linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] selftests/run_kselftest.sh: exit with error if tests fail

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Message-ID: <80dec5ff-a9b2-4622-9dc9-ac65ca06e187@linutronix.de>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:48:45 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
From: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
To: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] selftests/run_kselftest.sh: exit with error if tests
 fail

Hi Brendan,

Oct 14, 2025 16:45:32 Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>:

(...)

> In case any user depends on the current behaviour, such as running this
> from a script with `set -e` and parsing the result for failures
> afterwards, add a flag they can set to get the old behaviour, namely
> --no-error-on-fail.

IMO this new flag is also unnecessary.
The user can just do "|| true" when needed.

(...)


Thomas