Re: [PATCH 09/24] selftests: ftrace: return Kselftest Skip code for skipped tests

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon May 07 2018 - 11:17:30 EST


On Fri, 4 May 2018 19:13:13 -0600
"Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG)" <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When ftrace test is skipped because of unmet dependencies and/or
> unsupported configuration, it returns 0 which is treated as a pass
> by the Kselftest framework. This leads to false positive result even
> when the test could not be run.
>
> Change it to return kselftest skip code when a test gets skipped to
> clearly report that the test could not be run.
>
> Kselftest framework SKIP code is 4 and the framework prints appropriate
> messages to indicate that the test is skipped.
>

I'm fine with this change, but I believe Masami and perhaps others
have scripts that expect zero return.

If anything, we probably need to have a way to override the ksft_skip
via a command line argument.

Masami?

-- Steve

> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG) <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
> index f9a9d424c980..b731c8cdcffb 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
> @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ echo " If <dir> is -, all logs output in console only"
> exit $1
> }
>
> +# Kselftest framework requirement - SKIP code is 4.
> +ksft_skip=4
> +
> errexit() { # message
> echo "Error: $1" 1>&2
> exit 1
> @@ -30,7 +33,8 @@ errexit() { # message
>
> # Ensuring user privilege
> if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]; then
> - errexit "this must be run by root user"
> + echo "Skipping: test must be run by root user"
> + exit $ksft_skip
> fi
>
> # Utilities
> @@ -249,7 +253,7 @@ trap 'SIG_RESULT=$UNTESTED' $SIG_UNTESTED
> SIG_UNSUPPORTED=$((SIG_BASE + UNSUPPORTED))
> exit_unsupported () {
> kill -s $SIG_UNSUPPORTED $SIG_PID
> - exit 0
> + exit $ksft_skip
> }
> trap 'SIG_RESULT=$UNSUPPORTED' $SIG_UNSUPPORTED
>