linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] kselftest: add fixture parameters

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Date:   Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:47:13 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     shuah@...nel.org, luto@...capital.net, wad@...omium.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com, Tim.Bird@...y.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] kselftest: add fixture parameters

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 03:59:17PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:56:40 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Shuah please consider applying to the kselftest tree.
> > 
> > This set is an attempt to make running tests for different
> > sets of data easier. The direct motivation is the tls
> > test which we'd like to run for TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3,
> > but currently there is no easy way to invoke the same
> > tests with different parameters.
> > 
> > Tested all users of kselftest_harness.h.
> > 
> > v2:
> >  - don't run tests by fixture
> >  - don't pass params as an explicit argument
> > 
> > v3:
> >  - go back to the orginal implementation with an extra
> >    parameter, and running by fixture (Kees);
> >  - add LIST_APPEND helper (Kees);
> >  - add a dot between fixture and param name (Kees);
> >  - rename the params to variants (Tim);
> > 
> > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20200313031752.2332565-1-kuba@kernel.org/
> > v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20200314005501.2446494-1-kuba@kernel.org/
> 
> Ugh, sorry I forgot to realign things after the rename :S
> 
> I'll send a whitespace-only v4 in a hour, allowing a little bit 
> of time in case there are some comments already.

No worries! I think a few small changes are needed for a v5 (please
carry my Acked-bys with for v5). Thanks for working on this; I love it!
:)

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook