Re: [DTrace-devel] [PATCH] test: Account for readahead tracepoints

Nick Alcock <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:55:32 +0000
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.dtrace
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 22 Jan 2026, eugene loh uttered the following:

> From: Eugene Loh <[email protected]>
>
> Some tests check for empty probe descriptions.  In some cases, the tests
> relied on the absence of any read* modules.

Argh! Sorry, this was my bug way back when. I don't know why I thought
this would work in the long term...

> However, some kernels can have "readahead" tracepoints.  Tests expecting
> no read* modules will therefore fail.
>
> Change these tests to ask for readfoo* modules to ensure that the probe
> descriptions will indeed find no probes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Loh <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Nick Alcock <[email protected]>

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