linux-kernel - [PATCH] kunit: tool: Force the use of the 'tty' console for UML

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Date:   Mon, 21 Dec 2020 23:39:00 -0800
From:   David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
To:     Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, kunit-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kunit: tool: Force the use of the 'tty' console for UML

kunit_tool relies on the UML console outputting printk() output to the
tty in order to get results. Since the default console driver could
change, pass 'console=tty' to the kernel.

This is triggered by a change[1] to use ttynull as a fallback console
driver which -- by chance or by design -- seems to have changed the
default console output on UML, breaking kunit_tool. While this may be
fixed, we should be less fragile to such changes in the default.

[1]:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=757055ae8dedf5333af17b3b5b4b70ba9bc9da4e

Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
Fixes: 757055ae8ded ("init/console: Use ttynull as a fallback when there is no console")
---
 tools/testing/kunit/kunit_kernel.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_kernel.py b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_kernel.py
index 57c1724b7e5d..698358c9c0d6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_kernel.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_kernel.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class LinuxSourceTree(object):
 		return self.validate_config(build_dir)
 
 	def run_kernel(self, args=[], build_dir='', timeout=None):
-		args.extend(['mem=1G'])
+		args.extend(['mem=1G', 'console=tty'])
 		self._ops.linux_bin(args, timeout, build_dir)
 		outfile = get_outfile_path(build_dir)
 		subprocess.call(['stty', 'sane'])
-- 
2.29.2.729.g45daf8777d-goog