Re: [PATCH v2 resend] selftests: timers: clocksource-switch: Adapt progress to kselftest framework

[Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>]

On 12/12/24 02:02, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> When adapting the test to the kselftest framework, a few printf() calls
> indicating test progress were not updated.
> 
> Fix this by replacing these printf() calls by ksft_print_msg() calls.
> 
> Fixes: ce7d101750ff8450 ("selftests: timers: clocksource-switch: adapt to kselftest framework")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> ---
> v2:
>    - Add Reviewed-by.
> 
> When just running the test, the output looks like:
> 
>      # Validating clocksource arch_sys_counter
>      TAP version 13
>      1..12
>      ok 1 CLOCK_REALTIME
>      ...
>      # Validating clocksource ffca0000.timer
>      TAP version 13
>      1..12
>      ok 1 CLOCK_REALTIME
>      ...
> 
> When redirecting the test output to a file, the progress prints are not
> interspersed with the test output, but collated at the end:
> 
>      TAP version 13
>      1..12
>      ok 1 CLOCK_REALTIME
>      ...
>      TAP version 13
>      1..12
>      ok 1 CLOCK_REALTIME
>      ...
>      # Totals: pass:6 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:6 error:0
>      # Validating clocksource arch_sys_counter
>      # Validating clocksource ffca0000.timer
>      ...
> 
> This makes it hard to match the test results with the timer under test.
> Is there a way to fix this?  The test does use fork().
> 
> Thanks!
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/timers/clocksource-switch.c | 6 +++---
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/clocksource-switch.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/clocksource-switch.c
> index c5264594064c8516..83faa4e354e389c2 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/clocksource-switch.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/clocksource-switch.c
> @@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>   	/* Check everything is sane before we start switching asynchronously */
>   	if (do_sanity_check) {
>   		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> -			printf("Validating clocksource %s\n",
> -				clocksource_list[i]);
> +			ksft_print_msg("Validating clocksource %s\n",
> +					clocksource_list[i]);
>   			if (change_clocksource(clocksource_list[i])) {
>   				status = -1;
>   				goto out;
> @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>   		}
>   	}
>   
> -	printf("Running Asynchronous Switching Tests...\n");
> +	ksft_print_msg("Running Asynchronous Switching Tests...\n");
>   	pid = fork();
>   	if (!pid)
>   		return run_tests(runtime);

Applied to linux-kselftest next for Linux 6.14-rc1.

thanks,
-- Shuah