Re: [PATCH v6 2/6] tools/lib/mm: add shared file helpers

Hi Mike!

On 8/3/26 2:30 PM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>> Move read_file(), write_file(), read_num(), and write_num() out of
>> tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c into a new shared helper under
>> tools/lib/mm/.
>>
>> @@ -187,8 +188,8 @@ TEST_FILES += write_hugetlb_memory.sh
>>  
>>  include ../lib.mk
>>  
>> -$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): vm_util.c hugepage_settings.c
>> -$(TEST_GEN_FILES): vm_util.c hugepage_settings.c
>> +$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): vm_util.c hugepage_settings.c $(top_srcdir)/tools/lib/mm/file_utils.c
>> +$(TEST_GEN_FILES): vm_util.c hugepage_settings.c $(top_srcdir)/tools/lib/mm/file_utils.c
> 
> I was too lazy to change the Makefile, but we should do something to
> compile those once and link to every TEST_PROG that uses them.

Yes, we can do that. But since this is preexisting, let's keep it
separate from this series. I can send a patch for this separately. Would
that be okay?