[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] support/testing: remove arc_summary from ZFS tests

[Waldemar Brodkorb]

Hi,
Romain Naour wrote,

> Hello Waldemar, All,
> 
> Le 15/09/2025 à 22:54, Waldemar Brodkorb a écrit :
> > Hi,
> > Romain Naour wrote,
> > 
> >> Hello José, All,
> >>
> >> Le 14/09/2025 à 06:20, José Luis Salvador Rufo a écrit :
> >>> This patch replace the [1] patch.
> >>>
> >>> The Python 3.13 interpreter itself segfaults at runtime when compiled
> >>> with uClibc on the aarch64 platform.
> >>>
> >>> To keep TestZfsUclibc, the execution of the arc_summary command has
> >>> been removed from the ZFS tests. This command only prints some ARC
> >>> stats anyway.
> >>>
> >>> Fixes:
> >>> https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/jobs/11271124859 (TestZfsUclibc)
> >>>
> >>> [1] https://lists.buildroot.org/pipermail/buildroot/2025-September/786396.html
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: José Luis Salvador Rufo <salvador.joseluis at gmail.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>  support/testing/tests/package/test_zfs.py | 2 --
> >>>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_zfs.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_zfs.py
> >>> index 1b907ac4de..9feae49e86 100644
> >>> --- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_zfs.py
> >>> +++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_zfs.py
> >>> @@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ class TestZfsBase(infra.basetest.BRTest):
> >>>              "zpool scrub -w pool",
> >>>              "sha256sum -c /tmp/urandom.sha256",
> >>>              "zpool status -v",
> >>> -            # Check PyZFS
> >>> -            "arc_summary",
> >>
> >> Actually the test is not about ARC stats reported by arc_summary script but a
> >> check if PyZFS doesn't trigger some Python exception due to missing python
> >> runtime dependency (if PyZFS is working as expected when python3 is enabled).
> >>
> >> This also remove the PyZFS test for musl and Glibc that are working well.
> >>
> >> If arc_summary is removed from the test, then we should also remove
> >> BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3=y from TestZfsBase.
> >>
> >> The TestZfsBase is fine as is, we should not try to remove PyZFS test for the
> >> sake of uClibc-ng.
> >>
> >> Actually, I'm worried about the aarch64 port on uClibc-ng. It's possible that
> >> the issue we discover on python3 package can happen at runtime on other packages.
> >>
> >> If you really want to keep TestZfsUclibc, the PyZFS test should be only executed
> >> by TestZfsGlibc and TestZfsMusl. I'm not sure it worth the effort. Lets remove
> >> TestZfsUclibc for now and hope the issue will be fixed in uClibc-ng in upcoming
> >> releases. Then TestZfsUclibc can be added back.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> > 
> > I found the bug in uClibc-ng ld.so code for aarch64. I will do a
> > release this weekend when I have finished testing.
> 
> Nice, Thanks for the help.
> 
> Actually, I'm happy to mark this series as rejected from patchwork. :)
> 
> Let us know when your patch is ready.

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best regards
 Waldemar