linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] selftests/resctrl: Refactor feature check to use resource and feature name

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Message-ID: <f72ba71f-07e1-6e1c-9b8f-0724694a79b8@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:40:13 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        Maciej Wieczór-Retman 
        <maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com>
CC:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>,
        <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] selftests/resctrl: Refactor feature check to use
 resource and feature name

Hi Ilpo,

On 9/15/2023 8:44 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> Feature check in validate_resctrl_feature_request() takes in the test
> name string and maps that to what to check per test.
> 
> Pass resource and feature names to validate_resctrl_feature_request()
> directly rather than deriving them from the test name inside the
> function which makes the feature check easier to extend for new test
> cases.
> 
> Use !! in the return statement to make the boolean conversion more
> obvious even if it is not strictly necessary from correctness point of
> view (to avoid it looking like the function is returning a freed
> pointer).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # selftests/resctrl: Remove duplicate feature check from CMT test
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # selftests/resctrl: Move _GNU_SOURCE define into Makefile

Thank you.

Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>

Reinette