linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kselftest/alsa: Mark test plan as skipped when no cards are available

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Message-ID: <0fa0901e-d271-438d-bc2b-11399ad3b07c@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Sat, 9 Sep 2023 00:08:22 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Nícolas F. R. A. Prado 
        <nfraprado@...labora.com>
Cc:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, kernel@...labora.com,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kselftest/alsa: Mark test plan as skipped when no cards
 are available

On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 02:12:40PM -0400, Nícolas F. R. A. Prado wrote:
> When no soundcards are available, it won't be possible to run any tests.
> Currently, when this happens, in both pcm-test and mixer-test, 0
> tests are reported, and the pass exit code is returned. Instead, call
> ksft_exit_skip() so that the whole test plan is marked as skipped in the
> KTAP output and it exits with the skip exit code.

Why?

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