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

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Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:40:40 +0530
From:   Jeffrin Jose T <jeffrin@...agiritech.edu.in>
To:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        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 Mon, 2020-11-16 at 11:32 -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> 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?

according to what  you said  this script may not be necessary
thanks for the explanation :)


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