linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 3/6] selftests/ftrace: Fix requirement check of README file

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Date:   Sat, 21 Aug 2021 10:43:05 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        "Tzvetomir Stoyanov" <tz.stoyanov@...il.com>,
        Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3/6] selftests/ftrace: Fix requirement check of
 README file

On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:46:47 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> The selftest for ftrace checks some features by checking if the README has
> text that states the feature is supported by that kernel. Unfortunately,
> this check gives false positives because it many not be checked if there's
> spaces in the string to check. This is due to the compare between the
> required variable with the ":README" string stripped, because neither has
> quotes around them.

Oops, good catch!

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>

Thank you!

> 
> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: 1b8eec510ba64 ("selftests/ftrace: Support ":README" suffix for requires")
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
> index f68d336b961b..000fd05e84b1 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
> @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ check_requires() { # Check required files and tracers
>                  echo "Required tracer $t is not configured."
>                  exit_unsupported
>              fi
> -        elif [ $r != $i ]; then
> +        elif [ "$r" != "$i" ]; then
>              if ! grep -Fq "$r" README ; then
>                  echo "Required feature pattern \"$r\" is not in README."
>                  exit_unsupported
> -- 
> 2.30.2


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>