Re: [PATCH v2] selftests: ublk: mark each test start and end time in dmesg

Ming Lei
2026-01-27T01:51:39Z

On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 02:31:57PM +0000, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> Log test start and end time in dmesg, so generated log messages
> during the test run can be linked to specific test from the test
> suite.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Atanasov <alex@zazolabs.com>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> v1->v2:
> - rebase to latest block tree
> - include base-commit
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
> index 7ff6ce79d62c..e554e89e6e67 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
> @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ _prep_test() {
> modprobe ublk_drv > /dev/null 2>&1
> UBLK_TMP=$(mktemp ublk_test_XXXXX)
> [ "$UBLK_TEST_QUIET" -eq 0 ] && echo "ublk $type: $*"
> + echo "ublk selftest: $TID starting at $(date --iso-8601=sec)" | tee /dev/kmsg
> }
>
> _remove_test_files()
> @@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ _cleanup_test() {
> "${UBLK_PROG}" del -a
>
> _remove_files
> + echo "ublk selftest: $TID done at $(date --iso-8601=sec)" | tee /dev/kmsg

As we talked, it could be more readable to follow blktests's date format of
`date "+%F %T"`, please do it in V3.

Thanks,
Ming