linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] kselftest/clone3: Make test names for set

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Message-ID: <0cee99af-f058-47a0-9119-94cc9a37e88b@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:17:06 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] kselftest/clone3: Make test names for set_tid test
 stable

On 3/25/24 08:29, Mark Brown wrote:
> The test results reported for the clone3_set_tid tests interact poorly with
> automation for running kselftest since the reported test names include TIDs
> dynamically allocated at runtime. A lot of automation for running kselftest
> will compare runs by looking at the test name to identify if the same test
> is being run so changing names make it look like the testsuite has been
> updated to include new tests. This makes the results display less clearly
> and breaks cases like bisection.
> 
> Address this by providing a brief description of the tests and logging that
> along with the stable parameters for the test currently logged. The TIDs
> are already logged separately in existing logging except for the final test
> which has a new log message added. We also tweak the formatting of the
> logging of expected/actual values for clarity.
> 
> There are still issues with the logging of skipped tests (many are simply
> not logged at all when skipped and all are logged with different names) but
> these are less disruptive since the skips are all based on not being run as
> root, a condition likely to be stable for a given test system.
> 
> Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Rebase onto v6.9-rc1.
> - This is the second release I've posted this for with no changes or
>    review comments.
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122-kselftest-clone3-set-tid-v2-1-72af5d7dbae8@kernel.org
> 

Thank you for patience. Applied now to linux-kselftest fixes for
next rc.

thanks,
-- Shuah