Re: [PATCH 1/1] selftests/bpf: clear out Python syntax warnings

["Ariel Otilibili-Anieli" <Ariel.Otilibili-Anieli@eurecom.fr>]

On Friday, December 20, 2024 17:24 CET, Quentin Monnet <qmo@qmon.net> wrote:

> 2024-12-11 22:57 UTC+0100 ~ Ariel Otilibili
> <ariel.otilibili-anieli@eurecom.fr>
> > Invalid escape sequences are used, and produced syntax warnings:
> > 
> > ```
> > $ test_bpftool_synctypes.py
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:69: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\['
> >   self.start_marker = re.compile(f'(static )?const bool {self.array_name}\[.*\] = {{\n')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:83: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\['
> >   pattern = re.compile('\[(BPF_\w*)\]\s*= (true|false),?$')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:181: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
> >   pattern = re.compile('^\s*(BPF_\w+),?(\s+/\*.*\*/)?$')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:229: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
> >   start_marker = re.compile(f'\*{block_name}\* := {{')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:229: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
> >   start_marker = re.compile(f'\*{block_name}\* := {{')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:230: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
> >   pattern = re.compile('\*\*([\w/-]+)\*\*')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:248: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
> >   start_marker = re.compile(f'"\s*{block_name} := {{')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:249: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
> >   pattern = re.compile('([\w/]+) [|}]')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:267: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
> >   start_marker = re.compile(f'"\s*{macro}\s*" [|}}]')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:267: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
> >   start_marker = re.compile(f'"\s*{macro}\s*" [|}}]')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:268: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
> >   pattern = re.compile('([\w-]+) ?(?:\||}[ }\]])')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:287: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
> >   pattern = re.compile('(?:.*=\')?([\w/]+)')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:319: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
> >   pattern = re.compile('([\w-]+) ?(?:\||}[ }\]"])')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:341: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\|'
> >   start_marker = re.compile('\|COMMON_OPTIONS\| replace:: {')
> > test_bpftool_synctypes.py:342: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\*'
> >   pattern = re.compile('\*\*([\w/-]+)\*\*')
> > ```
> > 
> > Escaping them clears out the warnings.
> > 
> > ```
> > $ tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool_synctypes.py; echo $?
> > 0
> > ```
> > 
> > Link: https://docs.python.org/fr/3/library/re.html
> 
> 
> En version anglaise : https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html

Merci!
> 
> 
> > CC: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
> > CC: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
> > CC: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
> > CC: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Ariel Otilibili <ariel.otilibili-anieli@eurecom.fr>
> 
> Right, this seems to be a change in Python 3.12 [0][1]:
> 
> 'A backslash-character pair that is not a valid escape sequence now
> generates a SyntaxWarning, instead of DeprecationWarning. For example,
> re.compile("\d+\.\d+") now emits a SyntaxWarning ("\d" is an invalid
> escape sequence, use raw strings for regular expression:
> re.compile(r"\d+\.\d+")).'
> 
> although I can't remember seeing any DeprecationWarning before.
> 
> Anyway, the fix makes sense, and does address the warnings. Thank you
> for this!
> 
> Tested-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>

Awesome, Quentin! Thanks for the feedback!
> 
> 
> [0] https://docs.python.org/3.12/whatsnew/3.12.html#other-language-changes
> [1] https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/98401