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Commitcad6967ac1("fork: introduce kernel_clone()") replaced "_do_fork()" with "kernel_clone()". The ftrace selftests reference the fork function in several of the tests. The rename will make the tests break, but if those names are changed in the tests, they would then break on older kernels. The same set of tests should pass older kernels if they have previously passed. Obviously, a new test may not work on older kernels if the test was added due to a bug or a new feature. The setup of ftracetest will now create a $FUNCTION_FORK bash variable that will contain "_do_fork" for older kernels and "kernel_clone" for newer ones. It figures out the proper name by examining /proc/kallsyms. Note, available_filter_functions could also be used, but because some tests should be able to pass without function tracing enabled, it could not be used. Fixes:eea11285da("tracing: switch to kernel_clone()") Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.