[PATCH] x86/CET: Add tests with legacy shared objects

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Wed Jul 18 20:22:00 GMT 2018


On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018, H.J. Lu wrote:
>
>>       * sysdeps/x86/Makefile (tests): Add tst-legacy-1,
>>       tst-legacy-2, tst-legacy-2a, tst-legacy-3, tst-legacy-4,
>>       tst-legacy-4a, tst-legacy-4b and tst-legacy-4c.
>>       (modules-names): Add tst-legacy-mod-1, tst-legacy-mod-2 and
>>       tst-legacy-mod-4.
>
> I think the use of "legacy" without "cet" in test names is problematic.
> You mean legacy with respect to CET support, but there could be any number
> of new features with respect to which there are legacy objects (lacking
> support for the feature, or lacking markings indicating state with respect
> to the feature, or similar).  So I think the test names should all mention
> "cet" explicitly.
>

Will rename tst-legacy-XX to tst-cet-legacy-XX be sufficient?

Thanks.


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H.J.



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