ACK: [SRU][J][PATCH v5 0/2] Fix time-out issues on powerpc when running ubuntu_kernel_selftests

Po-Hsu Lin po-hsu.lin at canonical.com
Tue May 5 09:33:02 UTC 2026


On Mon, 27 Apr 2026 at 16:27, Zixing Liu <zixing.liu at canonical.com> wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2141536
>
> The "Give all tests 2 minutes timeout" patch was backported due to
> previous changes to the tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/settings
> file.
>
> SRU Justification:
>
> [Impact]
>
> Some PowerPC tests from Ubuntu_kernel_selftests keep timing out.
>
> [Fix]
>
> Backport upstream patchset:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241106130453.1741013-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au
>
> [Test Plan]
>
> Running all the kernel selftests for the PowerPC platform to see if they still
> times out.
>
> [Where problems could occur]
>
> The patches may introduce new test failures due to improved error detection
> that may reveal previously passing tests now fail.
>
> [Other Info]
>
> N/A
>
> Michael Ellerman (2):
>   selftests/powerpc: Lower run time of count_stcx_fail test
>   selftests/powerpc: Give all tests 2 minutes timeout
>
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/settings       | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/settings     | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/settings       | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dexcr/settings           | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/settings            | 2 +-
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/lib/settings             | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/settings            | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mce/settings             | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/settings              | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/settings         | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_attributes/settings | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_sysparm/settings    | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/settings        | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/count_stcx_fail.c    | 3 ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/settings             | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/settings      | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/settings          | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/scripts/settings         | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/settings        | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/settings     | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/settings   | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/syscalls/settings        | 1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/vphn/settings            | 1 +
>  23 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/cache_shape/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dexcr/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/lib/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mce/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_attributes/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_sysparm/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/scripts/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/stringloops/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/switch_endian/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/syscalls/settings
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/vphn/settings
>
> -- 
> 2.53.0
>
> -- 
> kernel-team mailing list
> kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kernel-team

Acked-by: Po-Hsu Lin <po-hsu.lin at canonical.com>



More information about the kernel-team mailing list