Re: [PATCH v2] selftests: Improve test output grammar, code style

[Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>]

On 5/16/25 02:42, Hanne-Lotta Mäenpää wrote:
> Add small grammar fixes in perf events and Real Time Clock tests'
> output messages.
> 
> Include braces around a single if statement, when there are multiple
> statements in the else branch, to align with the kernel coding style.

This patch combines several changes in one including combining changes
to two tests.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Hanne-Lotta Mäenpää <hannelotta@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>      v1 -> v2: Improved wording in RTC tests based on feedback from
>      Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
> 
>   tools/testing/selftests/perf_events/watermark_signal.c |  7 ++++---
>   tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c                  | 10 +++++-----
>   2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

Send separate patches for selftests/perf_events and selftests/rtc/rtctest.c


> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/perf_events/watermark_signal.c b/tools/testing/selftests/perf_events/watermark_signal.c
> index 49dc1e831174..6176afd4950b 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/perf_events/watermark_signal.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/perf_events/watermark_signal.c
> @@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ TEST(watermark_signal)
>   
>   	child = fork();
>   	EXPECT_GE(child, 0);
> -	if (child == 0)
> +	if (child == 0) {
>   		do_child();
> +	}
>   	else if (child < 0) {
>   		perror("fork()");
>   		goto cleanup;
> @@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ TEST(watermark_signal)
>   	if (waitpid(child, &child_status, WSTOPPED) != child ||
>   	    !(WIFSTOPPED(child_status) && WSTOPSIG(child_status) == SIGSTOP)) {
>   		fprintf(stderr,
> -			"failed to sycnhronize with child errno=%d status=%x\n",
> +			"failed to synchronize with child errno=%d status=%x\n",

This change is good.

>   			errno,
>   			child_status);
>   		goto cleanup;
> @@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ TEST(watermark_signal)
>   	fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, child, -1, -1,
>   		     PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC);
>   	if (fd < 0) {
> -		fprintf(stderr, "failed opening event %llx\n", attr.config);
> +		fprintf(stderr, "failed to setup performance monitoring %llx\n", attr.config);

This change make it hard to understand what went wrong unlike the original
message.

>   		goto cleanup;
>   	}
>   
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
> index be175c0e6ae3..930bf0ce4fa6 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
> @@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, date_read_loop, READ_LOOP_DURATION_SEC + 2) {
>   		rtc_read = rtc_time_to_timestamp(&rtc_tm);
>   		/* Time should not go backwards */
>   		ASSERT_LE(prev_rtc_read, rtc_read);
> -		/* Time should not increase more then 1s at a time */
> +		/* Time should not increase more than 1s per read */
>   		ASSERT_GE(prev_rtc_read + 1, rtc_read);
>   
> -		/* Sleep 11ms to avoid killing / overheating the RTC */
> +		/* Sleep 11ms to avoid overheating the RTC */

This change removes important information. What is the reason for this
change?

>   		nanosleep_with_retries(READ_LOOP_SLEEP_MS * 1000000);
>   
>   		prev_rtc_read = rtc_read;
> @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ TEST_F(rtc, alarm_alm_set) {
>   	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_DISABLED)
>   		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms are not supported.");
>   	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_RES_MINUTE)
> -		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms has only minute granularity.");
> +		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarm has only minute granularity.");
>   
>   	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &tm);
>   	ASSERT_NE(-1, rc);
> @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ TEST_F(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set) {
>   	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_DISABLED)
>   		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms are not supported.");

This one still says "alarms"

>   	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_RES_MINUTE)
> -		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms has only minute granularity.");
> +		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarm has only minute granularity.");

Isn't "alarms" consistent with other messages?

>   
>   	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &alarm.time);
>   	ASSERT_NE(-1, rc);
> @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>   	if (access(rtc_file, R_OK) == 0)
>   		ret = test_harness_run(argc, argv);
>   	else
> -		ksft_exit_skip("[SKIP]: Cannot access rtc file %s - Exiting\n",
> +		ksft_exit_skip("Cannot access RTC file %s - exiting\n",
>   						rtc_file);

I don't see any reason for this change either.

>   
>   	return ret;

thanks,
-- Shuah