[RFC][PATCH] malloc: Fix test for malloc_usable_size
DJ Delorie
dj@redhat.com
Mon Dec 16 19:55:00 GMT 2019
Matheus Castanho <msc@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> We have seen some tests on recent builds on ppc64le failing with
> the following:
>
> ---=== ./malloc/tst-malloc-usable-tunables.out ===---
> malloc_usable_size: expected 7 but got 24
> FAIL: malloc/tst-malloc-usable-tunables.c
The root cause here is much more insidious.
See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1659276
Basically, tunables has a bug-er-design-issue, and without the right
tunables, the malloc test can't work right anyway.
See also https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25035
Fix imminent :-)
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