linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v15 15/15] tracing: Add hist trigger action 'expected fail' test case

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Message-ID: <20190220135412.52a244e7@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:54:12 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mhiramat@...nel.org, namhyung@...nel.org,
        vedang.patel@...el.com, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
        joel@...lfernandes.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        julia@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 15/15] tracing: Add hist trigger action 'expected
 fail' test case

On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 12:45:15 -0600
Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org> wrote:

> > OK, so this has nothing to do with your patch set. I've tested
> > everything else, and I'm ready to finally push my tree to linux-next.
> > 
> > I'm thinking that we should get rid of xfail, as it's really
> > confusing,
> > and I don't understand its purpose. But that shouldn't stop pushing
> > your patches.
> >   
> 
> OK, I'm fine with removing it, if it's too confusing.  IIRC Masami
> suggested it to highlight that not all actions and handlers can be used
> together, so I guess I'll hold off on a patch removing it until he can
> chime in...

Yeah, its a different issue. At the very least, we should change the
color of XFAIL to green.

-- Steve