Re: [PATCH v2] selftests: warn if failure is due to lack of executable bit

[Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>]

On 08/08/2017 11:50 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 01:24:36PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>> Executing selftests is fragile as if someone forgot to set a secript
>> as executable the test will fail, and you won't know for sure if the
>> failure was caused by the lack of proper permissions or something else.
>>
>> Setting scripts as executable is required, this also enable folks to
>> execute selftests as independent units.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>  tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk | 7 ++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
>> index 959273c3a52e..e71f8e4633b1 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
>> @@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ all: $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_GEN_FILES)
>>  define RUN_TESTS
>>  	@for TEST in $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_PROGS); do \
>>  		BASENAME_TEST=`basename $$TEST`;	\
>> -		cd `dirname $$TEST`; (./$$BASENAME_TEST && echo "selftests: $$BASENAME_TEST [PASS]") || echo "selftests:  $$BASENAME_TEST [FAIL]"; cd -;\
>> +		if [ ! -x $$BASENAME_TEST ]; then	\
>> +			echo "selftests: Warning: file $$BASENAME_TEST is not executable, correct this.";\
>> +			echo "selftests: $$BASENAME_TEST [FAIL]"; \
>> +		else					\
>> +			cd `dirname $$TEST`; (./$$BASENAME_TEST && echo "selftests: $$BASENAME_TEST [PASS]") || echo "selftests:  $$BASENAME_TEST [FAIL]"; cd -;\
>> +		fi;					\
>>  	done;
>>  endef
>>  
> 
> *poke*
> 
>   Luis
> 
> 

Applied to linux-kselftest next for 4.14-rc1.

thanks,
-- Shuah