Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf/selftests: remove lirc test

[Bastien Curutchet <bastien.curutchet@bootlin.com>]

Hi Sean,

On 6/5/26 5:21 PM, Sean Young wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 06:39:51AM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM Bastien Curutchet (eBPF Foundation)
>> <bastien.curutchet@bootlin.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> test_lirc_mode.sh fails with the following when run from the vmtest VM:
>>> root@(none):/root/bpf# ./test_lirc_mode2.sh
>>> Failed to read decoded IR: Resource temporarily unavailable
>>> FAIL: lirc_mode2
>>>
>>> As part of the ongoing effort to get rid of any standalone test, this
>>> script should either be fixed and converted to test_progs or removed.
>>>
>>> Remove it.
>>
>> cc Sean
> 
> I've sent a fix to for the test in a separate email.
> 
> This regressed a long time ago; is anyone running these tests? There is
> not much point to selftests if they're not run by anyone. I should add
> them to linux-media CI, but is anyone in bpf running them?
> 
> I am not familiar with test_progs, what's that?
> 
test_progs is the selftest's application run by the BPF CI for every 
patch series sent to bpf@vger.kernel.org (or PR done to the BPF github). 
It's made out of the C files located in 
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/.

The shell scripts under tools/testing/selftests/bpf aren't run 
automatically anywhere (to my knowledge at least). The goal of the 
'on-going effort' I mentioned is to get rid of these scripts by either 
integrating them to the 'test_progs infra' or removing them.

If you're going to add this script to the linux-media CI, maybe we could 
remove it from here ?


Best regards,
Bastien