linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] selftests/pstore: add pstore test script

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Date:	Tue, 6 Oct 2015 11:59:09 -0600
From:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:	Hiraku Toyooka <hiraku.toyooka.gu@...achi.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
	Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@...roid.com>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi.tr@...achi.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] selftests/pstore: add pstore test script

On 10/02/2015 05:46 AM, Hiraku Toyooka wrote:
> These scripts include test cases which check pstore behavior. This
> is useful to avoid regressions of pstore.
> 
> Changes since v1:
>  * Exit with 1 in pstore/Makefile when pstore_crash_test failed.
>  * Create helper functions to make the tests much more readable.
>  * Use /sys/module/pstore/parameters/backend to check pstore backend is
>    registered.
>  * Show content of /sys/module/.../backend and /proc/cmdline for debug
>  * Give UUID to each execution of test script.
>  * Write unique test string with UUID into pmsg.
>  * Check only one test string pattern appears in pmsg after crash.
>  * Check UUID written to pmsg matches across crash.
>  * Don't touch panic_on_oops because it is not necessary for reboot on crash
> 
> (v1: http://www.kernelhub.org/?msg=831044&p=2)
> 
> I also confirmed that these scripts work fine with kdump reboot with
> kernel boot parameter 'crash_kexec_post_notifiers'.

Thanks. Applied to linux-kselftest next for 4.4

thanks,
-- 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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