From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.s-osg.org ([54.187.51.154]:44958 "EHLO lists.s-osg.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753220AbbAPRxN (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:53:13 -0500 Message-ID: <54B95006.3080502@osg.samsung.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:53:10 -0700 From: Shuah Khan MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] selftests: Introduce minimal shared logic for running tests References: <1420794375-31881-1-git-send-email-mpe@ellerman.id.au> In-Reply-To: <1420794375-31881-1-git-send-email-mpe@ellerman.id.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Michael Ellerman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mmarek@suse.cz, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, mingo@redhat.com, davem@davemloft.net, keescook@chromium.org, tranmanphong@gmail.com, cov@codeaurora.org, dh.herrmann@gmail.com, hughd@google.com, bobby.prani@gmail.com, serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com, ebiederm@xmission.com, tim.bird@sonymobile.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, koct9i@gmail.com, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org On 01/09/2015 02:06 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > This adds a Make include file which most selftests can then include to > get the run_tests logic. > > On its own this has the advantage of some reduction in repetition, and > also means the pass/fail message is defined in fewer places. > > However the key advantage is it will allow us to implement install very > simply in a subsequent patch. > > The default implementation just executes each program in $(TEST_PROGS). > > We use a variable to hold the default implementation of $(RUN_TESTS) > because that gives us a clean way to override it if necessary, ie. using > override. The mount, memory-hotplug and mqueue tests use that to provide > a different implementation. > > Tests are not run via /bin/bash, so if they are scripts they must be > executable, we add u+x to several. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman I like the shared logic approach in general provided it leaves the flexibility to not use the shared logic if a test have the need to do so. This series requires some patch planning. shared logic patch followed by individual test patches as opposed a single patch. I would like to see the shared logic work done on top of my patch v4 series. thanks, -- Shuah -- Shuah Khan Sr. Linux Kernel Developer Open Source Innovation Group Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley) shuahkh@osg.samsung.com | (970) 217-8978