[bionic/linux-kvm][xenial/linux-kvm][SRU][PATCH 0/1] UBUNTU: kvm: [Config] enable CONFIG_DNOTIFY

[Kamal Mostafa]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 10:56:20AM +0800, Po-Hsu Lin wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1782723
> 
> == Justification ==
> In the Xenial 4.4 and Bionic 4.15 KVM kernel, the CONFIG_DNOTIFY was not set,
> which is causing failures in the stress-ng dnotify test.

Hi Sam-

Since dnotify has been obsolete for many years now, we would prefer not
to enable it in linux-kvm (if its only for the purpose of stress-ng
testing).

Instead, could you fix up the autotest script to skip that test case if
CONFIG_DNOTIFY isn't enabled (or ignore that particular failure)?

 -Kamal

> 
> == Fix ==
> UBUNTU: kvm: [Config] enable CONFIG_DNOTIFY
> 
> == Test ==
> The dnotify test in stress-ng will pass with this patch applied.
> Test kernels could be found here:
> http://people.canonical.com/~phlin/kernel/lp-1782723-dnotify/
> 
> == Regression Potential ==
> Minimal.
> No code changes, just a config change.
> 
> 
> Po-Hsu Lin (1):
>   UBUNTU: kvm: [Config] enable CONFIG_DNOTIFY
> 
>  debian.kvm/config/config.common.ubuntu | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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