Re: [PATCH 2/3] selftest/exec: conform test to TAP format output

[Muhammad Usama Anjum]

On 3/5/24 1:58 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 08:59:24PM +0500, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
>> Conform the layout, informational and status messages to TAP. No
>> functional change is intended other than the layout of output messages.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  tools/testing/selftests/exec/load_address.c | 34 +++++++++------------
>>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/load_address.c b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/load_address.c
>> index d487c2f6a6150..17e3207d34ae7 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/load_address.c
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/load_address.c
>> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>>  #include <link.h>
>>  #include <stdio.h>
>>  #include <stdlib.h>
>> +#include "../kselftest.h"
>>  
>>  struct Statistics {
>>  	unsigned long long load_address;
>> @@ -41,28 +42,23 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>>  	unsigned long long misalign;
>>  	int ret;
>>  
>> +	ksft_print_header();
>> +	ksft_set_plan(1);
>> +
>>  	ret = dl_iterate_phdr(ExtractStatistics, &extracted);
>> -	if (ret != 1) {
>> -		fprintf(stderr, "FAILED\n");
>> -		return 1;
>> -	}
>> +	if (ret != 1)
>> +		ksft_exit_fail_msg("FAILED: dl_iterate_phdr\n");
> 
> I'm for this series, but I do note a weird glitch in the ksft API.
> ksft_exit_fail_msg does:
> 
>         va_start(args, msg);
>         printf("Bail out! ");
>         errno = saved_errno;
>         vprintf(msg, args);
>         va_end(args);
> 
> "Bail out!" is not very descriptive. I think I'd rather this should be:
> 
> 	"FAILED: "
> 
> and then that added prefix doesn't need to be added everywhere in this
> patch, nor the "error: " prefix in the next patch.
If we want to make this change, FAILED should be removed from all the
tests. We should do it in separate patch. I've taken note and will do it
separate from this series.

-- 
BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum