From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.7]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE193F9CB for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:31:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.7 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1741595478; cv=none; b=RUmmWMytbiZ9pUdZIt/VrJXbt8f2Ahqq0NdMkY/BnG79nshXv4AJ1ZE4pSVkdjv5AHB8HJwG7J0MZDC8LErGQouhHDeyhIIhUGPVYpRf1IiiHchLANNNSlr4JdRZjqs/TBJ25nLAFncV7Peq/Bf8KLdFpyd7G9Vfd6KQ+P5pO+A= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1741595478; c=relaxed/simple; bh=TeeFYbNtcQil/Jl34UEc4QL5JBoHsqXapj7AgqfV4Yo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=U5x+UjgightHCFbVu1G7X4+o6yscT43fGn7t8ub0TtpQwu+ZEPD3WJJfezaH9YznRtzlIv63m0OpXdv+ScwD0h4VujOe1zGvcMqoMVqD3Ha3zzthVO2sDdOCu4FEH/aqvRA2n14hqkp8BXKcqb70Sys49h044UnxRXwiyuYiUiw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=e8F/EfAd; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.7 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="e8F/EfAd" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1741595477; x=1773131477; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=TeeFYbNtcQil/Jl34UEc4QL5JBoHsqXapj7AgqfV4Yo=; b=e8F/EfAdu43IXTxR3zNiS2AAdL5rBTEOCZbsAYjvEHE7v64pMcixVIwH K2TZEaKBa9SmtMw8HJ8hy/QmTkFlBhkD6BzzmJGnrjl4ngQ3WmAQELK64 yXBuGZzjPdtWZ5SU4RfTwprkjNtH8uSNvloCByH7Bh4VAq/9WLrG8Ffmb LpCGylofp9U9O5tix7ohpCSVPS6jFDNTX0ouQzEbgoBMj7jICunUVHe4T Fw4ZibpmfQCOwR4S0QjwwfJg8bAs/GjkwrCXwZiW79LnmNqr0cCu4EPP7 dzKLrWvlamLKysFHv46guIZhGkVKOYw8x4UuVglq4W+YUdt/gafxquFKX A==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: n2gZLbboQoS0teM6KI4e3w== X-CSE-MsgGUID: lSjfArm2QCCH19AbaDmmNA== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6700,10204,11368"; a="67939855" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.14,235,1736841600"; d="scan'208";a="67939855" Received: from fmviesa003.fm.intel.com ([10.60.135.143]) by fmvoesa101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 10 Mar 2025 01:31:16 -0700 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: m2DFTbx2QeSC5htncF8+Xg== X-CSE-MsgGUID: 8yonNio2SJKaIHLuKChv1Q== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.14,235,1736841600"; d="scan'208";a="124088037" Received: from smile.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.58]) by fmviesa003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 10 Mar 2025 01:31:14 -0700 Received: from andy by smile.fi.intel.com with local (Exim 4.98) (envelope-from ) id 1trYXW-00000001BwA-3quX; Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:31:10 +0200 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:31:10 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko To: David Laight Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Arnd Bergmann , Linus Torvalds , Christophe Leroy , Rasmus Villemoes , nnac123@linux.ibm.com, horms@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH next 2/8] test_hexdump: Create test output data from the binary input data buffer Message-ID: References: <20250308093452.3742-1-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> <20250308093452.3742-3-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20250308093452.3742-3-david.laight.linux@gmail.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 09:34:46AM +0000, David Laight wrote: > Using the same data that is passed to hex_dump_to_buffer() lets > the tests be expanded to test different input data bytes. Do we really need to kill the static test cases? Are they anyhow harmful? -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko