[Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 0/4] configs: a User Mode Linux kernel for the KUnit tests
Eva Kurchatova (Virtuozzo)
eva.kurchatova at virtuozzo.com
Tue Oct 27 00:16:58 MSK 2026
On 10/26/26 20:05, Konstantin Khorenko wrote:
> Several KUnit tests can only be built into the kernel image, and the
> shipped kernel builds its tests as modules, so nothing runs them. The
> series adds a "um" config variant: a User Mode Linux kernel with every
> KUnit test built in, under KASAN and UBSAN. kernel.spec builds it with
> ARCH=um, kernel-selftests-internal ships it, and the hci-kunit test runs
> it.
>
> The variant inherits the generic and generic-x86 layers, so the tests
> meet the options of the shipped x86_64 kernel, vz ones included. What
> differs lives in custom-overrides/generic/um, one file per option as
> for the other variants, and passes process_configs.sh -n -w -c.
>
> - 1/4: the um variant, with the reason for each option turned off
> - 2/4: KASAN_KUNIT_TEST keeps its prompt under KUNIT_ALL_TESTS, so
> that the um config can leave it out
> - 3/4: KASAN, without its self-test
> - 4/4: no debug info, which kernel.spec would throw away anyway
>
> Outside this series:
>
> - vzkernel.vzspecs: "kernel.spec: build the User Mode Linux KUnit
> kernel" builds and packages it from kernel-um-rhel.config
> - git-publish.sh brings kernel-um-rhel.config to vzkernel.vzspecs
> along with the x86_64 configs
> - hci-tests PR #9241 (hci-kunit) runs it; a follow-up boots it with
> kasan_multi_shot
>
> The overrides and their reasons come from Eva Kurchatova's
> kunit-uml-config.sh approach in vzkernel.vzspecs, which derived the
> config at build time. This series moves the config into the kernel
> tree.
>
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-143636
> https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-148112
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko at virtuozzo.com>
May I proceed with the v2 of this patchset of yours with all of the
points stated in the previous message?
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