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

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Message-ID: <202404050832.187F972C@keescook>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 08:32:22 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
	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
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] selftests: Replace "Bail out" with "Error" in
 ksft_exit_fail_msg()

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(-)
> > 
> 
> 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!

-- 
Kees Cook