Re: [PATCH net-next 01/12] selftests/vsock: improve logging in vmtest.sh

[Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 04:45:27PM +0000, Simon Horman wrote:
> >  log() {
> > -	local prefix="$1"
> > +	local redirect
> > +	local prefix
> >  
> > -	shift
> > -	local redirect=
> >  	if [[ ${VERBOSE} -eq 0 ]]; then
> >  		redirect=/dev/null
> >  	else
> >  		redirect=/dev/stdout
> >  	fi
> >  
> > +	prefix="${LOG_PREFIX:-}"
> > +
> >  	if [[ "$#" -eq 0 ]]; then
> > -		__log_stdin | tee -a "${LOG}" > ${redirect}
> > +		if [[ -n "${prefix}" ]]; then
> > +			cat | awk -v prefix="${prefix}" '{printf "%s: %s\n", prefix, $0}'
> 
> FIWIIW, I would drop cat from this line.
> 

sgtm!

> > +		else
> > +			cat
> > +		fi
> >  	else
> > -		__log_args "$@" | tee -a "${LOG}" > ${redirect}
> > -	fi
> > -}
> > -
> > -log_setup() {
> > -	log "setup" "$@"
> > +		if [[ -n "${prefix}" ]]; then
> > +			echo "${prefix}: " "$@"
> > +		else
> > +			echo "$@"
> > +		fi
> > +	fi | tee -a "${LOG}" > ${redirect}
> >  }
> >  
> >  log_host() {
> > -	local testname=$1
> > -
> > -	shift
> > -	log "test:${testname}:host" "$@"
> > +	LOG_PREFIX=host log $@
> 
> shellcheck suggests keeping the quoting of $@.
> This seems reasonable to me. Although in practice I don't think
> it will change the behaviour of this script.
> 

Ah right, makes sense to me.

> >  }
> >  log_host
> >  log_guest() {
> > -	local testname=$1
> > -
> > -	shift
> > -	log "test:${testname}:guest" "$@"
> > +	LOG_PREFIX=guest log $@
> 
> shellcheck also points out that log_guest is never passed
> arguments, so $@ can be dropped. If you prefer to keep
> it then, as per log_host, it seems reasonable for it to be quoted.
> 

Quoting it sounds best to me, in keeping with log_host().


Thanks,
Bobby