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test_bitmap fails on ppc/ppc64 on kernels v7.1.3, v7.2-rc2

From: Erhard Furtner <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-06 19:28:02
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Greetings!

I don't get this on my x86_64 machines, but on ppc32 (PowerMac G4 DP) 
and on ppc64 (Talos II, POWER9) running Gentoo Linux. This dmesg snippet 
is from the G4:

Total memory = 2048MB; using 4096kB for hash table
Activating Kernel Userspace Access Protection
Activating Kernel Userspace Execution Prevention
Linux version 7.2.0-rc2-PMacG4 (root@T1000) (gcc (Gentoo 15.3.0 p8) 
15.3.0, GNU ld (Gentoo 2.46.0 p1) 2.46.0) #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul  6 
20:22:47 CEST 2026

[...]

test_bitmap: loaded.
test_bitmap: [lib/test_bitmap.c:397] bitmaps contents differ: expected 
"1,3-4,9", got "1,3-4,9,65-71,73-79,81-87,89-95,97-99"
test_bitmap: parselist('0-2047:128/256'):	912
test_bitmap: scnprintf("%*pbl", '0-32767'):	5977
test_bitmap: test_bitmap_read_perf:		1191082
test_bitmap: test_bitmap_write_perf:		1270153
test_bitmap: failed 1 out of 208655 tests


Full dmesg available at request. Kernel .config attached.

Regards,
Erhard

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