linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ftrace/selftests: Add softlink to latest log directory

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Message-ID: <20230911140759.725af6b4@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:07:59 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Trace Kernel <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace/selftests: Add softlink to latest log directory

On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:21:05 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Sep 2023 18:17:21 -0400
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> 
> > From: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> > 
> > When I'm debugging something with the ftrace selftests and need to look at
> > the logs, it becomes tedious that I need to do the following:
> > 
> >  ls -ltr logs
> >  [ copy the last directory ]
> >  ls logs/<paste-last-dir>
> > 
> > to see where the logs are.
> > 
> > Instead, do the common practice of having a "latest" softlink to the last
> > run selftest. This way after running the selftest I only need to do:
> > 
> >  ls logs/latest/
> > 
> > and it will always give me the directory of the last run selftest logs!
> >   
> 
> Nice! I like this and this looks good to me.
> 
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> 
> Thank you!
>

Should this go via Shuah's tree?

-- Steve