linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] selftests: Replace "Bail out" with "Error" in ksft_exit_fail

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 12:50:37 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
 Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 kernel@...labora.com, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] selftests: Replace "Bail out" with "Error" in
 ksft_exit_fail_msg()

On 4/5/24 09:32, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 08:56:31AM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
>> On 4/5/24 07:17, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
>>> "Bail out! " is not descriptive. It rather should be: "Failed: " and
>>> then this added prefix doesn't need to be added everywhere. Usually in
>>> the logs, we are searching for "Failed" or "Error" instead of "Bail
>>> out" so it must be replace.
>>>
>>> Remove Error/Failed prefixes from all usages as well.
>>>
>>> Muhammad Usama Anjum (2):
>>>     selftests: Replace "Bail out" with "Error"
>>>     selftests: Remove Error/Failed prefix from ksft_exit_fail*() usages
>>>
>>>    tools/testing/selftests/exec/load_address.c   |   8 +-
>>>    .../testing/selftests/exec/recursion-depth.c  |  10 +-
>>>    tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h           |   2 +-
>>>    .../selftests/mm/map_fixed_noreplace.c        |  24 +--
>>>    tools/testing/selftests/mm/map_populate.c     |   2 +-
>>>    tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_dontunmap.c |   2 +-
>>>    tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c    | 166 +++++++++---------
>>>    .../selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c       |   2 +-
>>>    8 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)
>>>
>>

Usama,

Please generate separate patches for each test (one for exec and
one for mm) when you do this kind of work across tests in the
future. I applied them this time.

>> Andrew, Kees,
>>
>> I will apply these to linux-kselftest next as a series since these
>> changes depend on change to tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
>> and need to go together.
>>
>> Are you okay with that?
> 
> Sounds good!
> 

Thank you. Applied to linux-kselftest next for Linux 6.10-rc1.

thanks,
-- Shuah