linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] selftests: timers: Convert some more of the timers tests to KTAP

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Message-ID: <8734yyfx00.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:49:35 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] selftests: timers: Convert some more of the timers
 tests to KTAP

On Wed, Sep 27 2023 at 12:18, Mark Brown wrote:

> KTAP is the standard output format for selftests, providing a method for
> systems running the selftests to get results from individual tests
> rather than just a pass/fail for the test program as a whole.  While
> many of the timers tests use KTAP some have custom output formats, let's
> convert a few more to KTAP to make them work better in automation.
>
> The posix_timers test made use of perror(), I've added a generic helper
> to kselftest.h for that since it seems like it'll be useful elsewhere.
>
> There are more tests that don't use KTAP, several of them just run a
> single test so don't really benefit from KTAP and there were a couple
> where the conversion was a bit more complex so I've left them for now.

Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>