From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx4+xZcWV83fdvz1lVZgUSFbijl4Sujk1uKBVEDGxYRiSNxMxRuziC7u4DfSk0G8tYH8HxSlQ ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1524592018; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=BepSRwcFACPZllwtr0pFF5NINdgzxpAXSPjb4OGfu8+xuHamjvWqWupX7m0q0FmYp5 eZnUrrYQbny+eKoEXUUNOBSiei7IWe31vpnt4Wtm0n4CCVU/jY4S/ZFLjL7DAlx115Lo mzzSntMEv/2RH8/X4+W6iHCYu6qHgFXucN+DXTgQxXu1h5BoVBFwwLHEmyQMCoiX9Itp oZ4yBy8ldI8LJ6e7npCXPb99xqgfuOHZNY2Mg2UkAG9uzE0HaWJIy2ClIJXs2RMlR4U7 pYksn6li1hTmgLxttylVHGmwqsI84UX2pFhZUfPb7FTqTHZhUOKXjOAie0zrm5HJRfpr x12w== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references :message-id:subject:to:from:date:dkim-signature :arc-authentication-results; bh=YqW2hMD1ZiDZj7P8KHsho7hLoT0ChJaQdSoRyKufsqc=; b=fKt6rBDKQoX7T4O2IRwLX5TyvjPq7JW5uF8lOfJAn9AfL0R7TGxVv7Af1bBCwWMptE klUuvysqiDZMSTAtX/9us1F1K8XfwHbiKvhQrG+DjZQDrrOFybIzu5UcbX4XYh4KPjQm blicfJyqi+6KgYcLVcGuJdQxCuMcVcp7W3sO2Fqt8CjaCVLm68UnoA0lqrpVhwe+vJ83 aLZDK9wOr71IgIfAs+4wWDxZG0q3yxwtCMwfofbs+2ARI+U/x4gVs/RzTp7BCyVFu/mC Y1U4wyaW0fvOVzSbZlt0YaytMAiKP16aNEI20BcikPDZLMHiScdYF1gi3ai6g0lBac5E XhRw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@roeck-us.net header.s=default header.b=Nng/qRB9; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux@roeck-us.net designates 208.91.199.152 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux@roeck-us.net Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@roeck-us.net header.s=default header.b=Nng/qRB9; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux@roeck-us.net designates 208.91.199.152 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux@roeck-us.net Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:46:56 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck To: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Naresh Kamboju , open list , Shuah Khan , patches@kernelci.org, lkft-triage@lists.linaro.org, Ben Hutchings , linux- stable , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , tytso@mit.edu Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9 00/95] 4.9.96-stable review Message-ID: <20180424174656.GA11717@roeck-us.net> References: <20180422135210.432103639@linuxfoundation.org> <20180423165750.GA27986@kroah.com> <20180423180137.GA26974@kroah.com> <20180423222553.lbxx3cwly2fbvabs@xps> <20180424072635.GD18419@kroah.com> <20180424172311.meeo6wrsp4rtxxiz@xps> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180424172311.meeo6wrsp4rtxxiz@xps> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Authenticated_sender: guenter@roeck-us.net X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - bh-25.webhostbox.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - linuxfoundation.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - roeck-us.net X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: bh-25.webhostbox.net: authenticated_id: guenter@roeck-us.net X-Authenticated-Sender: bh-25.webhostbox.net: guenter@roeck-us.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: INBOX X-GMAIL-THRID: =?utf-8?q?1598455883527705799?= X-GMAIL-MSGID: =?utf-8?q?1598650600458902038?= X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 12:23:11PM -0500, Dan Rue wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 09:26:35AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 05:25:53PM -0500, Dan Rue wrote: > > > I made a few comments inline regarding the reported failures. Also, as > > > this report is pushing 200 lines now with all of our tests and > > > environments (about 8*22 test runs), I'm planning on making some changes > > > in the next few weeks to make it more concise and useful. Any > > > suggestions or feature requests are most welcome. > > > > How about only reporting problems? Having tests "pass" is the norm and > > should always happen, right? That would make the reports smaller. > > I agree, though I would like to provide a bit of context so that people > new to the process have some idea about testing breadth and depth - but I did that initially, but found that it is only confusing. Sure, there should be a means to look up the actual tests, but for the notification e-mail only pass/fail is relevant. I found that even "skipped" is confusing, because people started asking why tests are being skipped. Guenter