strace: Testsuite needs to skip kexec_file_load on powerpc << 4.11

[Dmitry V. Levin]

Hi Adam,

On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 11:31:12AM -0600, Adam Conrad wrote:
> Package: strace
> Version: 4.15-2
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Usertags: origin-ubuntu artful ubuntu-patch
> 
> In Ubuntu, the attached patch was applied to achieve the following:
> 
>   * kexec_file_load.patch: Skip kexec_file_load test on ppc* before 4.11.
> 
> During 4.11 development, the kexec_file_load syscall was wired up on
> ppc.  The result of this is that if you build strace with 4.11 headers,
> but on a runtime kernel << 4.11, the testsuite will fail.  This patch
> addresses that issue.
> 
> ... Adam

The test is designed to behave properly on older kernels and does not have
to be disabled just because the kernel has no kexec_file_load syscall
support.  What's the problem you experience on ppc*?


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