linux-kernel - Re: checking for "config" file existence.

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Message-ID: <d6e1e346-ff95-74ef-7f43-1d2468d5330c@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 16 Nov 2020 11:32:51 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jeffrin Jose T <jeffrin@...agiritech.edu.in>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" 
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: checking for "config" file existence.

On 11/12/20 10:40 AM, Jeffrin Jose T wrote:
> hello,
> 
> i wrote a  small program to check for the existence of "config" files
> for testing projects under kselftest framework.
> 
> chmod 755 test_config.py
> This file should be located in "tools/testing/selftests"
> This can be run as "./test_config.py"
> 
Why do we need a dedicated script when you can do it with:

cd tools/testing/selftests; find . -name config

I see that your script also prints if config doesn't exist.
It is not a failure not have config as config is necessary
only when a test has config option dependencies.

What does this script attempting to solve?

thanks,
-- Shuah