[DTrace-devel] [PATCH] test: Check for symbol ext4_dir_operations in module ext4

[Kris Van Hees]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 04:51:12PM -0500, eugene.loh--- via DTrace-devel wrote:
> From: Eugene Loh <eugene.loh at oracle.com>
> 
> The tst.misc.d test assumes certain kernel symbols can be found.  The
> test specifies ext4`ext4_dir_operations, but there are apparently
> kallmodsyms bugs that misassign the symbol to the wrong module.
> Thus, the test fails to find the symbol.  Meanwhile, we are less
> concerned about such older kernel bugs, since we are moving from
> kallmodsyms to modules.builtin.ranges.
> 
> Modify the .x file to check for ext4_dir_operations in the ext4 module
> for those cases that rely on kallmodsyms.
> 
> Orabug: 37783183
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Loh <eugene.loh at oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: Kris Van Hees <kris.van.hees at oracle.com>

> ---
>  test/unittest/scalars/tst.misc.x | 17 +++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/test/unittest/scalars/tst.misc.x b/test/unittest/scalars/tst.misc.x
> index 1a1d9d271..ffef2fd33 100755
> --- a/test/unittest/scalars/tst.misc.x
> +++ b/test/unittest/scalars/tst.misc.x
> @@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
>  #!/bin/sh
>  
> -if ! grep -qw isofs_dir_operations /proc/kallsyms; then
> -    exit 1
> +if [ -e /proc/kallmodsyms ]; then
> +	if ! grep -q 'isofs_dir_operations.*isofs' /proc/kallmodsyms; then
> +		exit 1
> +	fi
> +
> +	if ! grep -q 'ext4_dir_operations.*ext4' /proc/kallmodsyms; then
> +		exit 1
> +	fi
> +	exit 0
>  fi
>  
> +if ! grep -qw isofs_dir_operations /proc/kallsyms; then
> +	exit 1
> +fi
>  if ! grep -qw ext4_dir_operations /proc/kallsyms; then
> -    exit 1
> +	exit 1
>  fi
> -
>  exit 0
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 
> 
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