Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] Ktest: add email support

[Tim Tianyang Chen]

> I just fixed them up and pulled them in myself. ;-)
>
> I also added the following on top of them (and testing this, live while
> testing ftrace patches and other builds).
Thanks Steve!
> diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
> index 30a4c053f98b..837fa75cbb47 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
> +++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ my %evals;
>   
>   #default opts
>   my %default = (
> -    "MAILER"				=> "sendmail",  # default mailer
> +    "MAILER"			=> "sendmail",  # default mailer
Noticed this when I sent the new version.

>       "EMAIL_ON_ERROR"		=> 1,
>       "EMAIL_WHEN_FINISHED"	=> 1,
>       "EMAIL_WHEN_CANCELED"	=> 0,
> @@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ my $dirname = $FindBin::Bin;
>   
>   my $mailto;
>   my $mailer;
> +my $mail_exec;
>   my $email_on_error;
>   my $email_when_finished;
>   my $email_when_started;
> @@ -1431,7 +1433,14 @@ sub do_not_reboot {
>   	($test_type eq "config_bisect" && $opt{"CONFIG_BISECT_TYPE[$i]"} eq "build");
>   }
>   
> +my $in_die = 0;
> +
>   sub dodie {
> +
> +    # avoid recusion
> +    return if ($in_die);
> +    $in_die = 1;
> +
>       doprint "CRITICAL FAILURE... ", @_, "\n";
Good idea.
>   
>       my $i = $iteration;
> @@ -4126,21 +4135,31 @@ sub set_test_option {
>   
>   sub _mailx_send {
>       my ($subject, $message) = @_;
> -    system("$mailer -s \'$subject\' $mailto <<< \'$message\'");
> +
> +    if (!defined($mail_exec)) {
> +	$mail_exec = $mailer;
> +    }
> +    run_command "$mail_exec -s \'$subject\' $mailto <<< \'$message\'";
>   }
>   
>   sub _sendmail_send {
>       my ($subject, $message) = @_;
> -    system("echo -e \"Subject: $subject\n\n$message\" | sendmail -t $mailto");
> +
> +    if (!defined($mail_exec)) {
> +	$mail_exec = "/usr/sbin/sendmail";
> +    }
> +    run_command "echo \'Subject: $subject\n\n$message\' | $mail_exec -t $mailto";
>   }
>   
Not sure if I understand why $mail_exec is necessary. Doesn't $mailer 
already have a default? Wouldn't people just use $mailer to define the 
executable they want to use? What if the $mailx_exec specified doesn't 
use '-t' option?

Thanks,
Tim