test-new-and-deleted-files.sh | 94 ++++++
.../test_klp_build/test-offset-and-fuzz.sh | 120 ++++++++
.../test_klp_build/test-patch-not-applying.sh | 73 +++++
.../test_klp_build/test-unsupported-files.sh | 30 ++
16 files changed, 1366 insertions(+), 122 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 scripts/livepatch/klp-prepare-patch
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/Makefile
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/functions.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/run-tests.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-basic.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-cancelling-patches.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-independent-patches.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-line-directives.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-new-and-deleted-files.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-offset-and-fuzz.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-patch-not-applying.sh
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-unsupported-files.sh
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2026-10-28 21:45 Song Liu [this message]
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] klp-build: Fix dependent patches in a series Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] klp-build: Process the patches before building the original kernel Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] klp-build: Move patch processing to klp-prepare-patch Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] selftests/livepatch: Add tests for klp-prepare-patch Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with dependent patches Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with independent patches Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with patches which cancel out Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with created and deleted files Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] selftests/livepatch: Test where klp-prepare-patch adds #line directives Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with unsupported files Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with patches which don't apply Song Liu
2026-10-28 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] selftests/livepatch: Test klp-prepare-patch with offset and fuzz Song Liu
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