Re: [PATCH 10/14] KVM: selftests: Use a single binary for dirty/clear log test

From: Andrew Jones
Date: Wed Feb 05 2020 - 12:11:44 EST


On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 10:46:17AM -0500, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 10:28:52AM +0100, Andrew Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 09:58:38PM -0500, Peter Xu wrote:
> > > Remove the clear_dirty_log test, instead merge it into the existing
> > > dirty_log_test. It should be cleaner to use this single binary to do
> > > both tests, also it's a preparation for the upcoming dirty ring test.
> > >
> > > The default test will still be the dirty_log test. To run the clear
> > > dirty log test, we need to specify "-M clear-log".
> >
> > How about keeping most of these changes, which nicely clean up the
> > #ifdefs, but also keeping the separate test, which I think is the
> > preferred way to organize and execute selftests. We can use argv[0]
> > to determine which path to take rather than a command line parameter.
>
> Hi, Drew,
>
> How about we just create a few selftest links that points to the same
> test binary in Makefile? I'm fine with compiling it for mulitple
> binaries too, just in case the makefile trick could be even easier.

I think I prefer the binaries. That way they can be selectively moved
and run elsewhere, i.e. each test is a standalone test.

Thanks,
drew