APPLIED[B]: [SRU][B][X][PATCH v2 0/1] Force-pass the passage of time test in

[Luke Nowakowski-Krijger]

Applied to bionic:linux master-next

Thanks!
- Luke

On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 4:59 AM Andrei Gherzan <andrei.gherzan at canonical.com>
wrote:

> Buglink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814234
>
> SRU Justification:
>
> [Impact]
>
> * This test can fail selftest on various test hosts in our testing
>   infrastructure forcing us to keep hinting releases. This leads to
>   maintenance burden for a test that is unreliable as it depends on the
>   context of the running host.
>
> [Fix]
>
> * Force-pass the test included by upstream in
>   0b63accf87225b5eb7e52814c374cf02d733d4bb. We have chosen to keep this
>   test but to force its result unconditionally successful as opposed to
>   reverting the aforementioned commit because:
>   1. it keeps running the test with results and data that we can use in
>      the future for any "smarter" way to deal with it - eg. statistical
>      approach
>   2. it minimizes the maintenance burden of this patch kept in our
>      kernel trees
>
> [Test Plan]
>
> * It was tested in clean VMs.
>
> [Where problems could occur]
>
> * No regression expected and the scope is in this specific selftest.
>
> v2:
> * fix Buglink reference
>
> Andrei Gherzan (1):
>   UBUNTU: SAUCE: selftest: rtctest: Force passing unreliable subtest
>
>  tools/testing/selftests/timers/rtctest.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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