Re: [PATCH 1/2] selftests/harness: fix XFAIL_ADD matching when test metadata is not initialized
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-02-24 01:22:16
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:18:46 +0800 Sun Jian wrote:
XFAIL_ADD() registers expected failures using constructor order, but the associated struct __test_metadata pointer may not be initialized yet. As a result, xfail entries can end up with a NULL test pointer and never match at runtime, causing expected failures to be reported as FAIL. Store the test case name in the xfail entry and fall back to name-based matching when the test pointer is unavailable, while keeping the original pointer-based matching for compatibility.
This looks a bit inelegant, what compiler is this failing on for you? Constructors seem to have a concept of priority so if we have to, we should probably used those for the fix. -- pw-bot: cr