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From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
To: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.de>
Cc: Linux Test Project <ltp@lists.linux.it>
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH v7 2/2] doc: Complete struct tst_test table and shell API docs
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:03:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aik2VjAKb_EUYNsv@yuki.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260609-doc_add_missing_headers-v7-2-779c18caddef@suse.com>

Hi!
> +Shell API variables
> +-------------------
> +
> +The following variables are available to shell tests. Variables marked
> +*input* are set by the test before sourcing ``tst_run.sh``; variables
> +marked *output* are set by the library for tests to read.
> +
> +Test definition (input)
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +``TST_TESTFUNC``
> +    Name of the test function (required).
> +
> +``TST_CNT``
> +    Number of test cases. When set the test function is called
> +    ``TST_CNT`` times with a counter argument.
> +
> +``TST_SETUP``
> +    Name of the setup function (called once before tests).
> +
> +``TST_CLEANUP``
> +    Name of the cleanup function (called once after tests or on
> +    ``tst_brk``).
> +
> +``TST_OPTS``
> +    Extra getopts option string.
> +
> +``TST_PARSE_ARGS``
> +    Name of a function to parse extra options from ``TST_OPTS``.
> +
> +``TST_USAGE``
> +    Name of a function printing extra usage information.
> +
> +``TST_POS_ARGS``
> +    Number of expected positional arguments.
> +
> +``TST_TEST_DATA``
> +    Space-separated data passed as a second argument to the test
> +    function.
> +
> +``TST_TEST_DATA_IFS``
> +    Custom delimiter for ``TST_TEST_DATA`` (default: space).
> +
> +Requirements (input)
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +``TST_NEEDS_ROOT``
> +    Set to 1 to require root privileges.
> +
> +``TST_NEEDS_TMPDIR``
> +    Set to 1 to create a temporary directory.
> +
> +``TST_NEEDS_DEVICE``
> +    Set to 1 to prepare a block device.
> +
> +``TST_NEEDS_CMDS``
> +    Space-separated list of required commands.
> +
> +``TST_NEEDS_MODULE``
> +    Kernel module name that must be loadable.
> +
> +``TST_NEEDS_DRIVERS``
> +    Space-separated list of required kernel drivers.
> +
> +``TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS``
> +    Space-separated list of required kernel config options
> +    (e.g. ``CONFIG_NUMA=y``).
> +
> +``TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS_IFS``
> +    Custom delimiter for ``TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS`` (default: comma).
> +
> +``TST_NEEDS_CHECKPOINTS``
> +    Set to 1 to enable checkpoint support.
> +
> +``TST_MIN_KVER``
> +    Minimum kernel version string (e.g. ``4.18``).
> +
> +Device and filesystem (input)
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +``TST_FORMAT_DEVICE``
> +    Set to 1 to format ``TST_DEVICE`` before the test.
> +
> +``TST_MOUNT_DEVICE``
> +    Set to 1 to mount ``TST_DEVICE`` at ``TST_MNTPOINT``.
> +
> +``TST_DEV_EXTRA_OPTS``
> +    Extra options passed to ``mkfs``.
> +
> +``TST_DEV_FS_OPTS``
> +    Extra filesystem-specific ``mkfs`` options.
> +
> +``TST_FS_TYPE``
> +    Filesystem type for formatting (default: ``ext2``).
> +
> +``TST_DEVICE_SIZE``
> +    Device size in MB.
> +
> +``TST_ALL_FILESYSTEMS``
> +    Set to 1 to repeat the test for each supported filesystem.
> +
> +``TST_SKIP_FILESYSTEMS``
> +    Space-separated list of filesystems to skip.
> +
> +``TST_MNT_PARAMS``
> +    Mount flags/options string.
> +
> +Miscellaneous (input)
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +``TST_SKIP_IN_LOCKDOWN``
> +    Set to 1 to skip when kernel lockdown is active.
> +
> +``TST_SKIP_IN_SECUREBOOT``
> +    Set to 1 to skip when Secure Boot is enabled.
> +
> +``TST_DISABLE_APPARMOR``
> +    Set to 1 to disable AppArmor before the test runs (requires root).
> +
> +``TST_DISABLE_SELINUX``
> +    Set to 1 to put SELinux in permissive mode before the test runs
> +    (requires root).
> +
> +``TST_SKIP_LSM_WARNINGS``
> +    Set to 1 to suppress the library's warnings about active LSMs
> +    (AppArmor, SELinux) at startup.
> +
> +``TST_NO_DEFAULT_RUN``
> +    Set to a non-empty value to source ``tst_test.sh`` without invoking
> +    ``tst_run`` automatically. Useful for shell libraries that build on
> +    top of the test API.
> +
> +``TST_TIMEOUT``
> +    Test timeout in seconds.
> +
> +``TST_TMPDIR_RHOST``
> +    Set to 1 to also clean up the temporary directory on the remote
> +    host (used by network tests).
> +
> +Output variables
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +``TST_TMPDIR``
> +    Path to the temporary directory (when ``TST_NEEDS_TMPDIR=1``).
> +
> +``TST_STARTWD``
> +    Original working directory before ``chdir`` to ``TST_TMPDIR``.
> +
> +``TST_DEVICE``
> +    Block device path (when ``TST_NEEDS_DEVICE=1``).
> +
> +``TST_MNTPOINT``
> +    Mount point path.
> +
> +``TST_MODPATH``
> +    Path to the loaded kernel module.
> +
> +Checkpoint functions
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +``TST_CHECKPOINT_WAIT``
> +    Wait on checkpoint (argument: checkpoint id).
> +
> +``TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE``
> +    Wake one waiter on checkpoint (argument: checkpoint id).
> +
> +``TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE2``
> +    Wake multiple waiters (arguments: checkpoint id, count).
> +
> +``TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE_AND_WAIT``
> +    Wake one waiter and then wait (argument: checkpoint id).

This is the old shell API that is eventually going away.

The API that is going to stay is the JSON comment in the test.

-- 
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz

-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-10 10:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-09 10:31 [LTP] [PATCH v7 0/2] doc: Add missing headers and complete API docs Andrea Cervesato
2026-06-09 10:31 ` [LTP] [PATCH v7 1/2] doc: Add missing API references to api_c_tests.rst Andrea Cervesato
2026-06-09 12:43   ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-06-10 13:48   ` [LTP] [PATCH v7 1/2] " Cyril Hrubis
2026-06-09 10:31 ` [LTP] [PATCH v7 2/2] doc: Complete struct tst_test table and shell API docs Andrea Cervesato
2026-06-10 10:03   ` Cyril Hrubis [this message]
2026-06-12  8:05     ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-06-12  8:16       ` Cyril Hrubis

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