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From: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
To: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH 0/6] C API: .needs_cmds and SAFE_RUN_CMD()
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 09:12:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200330071217.GB4571@dell5510> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5E81819B.5070303@cn.fujitsu.com>

Hi Xiao,

> >     # grep -A2 'needs_cmds' testcases/kernel/syscalls/add_key/add_key05.c
> >     const char *const cmd_useradd[] = {tst_needs_cmds[0], username, NULL};
> >     int rc;

> > I don't see any advantage of involving this struct in a test case, and
> > it also makes things more complicated.
> Hi Li,

> In fact, I perfer to remove .need_cmd and use tst_run_cmd with/without
> TST_RUN_CMD_CHECK_CMD directly.
> But I am not sure if it is necessary to keep .need_cmd for metadata project.
> I think we can generate json about resouce by reading struct tst_test or
> other ways.

not sure if you mean removing .needs_cmds entirely or just for
copy_file_range02.c. or some other test. I rewritten the original patchset
because Cyril suggested .needs_cmds implementation:

	"Actually I would like to avoid exposing the function to the tests and
	force people to use the .needs_cmds instead in order to have a proper
	metadata." [1]


IMHO parsing struct members is easier to get metadata than searching for
various functions to be used, so I understand Cyril's intention. Cyril explains
this on his blog posts (I've noticed [2], but it's also in [3]: "this
arrangement also helps to export the test metadata into a machine parsable
format").

Kind regards,
Petr

> Thanks,
> Xiao Yang


> > IMO, the '.needs_cmds' should do check and guarantee all the cmds exist.
> > That's a hard requirement for the test. If a situation that the commands
> > are only part of the requirement(soft), we could avoid using
> > '.needs_cmds' in the test and just calling tst_run_cmd() without passing
> > TST_RUN_CMD_CHECK_CMD flag. This satisfies most situations we have, it
> > is safe enough and choosable for people.

> > Or maybe I'm wrong here too:).

> > --
> > Regards,
> > Li Wang


Kind regards,
Petr

[1] https://lists.linux.it/pipermail/ltp/2020-March/016233.html
[2] https://people.kernel.org/metan/towards-parallel-kernel-test-runs
[3] https://people.kernel.org/metan/the-ltp-test-driver-model

  reply	other threads:[~2020-03-30  7:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-27 21:39 [LTP] [PATCH 0/6] C API: .needs_cmds and SAFE_RUN_CMD() Petr Vorel
2020-03-27 21:39 ` [LTP] [PATCH 1/6] lib: Implement .needs_cmds Petr Vorel
2020-03-30  6:13   ` Li Wang
2020-03-30  7:03     ` Petr Vorel
2020-03-30 11:31       ` Cyril Hrubis
2020-03-27 21:39 ` [LTP] [PATCH 2/6] Use .needs_cmds Petr Vorel
2020-03-30 11:31   ` Cyril Hrubis
2020-03-30 11:48     ` Petr Vorel
2020-03-30 11:57       ` Li Wang
2020-03-30 12:17         ` Petr Vorel
2020-03-30 12:37         ` Petr Vorel
2020-03-27 21:39 ` [LTP] [PATCH 3/6] lib/tst_run_cmd_*(): Turn int pass_exit_val into enum Petr Vorel
2020-03-30 11:38   ` Cyril Hrubis
2020-03-30 11:40     ` Petr Vorel
2020-03-27 21:39 ` [LTP] [PATCH 4/6] lib/tst_run_cmd_*(): Search for program in $PATH Petr Vorel
2020-03-30 11:40   ` Cyril Hrubis
2020-03-30 11:52     ` Petr Vorel
2020-03-30 11:53       ` Cyril Hrubis
2020-03-27 21:39 ` [LTP] [PATCH 5/6] lib: Implement SAFE_RUN_CMD() macro (new API only) Petr Vorel
2020-03-30  6:35   ` Li Wang
2020-03-30  8:44     ` Petr Vorel
2020-03-27 21:39 ` [LTP] [PATCH 6/6] Use SAFE_RUN_CMD() Petr Vorel
2020-03-28  2:41 ` [LTP] [PATCH 0/6] C API: .needs_cmds and SAFE_RUN_CMD() Xiao Yang
2020-03-28  3:42   ` Petr Vorel
2020-03-29  5:29     ` Xiao Yang
2020-03-30  4:39       ` Li Wang
2020-03-30  5:20         ` Xiao Yang
2020-03-30  7:12           ` Petr Vorel [this message]
2020-03-30  7:43             ` Xiao Yang
2020-03-30  4:24     ` Li Wang

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