linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/cgroup: Fix awk usage in test_cpuset

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Message-ID: <ed2993f2-4bdc-19c5-5a0f-1e96da44fb24@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:18:17 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Juntong Deng <juntong.deng@...look.com>, lizefan.x@...edance.com,
        tj@...nel.org, hannes@...xchg.org, shuah@...nel.org
Cc:     cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/cgroup: Fix awk usage in test_cpuset_prs.sh
 that may cause error

On 9/25/23 15:38, Juntong Deng wrote:
> According to the awk manual, the -e option does not need to be specified
> in front of 'program' (unless you need to mix program-file).
>
> The redundant -e option can cause error when users use awk tools other
> than gawk (for example, mawk does not support the -e option).
>
> Error Example:
> awk: not an option: -e
> Cgroup v2 mount point not found!
>
> Signed-off-by: Juntong Deng <juntong.deng@...look.com>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
> index 4afb132e4e4f..6820653e8432 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ skip_test() {
>   WAIT_INOTIFY=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)/wait_inotify
>   
>   # Find cgroup v2 mount point
> -CGROUP2=$(mount -t cgroup2 | head -1 | awk -e '{print $3}')
> +CGROUP2=$(mount -t cgroup2 | head -1 | awk '{print $3}')
>   [[ -n "$CGROUP2" ]] || skip_test "Cgroup v2 mount point not found!"
>   
>   CPUS=$(lscpu | grep "^CPU(s):" | sed -e "s/.*:[[:space:]]*//")

Yes, the -e option is redundant. Thanks for catching that.

Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>