linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] check,common{rc,preamble}: Decouple init

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Message-ID: <fbe22939-f1bf-40bd-8ed1-d818167479d3@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 11:12:58 +0530
From: "Nirjhar Roy (IBM)" <nirjhar.roy.lists@...il.com>
To: "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@...il.com>, fstests@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
 ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com, djwong@...nel.org, zlang@...nel.org,
 david@...morbit.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] check,common{rc,preamble}: Decouple init_rc() call
 from sourcing common/rc


On 4/4/25 09:30, Ritesh Harjani (IBM) wrote:
> "Nirjhar Roy (IBM)" <nirjhar.roy.lists@...il.com> writes:
>
>> Silently executing scripts during sourcing common/rc isn't good practice
>> and also causes unnecessary script execution. Decouple init_rc() call
>> and call init_rc() explicitly where required.
> This patch looks good to me. Please feel free to add:
>       Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@...il.com>
>
>
> While reviewing this patch, I also noticed couple of related cleanups
> which you might be interested in:
>
> 1. common/rc sources common/config which executes a function
> _canonicalize_devices()
>
> 2. tests/generic/367 sources common/config which is not really
> required since _begin_fstests() will anyways source common/rc and
> common/config will get sourced automatically.

Addressed 2 in [v3].

[v3] 
https://lore.kernel.org/all/ffefbe485f71206dd2a0a27256d1101d2b0c7a64.1744090313.git.nirjhar.roy.lists@gmail.com/

Thanks.

--NR

>
> -ritesh
>
>> Signed-off-by: Nirjhar Roy (IBM) <nirjhar.roy.lists@...il.com>
>> ---
>>   check           | 2 ++
>>   common/preamble | 1 +
>>   common/rc       | 2 --
>>   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/check b/check
>> index 16bf1586..2d2c82ac 100755
>> --- a/check
>> +++ b/check
>> @@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ if ! . ./common/rc; then
>>   	exit 1
>>   fi
>>   
>> +init_rc
>> +
>>   # If the test config specified a soak test duration, see if there are any
>>   # unit suffixes that need converting to an integer seconds count.
>>   if [ -n "$SOAK_DURATION" ]; then
>> diff --git a/common/preamble b/common/preamble
>> index 0c9ee2e0..c92e55bb 100644
>> --- a/common/preamble
>> +++ b/common/preamble
>> @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ _begin_fstest()
>>   	_register_cleanup _cleanup
>>   
>>   	. ./common/rc
>> +	init_rc
>>   
>>   	# remove previous $seqres.full before test
>>   	rm -f $seqres.full $seqres.hints
>> diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
>> index 16d627e1..038c22f6 100644
>> --- a/common/rc
>> +++ b/common/rc
>> @@ -5817,8 +5817,6 @@ _require_program() {
>>   	_have_program "$1" || _notrun "$tag required"
>>   }
>>   
>> -init_rc
>> -
>>   ################################################################################
>>   # make sure this script returns success
>>   /bin/true
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1

-- 
Nirjhar Roy
Linux Kernel Developer
IBM, Bangalore