linux-kernel - Re: [for-next][PATCH 8/8] ktest.pl: Add MAIL_MAX

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Date:   Thu, 2 Jul 2020 14:34:02 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        John Warthog9 Hawley <warthog9@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [for-next][PATCH 8/8] ktest.pl: Add MAIL_MAX_SIZE to limit the
 amount of log emailed

On Thu, Jul 02, 2020 at 08:19:49AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 09:41:03 +0200
> Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 07:17:25PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> > > 
> > > Add the ktest config option MAIL_MAX_SIZE that will limit the size of the
> > > log file that is placed into the email on failure.
> > > 
> > > Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> > > ---
> > >  tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl    | 12 +++++++++++-
> > >  tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf | 13 +++++++++++++
> > >  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)  
> > 
> > Interesting, but I like full log files for my reports :)
> 
> I can add an option to do that if you want. My full logs end up being a
> few hundred megabytes. Perhaps I could add a compress option too.

It's fine, the default should be good enough for me for now.  If not,
I'll just bump the value, or add compression.

thanks,

greg k-h-