linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4 v5 RESEND] selftests: add devpts selftests

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Message-ID: <87efjnbn0j.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:20:44 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4 v5 RESEND] selftests: add devpts selftests

Hi Christian,

Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com> writes:
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
> index 7442dfb73b7f..dbda89c9d9b9 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ TARGETS += cpufreq
>  TARGETS += cpu-hotplug
>  TARGETS += efivarfs
>  TARGETS += exec
> +TARGETS += filesystems
   ^ This, and ...

> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile
> index 13a73bf725b5..4e6d09fb166f 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -TEST_PROGS := dnotify_test
> +TEST_PROGS := dnotify_test devpts_pts
                 ^
                 this ...

Have the unfortunate effect of running dnotify_test as part of the
default selftest run.

dnotify_test boils down to:

	while (1) {
		pause();
		printf("Got event on fd=%d\n", event_fd);
	}


ie. an infinite loop :)

I'll send a patch to fix it.

cheers