linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/9] selftests: Introduce minimal shared logic for running tests

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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:19:16 -0600
From:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davej@...emonkey.org.uk,
	mmarek@...e.cz, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/9] selftests: Introduce minimal shared logic for
 running tests

On 03/10/2015 10:05 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> This adds a Make include file which most selftests can then include to
> get the run_tests logic.
> 
> On its own this has the advantage of some reduction in repetition, and
> also means the pass/fail message is defined in fewer places.
> 
> However the key advantage is it will allow us to implement install very
> simply in a subsequent patch.
> 
> The default implementation just executes each program in $(TEST_PROGS).
> 
> We use a variable to hold the default implementation of $(RUN_TESTS)
> because that gives us a clean way to override it if necessary, ie. using
> override. The mount, memory-hotplug and mqueue tests use that to provide
> a different implementation.
> 
> Tests are not run via /bin/bash, so if they are scripts they must be
> executable, we add a+x to several.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>

This patch will be applied to next and queued for 4.1.

-- Shuah


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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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