linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] selftests: x86: test_vsyscall: conform test to TAP format output

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:17:37 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: kernel@...labora.com, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] selftests: x86: test_vsyscall: conform test to TAP
 format output

On 3/27/24 06:16, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> On 3/27/24 1:00 AM, Shuah Khan wrote:
>> On 3/14/24 04:32, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
>>> Conform the layout, informational and status messages to TAP. No
>>> functional change is intended other than the layout of output messages.
>>> Without using TAP messages, the passed/failed/skip test names cannot be
>>> found.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
>>> ---
>>
>>
>> I am seeing lot more changes than conform and formatting changes.
> Counting total number of tests based on architecture was really difficult
> until the code needed to be moved around. I'll split this patch into 2. The
> first part would just simplify the test by moving functions around and use
> #ifdef precisely. The seconds part would convert it to the TAP.
> 

Yes. That will make is easier to review and maintain.

thanks,
-- Shuah