linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/bpf: Use kselftest skip code for skipped tests

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Date:   Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:32:32 -0700
From:   Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@...gle.com>
To:     Po-Hsu Lin <po-hsu.lin@...onical.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        hawk@...nel.org, kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        kpsingh@...nel.org, john.fastabend@...il.com, yhs@...com,
        songliubraving@...com, kafai@...com, andrii@...nel.org,
        daniel@...earbox.net, ast@...nel.org, skhan@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/bpf: Use kselftest skip code for skipped tests

On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 8:12 PM Po-Hsu Lin <po-hsu.lin@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> There are several test cases in the bpf directory are still using
> exit 0 when they need to be skipped. Use kselftest framework skip
> code instead so it can help us to distinguish the return status.
>
> Criterion to filter out what should be fixed in bpf directory:
>   grep -r "exit 0" -B1 | grep -i skip
>
> This change might cause some false-positives if people are running
> these test scripts directly and only checking their return codes,
> which will change from 0 to 4. However I think the impact should be
> small as most of our scripts here are already using this skip code.
> And there will be no such issue if running them with the kselftest
> framework.
>
> Signed-off-by: Po-Hsu Lin <po-hsu.lin@...onical.com>
Reviewed-By: Dylan Hatch <dylanbhatch@...gle.com>