ACK: [B][C][SRU][PATCH 0/1] Remove Power9 copy_unaligned test

[Kleber Souza]

On 5/14/19 11:00 AM, Po-Hsu Lin wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1813118
> 
> == Justification ==
> The copy_unaligned / paste_unaligned / paste_last_unaligned test in
> powerpc/alignment will fail on a Power9 node as which implements ISA
> 3.0B, but the test was designed base on ISA 3.0.
> 
> From the commit message:
> This is a test of the ISA 3.0 "copy" instruction. That instruction has
> an L field, which if set to 1 specifies that "the instruction
> identifies the beginning of a move group" (pp 858). That's also
> referred to as "copy first" vs "copy".
> 
> In ISA 3.0B the copy instruction does not have an L field, and the
> corresponding bit in the instruction must be set to 1.
> 
> This test is generating a "copy" instruction, not a "copy first", and
> so on Power9 (which implements 3.0B), this results in an illegal
> instruction.
> 
> So just drop the test entirely. We still have copy_first_unaligned to
> test the "copy first" behaviour.
> 
> == Fix ==
> * 83039f22 (selftests/powerpc: Remove Power9 copy_unaligned test)
> 
> Patch can be cherry-picked into C, for Bionic it needs patches for bug
> 1828935 to land first (8d191587) to make it a clean cherry-pick.
> 
> It's already landed in D and onward.
> 
> == Test ==
> Tested on a Power9 server with Cosmic, the broken tests will be removed
> correctly.
> 
> == Regression Potential ==
> Low.
> Code change limited to testing tools and just removing broken tests.
> We still have copy_first_unaligned to test the "copy first" behaviour.
> 
> 
> Michael Ellerman (1):
>   selftests/powerpc: Remove Power9 copy_unaligned test
> 
>  .../testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/.gitignore |  1 -
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/Makefile |  2 +-
>  .../selftests/powerpc/alignment/copy_unaligned.c   | 41 ----------------------
>  3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 43 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/alignment/copy_unaligned.c
> 

Acked-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza at canonical.com>