On 09/09/2026 6:34 pm, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 07:03:59PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote: > >>>> 2) Move it to tools/mm/modules or sth like that. > > ... > >>> This is an interesting change. We can keep this open for discussion >>> here. If required, I can work on this in the future. > >> Yes, we should in general try moving all test modules out of the core. > > If you're working on this please make sure to take a look at how the > various automated testing systems cope with modules built under > selftests (personally I think everything I care about uses tuxmake > builds, but there's other stuff out there). I think the answer for a > bunch of them right now is badly, but I didn't actually go check.
There is huge discussion in the past on converting test modules into kunit modules [1]. Selftests is not a correct place to keep kernel modules. People have moved a lot of such modules. But new test modules get added over time again. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ -- Thanks, Usama
