[LTP] [PATCH v3 7/7] doc/c-test-api.txt

[xuyang2018.jy@fujitsu.com]

Hi Petr

> Hi Xu,
> 
>> Update min_kver usage. Also inotify04 has removed tst_kvercmp2,
>> so remove it.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Yang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>   doc/c-test-api.txt | 6 +++---
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
>> diff --git a/doc/c-test-api.txt b/doc/c-test-api.txt
>> index e6d121dce..f4da9ff41 100644
>> --- a/doc/c-test-api.txt
>> +++ b/doc/c-test-api.txt
>> @@ -559,7 +559,8 @@ static struct tst_test test = {
>>   Testcases for newly added kernel functionality require kernel newer than a
>>   certain version to run. All you need to skip a test on older kernels is to
>>   set the '.min_kver' string in the 'struct tst_test' to a minimal required
>> -kernel version, e.g. '.min_kver = "2.6.30"'.
>> +kernel version, e.g. '.min_kver = "3.10.0"'. For ltp, the oldest supported
>> +kernel version is 3.0, so we don't add this check for old kernel ie 2.6.32.
> Again, not sure if this should be added.
> 
>>   For more complicated operations such as skipping a test for a certain range
>>   of kernel versions, following functions could be used:
>> @@ -585,8 +586,7 @@ positive means that it's newer.
> 
>>   The second function 'tst_kvercmp2()' allows for specifying per-vendor table of
>>   kernel versions as vendors typically backport fixes to their kernels and the
>> -test may be relevant even if the kernel version does not suggests so. See
>> -'testcases/kernel/syscalls/inotify/inotify04.c' for example usage.
>> +test may be relevant even if the kernel version does not suggests so.
> +1 for this.
> 

I merged this patchset except this patch. Also I will update 
tst_kvercmp2 usage but in shell script. I will send a patchset for add 
RHEL9 fallback for this change[1]

> Also, I'd wait with this patchset to what brings the discussion of minimal
> level.

I guess we can mention that old test kernel version raise to 3.10 in 
next release if nobody has objection or no reponse during this period.

[1]https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/commit/2aaff45db7960ce8e46e39fad8ae95a3f5db6cba

Best Regards
Yang Xu
> 
> Kind regards,
> Petr