linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/8] selftests/resctrl: Rework benchmark command handling

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Message-ID: <3d5554d7-5909-b851-bbd4-6b58a79b7cbd@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:09:27 -0700
From:   Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
To:     Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Maciej Wieczór-Retman 
        <maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com>
CC:     Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/8] selftests/resctrl: Rework benchmark command
 handling

Hi Shuah,

Could you please consider this series for inclusion?

Thank you very much

Reinette

On 9/4/2023 2:53 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> The benchmark command handling (-b) in resctrl selftests is overly
> complicated code. This series turns the benchmark command immutable to
> preserve it for all selftests and improves benchmark command related
> error handling.
> 
> This series also ends up removing the strcpy() calls which were pointed
> out earlier.
> 
> v5:
> - Fix another off-by-one error
> - Reorder local var declarations in main() to follow rev. xmas tree
> 
> v4:
> - Correct off-by-one error in -b processing
> - Reordered code in main() to make freeing span_str simpler (in new patch)
> - Use consistent style for const char * const *
> 
> v3:
> - Removed DEFAULT_SPAN_STR for real and the duplicated copy of defines
>   that made to v2 likely due to my incorrect conflict resolutions
> 
> v2:
> - Added argument length check into patch 1/7
> - Updated also -b line in help message.
> - Document -b argument related "algorithm"
> - Use asprintf() to convert defined constant int to string
> - Improved changelog texts
> - Added \n to ksft_exit_fail_msg() call messages.
> - Print DEFAULT_SPAN with %u instead of %zu to avoid need to cast it
> 
> Ilpo Järvinen (8):
>   selftests/resctrl: Ensure the benchmark commands fits to its array
>   selftests/resctrl: Correct benchmark command help
>   selftests/resctrl: Remove bw_report and bm_type from main()
>   selftests/resctrl: Simplify span lifetime
>   selftests/resctrl: Reorder resctrl FS prep code and benchmark_cmd init
>   selftests/resctrl: Make benchmark command const and build it with
>     pointers
>   selftests/resctrl: Remove ben_count variable
>   selftests/resctrl: Cleanup benchmark argument parsing
> 
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cache.c       |   5 +-
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c    |  13 +--
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cmt_test.c    |  34 ++++--
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c    |   4 +-
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c    |   7 +-
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h     |  16 +--
>  .../testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c | 100 ++++++++----------
>  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c |  10 +-
>  8 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)
>