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Message-ID: <87fbfba4-8d4d-44ff-9fe5-e101cce3d6cb@collabora.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:37:20 +0500
From: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
To: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>, kernel@...labora.com,
 "Chang S . Bae" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>,
 Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@...ux.intel.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] selftests: x86: vdso_restorer: remove manual counting
 of pass/fail tests

On 7/21/24 9:24 PM, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> On 7/19/24 9:40 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
>> On 7/12/24 01:30, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
>>> Use kselftest wrapper to mark tests pass/fail instead of manually
>>> counting.
>>
>> You care combining two changes in the patch.
>>
>> This is needed to return correct exit status. This also
>>> improves readability and mainability.
>>
>> Spelling - "mainability" - checkpatch would have helped you
>> catch this.
> Sorry I'll fix it after following discussion. I use checkpatch with
> spelling checker. I may have missed it for this patch.
> 
>>
>> The change to return the correct error fine and but not the
>> change thaT ADDS DUPLICATE tap header.
>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
>>> ---
>>>   tools/testing/selftests/x86/vdso_restorer.c | 20 +++++++-------------
>>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/vdso_restorer.c
>>> b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/vdso_restorer.c
>>> index fe99f24341554..8e173d71291f6 100644
>>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/vdso_restorer.c
>>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/vdso_restorer.c
>>> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
>>>   #include <unistd.h>
>>>   #include <syscall.h>
>>>   #include <sys/syscall.h>
>>> +#include "../kselftest.h"
>>>     /* Open-code this -- the headers are too messy to easily use them. */
>>>   struct real_sigaction {
>>> @@ -44,9 +45,10 @@ static void handler_without_siginfo(int sig)
>>>     int main()
>>>   {
>>> -    int nerrs = 0;
>>>       struct real_sigaction sa;
>>>   +    ksft_print_header();
>>
>> The problem with adding this header here is when
>> make kselftest TARGETS=vDSO is run there will be
>> duplicate TAP 13 headers.
> Usually all TAP compliant tests print TAP 13 header at the start. These
> tests when run from make run_tests have duplicate TAP 13 headers. I don't
> think that this is the issue. Why do you think it is wrong?
> 
> For example, I've attached the logs of vDSO test suite. TAP header is
> printed at the start. Then it is printed again at the start of the test if
> it is TAP compliant e.g., vdso_test_abi and vdso_test_getrandom. These
> tests are already TAP compliant. Other tests in this suite aren't TAP
> compliant.
On CIs (make runtests or make kselftest) is used to run the tests. I'm not
aware of the ancient history. AFAIU following is the format of messages
(make kselftests). The TAP header mention that a new test has started. One
test may have multiple sub-tests. For example:

TAP version 13
1..4
# selftests: vDSO: test1
# TAP version 13
1..5
ok 1
ok 2
ok 3
ok 4
ok 5
# # Totals: pass:5 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
ok 1 selftests: vDSO: test1
# selftests: vDSO: test2
# TAP version 13
1..5
ok 1
ok 2
not ok 3
# # Totals: pass:2 fail:1 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
not ok 2 selftests: vDSO: test2 # exit=1
# selftests: vDSO: test3
ok 1
ok 2
ok 3
not ok 3 selftests: vDSO: test3
# selftests: vDSO: test4
ok 1
not ok 3 selftests: vDSO: test4


The test1 and test2 are TAP compliant and print header and footer of the
tests mentioning total number of tests. The test3 and test4 don't print TAP
header and footer. The boundary between test3 and test4 isn't that clear,
but seems fine. Overall I would say TAP compliant tests have better boundry
when they print header/footer and total number of tests.

Do you agree with above layout's current state because we have both TAP
compliant and non-compliant tests.

-- 
BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum