[LTP] LTP release preprations

[Jan Stancek]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 8:20 AM Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> Hi Cyril, all,
>
> > Hi!
> > It's about we start to prepare for the January release. We have roughly
> > a week for getting in all patches that should go in. So if there is
> > anything that should be reviewed please point it out ASAP.
>
> > As for me I'm going to (hopefully) finalize the ground rules patch and
> > send another version today.
>
> I plan to merge today Martin's fix for lio_listio/2-1.c:
> https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20260115171847.28091-1-mdoucha@suse.cz/
>
> I hope we could merge userfaultfd rewrite:
> https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/pull/1280
>
> Hopefully v7 "new cmd support option for needs_cmds" is ready now:
> https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20260109061716.20258-1-wegao@suse.com/
>
> ioctl_pidfd02-06: Add CONFIG_USER_NS and CONFIG_PID_NS to needs_kconfigs
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ltp/patch/20251209211629.95436-1-terry.tritton@linaro.org/
> (I somehow agree with Jan that sometimes just check /proc or /sys path is better
> than imply kconfig, but majority agreed to use .needs_kconfigs).
>
> Maybe fix clone10.c on 32 bit, if we find a root cause. This is just an
> investigation:
> https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/aWmqFAzdtsR0t5aJ@autotest-wegao.qe.prg2.suse.org/

CLONE_SETTLS expects different parameters on x86 vs x86_64, I'd skip
32bit temporarily until it's resolved.

>
> We got no further response for some RPC fix, I'm not sure if it's ready:
> https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20260112015047.2184003-1-liujian56@huawei.com/
>
> If we have time:
> tst_filesystems01.c: Add test for .filesystems
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ltp/list/?series=481881&state=*
>
> checkpatch.pl update
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ltp/list/?series=487179&state=*
>
> Kind regards,
> Petr
>
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