[LTP] [PATCH 1/1] submodules: Move from git:// to https://

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Thu Jul 16 12:58:46 CEST 2026


Hi all,

> git:// protocol is insecure and unreliable. LTP package build times to
> times fails:

>     $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git
>     fatal: unable to connect to git.kernel.org:

Actually the problem is permanent:

git.kernel.org[0: 172.105.64.184]: errno=Connection refused
git.kernel.org[1: 2a01:7e01:e001:937:0:1991:8:25]: errno=Network is unreachable

We should merge this fix to get working modules.

Kind regards,
Petr

> Use https:// for all submodules (change for sparse and mce-test).

> Reported-by: Petr Cervinka <pcervinka@suse.com>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
> ---
>  .gitmodules | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

> diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
> index a1ac4b1b87..3f36667a3a 100644
> --- a/.gitmodules
> +++ b/.gitmodules
> @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
>  [submodule "testcases/kernel/mce-test"]
>  	path = testcases/kernel/mce-test
> -	url = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gong.chen/mce-test.git
> +	url = https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gong.chen/mce-test.git
>  [submodule "tools/sparse/sparse-src"]
>  	path = tools/sparse/sparse-src
> -	url = git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git
> +	url = https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git
>  [submodule "tools/ltx/ltx-src"]
>  	path = tools/ltx/ltx-src
>  	url = https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltx.git


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