linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/filesystems: Don't run dnotify

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Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:57:03 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:     Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...onical.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/filesystems: Don't run dnotify_test by default

On 04/10/2018 03:45 AM, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 04:20:53PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> In commit ce290a19609d ("selftests: add devpts selftests"), the
>> filesystems directory was added to the top-level selftests Makefile.
>>
>> That had the effect of causing the existing dnotify_test in the
>> filesystems directory to now be run as part of the default selftests
>> test-run. Unfortunately dnotify_test is actually an infinite loop.
>>
>> Fix it by moving dnotify_test to TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED, which says
>> that it's a generated file (ie. built) but should not be run as part
>> of the default test suite run (it's an "extendend" test).

Typo - I can fix it when I apply it.

>>
>> While we're here cleanup a few other things, devpts_pts should be in
>> TEST_GEN_PROGS to indicate that it's built, and with the above two
>> changes we no longer need a custom all or clean rule.
>>
>> Fixes: ce290a19609d ("selftests: add devpts selftests")
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> 
> I'm not sure if I should've made it to be built given that it wasn't
> before but it probably doesn't hurt. It's either that or remove it I
> guess.

This way the test gets built and gets included in the installed tests.
This way somebody can run it by itself.
> 
> Acked-by: Christian brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>

Thanks Michael. I will get this into 4.17-rc2 or rc3.

-- Shuah