netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] selftests: kselftest

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Message-ID: <202402130956.E23884A5B@keescook>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:57:03 -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 3/4] selftests: kselftest_harness: support using
 xfail

On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 07:44:15AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Selftest summary includes XFAIL but there's no way to use
> it from within the harness. Support it in a similar way to skip.
> 
> Currently tests report skip for things they expect to fail
> e.g. when given combination of parameters is known to be unsupported.
> This is confusing because in an ideal environment and fully featured
> kernel no tests should be skipped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

This is great -- I've been wanting an XFAIL for a while for harness
users but I didn't have the imagination to find a way to make it work.
:)

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

-- 
Kees Cook