FAILING nptl/tst-robust8pi

[Stefan Liebler]

On 19.01.24 13:26, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Stefan Liebler:
> 
>> In the meanwhile I also retested with glibc 2.38 release tag to be sure
>> there was no glibc change in between. => same test error.
>>
>> I also created a kvm-guest on my x86_64 machine with fedora 39 and used
>> this kernel from copr-repository:
>> Linux fedora 6.7.0-0.rc8.20240107gt52b1853b.366.vanilla.fc39.x86_64 #1
>> SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Jan  7 06:17:30 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> => Now I also see the EINVAL on x86_64
>>
>> @Florian / @Carlos: Have you already saw this on fedora side?
> 
> There has been a refactor of the futex code in the kernel.  The initial
> version was buggy:
> 
>   Re: Several tst-robust* tests time out with recent Linux kernel
>   <https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231114201402.GA25315@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net/>
> 
> Maybe there are more issues remaining?
> 
> Thanks,
> Florian
> 
Thanks for the hint.
Yes, this thread contains my observed issue. I've answered there:
"Re: Several tst-robust* tests time out with recent Linux kernel"
link on glibc list:
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2024-January/154170.html
link on kernel list:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/fc3fd07a-218d-406c-918b-e7f701968eb0@linux.ibm.com/