Re: [PATCH] ktest: Add support for meta characters in GRUB_MENU

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Apr 17 2019 - 16:17:43 EST


On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:11:14 -0400
Masayoshi Mizuma <msys.mizuma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ktest fails if meta characters are in GRUB_MENU, for example
> GRUB_MENU = 'Fedora (test)'
>

Thanks for the patch! One little nit below though.

> The failure happens because the meta characters are not escaped,
> so the menu doesn't match in any entries in GRUB_FILE.
>
> Use quotameta() to escape the meta characters.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
> index 87af8a68ab25..ea07d43856b8 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
> +++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
> @@ -1866,9 +1866,10 @@ sub get_grub2_index {
> or dodie "unable to get $grub_file";
>
> my $found = 0;
> + my $_grub_menu = quotemeta($grub_menu);

I'd like to avoid names that start with underscore. Could you call this:

$grub_menu_qt

or something similar, to be a bit more descriptive of what the variable
is.

Thanks!

-- Steve



>
> while (<IN>) {
> - if (/^menuentry.*$grub_menu/) {
> + if (/^menuentry.*$_grub_menu/) {
> $grub_number++;
> $found = 1;
> last;
> @@ -1909,9 +1910,10 @@ sub get_grub_index {
> or dodie "unable to get menu.lst";
>
> my $found = 0;
> + my $_grub_menu = quotemeta($grub_menu);
>
> while (<IN>) {
> - if (/^\s*title\s+$grub_menu\s*$/) {
> + if (/^\s*title\s+$_grub_menu\s*$/) {
> $grub_number++;
> $found = 1;
> last;