linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] selftests: net: udpgso_bench_rx/tx: Stop when wrong CLI args are provided

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Date:   Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:40:18 +0000
From:   Andrei Gherzan <andrei.gherzan@...onical.com>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] selftests: net: udpgso_bench_rx/tx: Stop when
 wrong CLI args are provided

On 23/01/31 08:35AM, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 8:08 AM Andrei Gherzan
> <andrei.gherzan@...onical.com> wrote:
> >
> > Leaving unrecognized arguments buried in the output, can easily hide a
> > CLI/script typo. Avoid this by exiting when wrong arguments are provided to
> > the udpgso_bench test programs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrei Gherzan <andrei.gherzan@...onical.com>
> 
> I'm on the fence on this. Test binaries are not necessarily robust
> against bad input. If you insist.

I'll keep it in the set (for next v), but I don't mind if it doesn't end
up applied. It was just something I stumbled into.

> When sending patches to net, please always add a Fixes tag.

I'll keep that in mind.

-- 
Andrei Gherzan