linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/19] Add timekeeping tests to kernel selftest

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Date:	Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:46:17 -0700
From:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/19] Add timekeeping tests to kernel selftest

On 03/02/2015 10:39 AM, John Stultz wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com> wrote:
>> On 03/02/2015 10:14 AM, John Stultz wrote:
>>> Other then that, I've got a few compiler warning cleanup and a fix for
>>> CROSS_COMPILE, so I'll resbumit the set tomorrow or later this week.
>>> So let me know if there are any other changes you'd like and I'll roll
>>> those in.
>>
>> Please use kselftest.h reporting mechanism for new tests. posix_timers.c
>> is updated to use it and it would make sense use it for new tests as
>> well.
> 
> Hrm.. I'm not objecting to this, but one thing I've tried to do with
> my test suite is minimize any sort of test-infrastructure
> dependencies, so as much as possible, single test files can be plucked
> out, built and run by themselves. Not sure if this concern is
> something I'm just crazy about or if others see value in this as well.
> :)

Ah I see see your point. Dependency on a framework would take away the
flexibility.
> 
> The kselftest.h calls are simple enough, so  I'll try to integrate the
> changes in and see if there's a nice way to keep the test files
> functioning externally too.

See you if you can, if it does become hard, I an not going to make
it a requirement to use it. :)

-- Shuah

-- 
Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Open Source Innovation Group
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
shuahkh@....samsung.com | (970) 217-8978
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