RE: [PATCH 0/2] selftests: Replace "Bail out" with "Error" in ksft_exit_fail_msg()

From: Bird, Tim
Date: Fri Apr 05 2024 - 15:36:50 EST


Sorry I didn't catch this on the original submission.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> On 4/5/24 07: 17, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote: > "Bail out! " is not descriptive. It rather should be: "Failed: " and > then this added prefix
> doesn't need to be added everywhere. Usually in > the logs, we are searching for "Failed"
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> On 4/5/24 07:17, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> > "Bail out! " is not descriptive. It rather should be: "Failed: " and
> > then this added prefix doesn't need to be added everywhere. Usually in
> > the logs, we are searching for "Failed" or "Error" instead of "Bail
> > out" so it must be replace.

Bail out! is the wording in the original TAP spec. We should not change
it unless we plan to abandon compatibility with that spec. (which I
would advise against).

See https://testanything.org/tap-specification.html

The reason "Bail out!" is preferred (IMO) is that it is less likely to be emitted
in other test output, and is more 'grepable'.

This would get a NAK from me.
-- Tim

> >
> > Remove Error/Failed prefixes from all usages as well.
> >
> > Muhammad Usama Anjum (2):
> > selftests: Replace "Bail out" with "Error"
> > selftests: Remove Error/Failed prefix from ksft_exit_fail*() usages
> >
> > tools/testing/selftests/exec/load_address.c | 8 +-
> > .../testing/selftests/exec/recursion-depth.c | 10 +-
> > tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h | 2 +-
> > .../selftests/mm/map_fixed_noreplace.c | 24 +--
> > tools/testing/selftests/mm/map_populate.c | 2 +-
> > tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_dontunmap.c | 2 +-
> > tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c | 166 +++++++++---------
> > .../selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c | 2 +-
> > 8 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)
> >
>
> Andrew, Kees,
>
> I will apply these to linux-kselftest next as a series since these
> changes depend on change to tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
> and need to go together.
>
> Are you okay with that?
>
> thanks,
> -- Shuah
>