netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] selftests: kselftest_harness: pass step via shared memory

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Message-ID: <202402130954.108CC0FD52@keescook>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:54:48 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: shuah@...nel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jakub@...udflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] selftests: kselftest_harness: pass step via
 shared memory

On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 07:44:13AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Commit 0ef67a888375 ("selftests/harness: Report skip reason")
> added shared memory to communicate between harness and test.
> Use that instead of exit codes to send the failing step back
> to the harness. The exit codes are limited and because of
> the step passing we can't use the full range of KSFT_* exit
> codes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Ah, very nice! Good idea.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook