linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] selftests: sync: add config fragment for testing sync framework

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Date:   Thu, 11 May 2017 14:52:57 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Fathi Boudra <fathi.boudra@...aro.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Emilio López <emilio.lopez@...labora.co.uk>,
        Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
        Fathi Boudra <fathi.boudra@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] selftests: sync: add config fragment for testing sync framework

Fathi Boudra <fathi.boudra@...aro.org> writes:

> Unless the software synchronization objects (CONFIG_SW_SYNC) is enabled,
> the sync test will fail:
>
> Additional Information:
> Running tests in sync
> ========================================
> [RUN]   Testing sync framework
> [RUN]   Executing test_alloc_timeline
> [ERROR] Failure allocating timeline

It would be better if the test just detected that the kernel didn't
support the API.

It seems to rely on /sys/kernel/debug/sync/sw_sync existing.

How about this?

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c
index 9ea08d9f0b13..62fa666e501a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
 #include "synctest.h"
@@ -52,10 +53,22 @@ static int run_test(int (*test)(void), char *name)
 	exit(test());
 }
 
+static int sync_api_supported(void)
+{
+	struct stat sbuf;
+
+	return 0 == stat("/sys/kernel/debug/sync/sw_sync", &sbuf);
+}
+
 int main(void)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 
+	if (!sync_api_supported()) {
+		printf("SKIP: Sync framework not supported by kernel\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	printf("[RUN]\tTesting sync framework\n");
 
 	err += RUN_TEST(test_alloc_timeline);


cheers