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X-MS-Exchange-AntiSpam-MessageData-ChunkCount: 1 X-MS-Exchange-AntiSpam-MessageData-0: Hv+2gYtVp6274o0Hx3IZ9qleX6VU755azENj8SOOFnps08JvbLJpJRCaehdswMymQYHZmDQPdDd/tIEe/fk2c77p2NiKxMWfMJ4C0zAPl1iaqWjnf5bUWoAxjN1YXGrUB9OBMQisjiN70MZtIzMDN4+JdU72mtl9ShYS/TYbD6/DFdnT2+TFBZn7TZ1X6ZG7y4KWaxcZBkaKZqXQ38mKwjT+HKM9VKU5PBNL29xJFPTsNGte/tkKQrIU5TnVMgWACO37N7JOV/knrD8AIyPfm1Vp+xanvZtJVZ/vY1kht+MC9L/7aF64JqmX0zyHX907zba8//OTXdSVhOpr4ad+ymRbFka1afT7cUW9SR0eBsxaa5MurzPgY0AzyjpbRU4QV/ki0sd1WD/ndQBF65JgtxGrY0ECwQkeheAlkgCm4YTDdf0tCqdtdfoZUjHGYiwV X-OriginatorOrg: arm.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Sep 2026 07:54:01.4541 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: d1d51c1b-540b-4265-5857-08df0f10ad8e X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Id: f34e5979-57d9-4aaa-ad4d-b122a662184d X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalAttributedTenantConnectingIp: TenantId=f34e5979-57d9-4aaa-ad4d-b122a662184d;Ip=[4.158.2.129];Helo=[outbound-uk1.az.dlp.m.darktrace.com] X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: DB5PEPF00014B89.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Anonymous X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-FromEntityHeader: HybridOnPrem X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: AS8PR08MB9363 On 09/09/2026 6:34 pm, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 07:03:59PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: > >>>> 2) Move it to tools/mm/modules or sth like that. > > ... > >>> This is an interesting change. We can keep this open for discussion >>> here. If required, I can work on this in the future. > >> Yes, we should in general try moving all test modules out of the core. > > If you're working on this please make sure to take a look at how the > various automated testing systems cope with modules built under > selftests (personally I think everything I care about uses tuxmake > builds, but there's other stuff out there). I think the answer for a > bunch of them right now is badly, but I didn't actually go check. There is huge discussion in the past on converting test modules into kunit modules [1]. Selftests is not a correct place to keep kernel modules. People have moved a lot of such modules. But new test modules get added over time again. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250207-bitmap-kunit-convert-v1-0-c520675343b6@gmail.com/ -- Thanks, Usama