linux-kernel - Re: [[PATCH v2 14/24]] selftests: kvm: return Kselftest Skip code for skipped tests

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Date:   Tue, 8 May 2018 18:49:54 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     "Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG)" <shuah@...nel.org>, hofsass@...gle.com
Cc:     linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [[PATCH v2 14/24]] selftests: kvm: return Kselftest Skip code for
 skipped tests

On 07/05/2018 23:08, Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG) wrote:
> When kvm test is skipped because of unmet dependencies and/or unsupported
> configuration, it exits with error which is treated as a fail by the
> Kselftest framework. This leads to false negative result even when the test
> could not be run.
> 
> Change it to return kselftest skip code when a test gets skipped to clearly
> report that the test could not be run.
> 
> Change it to use ksft_exit_skip() when the test is skipped. In addition,
> refine test_assert() message to include strerror() string and add explicit
> check for EACCES to cleary identify when test doesn't run when access is
> denied to resources required e.g: open /dev/kvm failed, rc: -1 errno: 13
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG) <shuah@...nel.org>
> ---
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - Don't do root check at the top of assert.
> - Instead do check for EACCES.
> 
>  tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c          | 9 +++++++--
>  tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vmx_tsc_adjust_test.c | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
> index c9f5b7d4ce38..cd01144d27c8 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
> @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
>  #include <execinfo.h>
>  #include <sys/syscall.h>
>  
> +#include "../../kselftest.h"
> +
>  /* Dumps the current stack trace to stderr. */
>  static void __attribute__((noinline)) test_dump_stack(void);
>  static void test_dump_stack(void)
> @@ -70,8 +72,9 @@ test_assert(bool exp, const char *exp_str,
>  
>  		fprintf(stderr, "==== Test Assertion Failure ====\n"
>  			"  %s:%u: %s\n"
> -			"  pid=%d tid=%d\n",
> -			file, line, exp_str, getpid(), gettid());
> +			"  pid=%d tid=%d - %s\n",
> +			file, line, exp_str, getpid(), gettid(),
> +			strerror(errno));
>  		test_dump_stack();
>  		if (fmt) {
>  			fputs("  ", stderr);
> @@ -80,6 +83,8 @@ test_assert(bool exp, const char *exp_str,
>  		}
>  		va_end(ap);
>  
> +		if (errno == EACCES)
> +			ksft_exit_skip("Access denied - Exiting.\n");
>  		exit(254);
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vmx_tsc_adjust_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vmx_tsc_adjust_test.c
> index 8f7f62093add..62fb73699eb6 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vmx_tsc_adjust_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vmx_tsc_adjust_test.c
> @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
>  #include <string.h>
>  #include <sys/ioctl.h>
>  
> +#include "../kselftest.h"
> +
>  #ifndef MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST
>  #define MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST 0x3b
>  #endif
> @@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  
>  	if (!(entry->ecx & CPUID_VMX)) {
>  		printf("nested VMX not enabled, skipping test");
> -		return 0;
> +		return KSFT_SKIP;
>  	}
>  
>  	vm = vm_create_default_vmx(VCPU_ID, (void *) l1_guest_code);
> 

Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>