netdev - Re: [PATCH] selftests/net: Use kselftest skip code for skipped tests

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Message-ID: <YSSemxg1JQRdqxsP@shredder>
Date:   Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:24:11 +0300
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
To:     Po-Hsu Lin <po-hsu.lin@...onical.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        skhan@...uxfoundation.org, petrm@...dia.co,
        oleksandr.mazur@...ision.eu, idosch@...dia.com, jiri@...dia.com,
        nikolay@...dia.com, gnault@...hat.com, simon.horman@...ronome.com,
        baowen.zheng@...igine.com, danieller@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/net: Use kselftest skip code for skipped tests

On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 04:58:54PM +0800, Po-Hsu Lin wrote:
> There are several test cases in the net directory are still using
> exit 0 or exit 1 when they need to be skipped. Use kselftest
> framework skip code instead so it can help us to distinguish the
> return status.
> 
> Criterion to filter out what should be fixed in net directory:
>   grep -r "exit [01]" -B1 | grep -i skip
> 
> This change might cause some false-positives if people are running
> these test scripts directly and only checking their return codes,
> which will change from 0 to 4. However I think the impact should be
> small as most of our scripts here are already using this skip code.
> And there will be no such issue if running them with the kselftest
> framework.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Po-Hsu Lin <po-hsu.lin@...onical.com>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
Tested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>