[LTP] [PATCH V2 04/14] mem/ksm: convert to new API

[Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>]

Hi!
> > -	tst_parse_opts(argc, argv, ksm_options, ksm_usage);
> > -	setup();
> > -	for (lc = 0; TEST_LOOPING(lc); lc++) {
> > -		tst_count = 0;
> > -		check_ksm_options(&size, &num, &unit);
> > -		create_same_memory(size, num, unit);
> > -	}
> > -	cleanup();
> > -	tst_exit();
> > +	check_ksm_options(&size, &num, &unit);
> 
> There is no need to parse the test options on every test iteration, this
> should be called once in the test setup.
> 
> Moreover passing things around in global variables is messy. What about
> we (ideally in a separate patch) created a function(s) to parse the KSM
> options and pass the string values explicitily.

Or since we are about to create ksm_common.h anyway, we can add static
inline functions to parse the test options there as well. And FYI we do
have option parsing helpers in the tst_test.h library that are much
better than plain old atoi().

> setup(void)
> {
> 	...
> 	parse_ksm_options(str_size, &size, str_num, &num, str_unit, &unit);
> 	...
> }
> 
> Also could we define the ksm_options array in one place instead of
> repeating it in each test. What about putting it into ksh_common.h in
> the mem/ksm/ directory and including it in each test?
> 
> -- 
> Cyril Hrubis
> chrubis@suse.cz
> 
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Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz