Re: [PATCH 0/2] Modify the watchdog selftest for execution with

[Laura Nao]

Hi Shuah,

On 5/6/24 13:13, Laura Nao wrote:
> The watchdog selftest script supports various parameters for testing
> different IOCTLs. The watchdog ping functionality is validated by
> starting
> a loop where the watchdog device is periodically pet, which can only
> be
> stopped by the user interrupting the script.
> 
> This results in a timeout when running this test using the kselftest
> runner
> with no non-oneshot parameters (or no parameters at all):
> 
>   TAP version 13
>   1..1
>   # timeout set to 45
>   # selftests: watchdog: watchdog-test
>   # Watchdog Ticking Away!
>   # .............................................#
>   not ok 1 selftests: watchdog: watchdog-test # TIMEOUT 45 seconds
> 
> To address this issue, the first patch in this series limits the loop
> to 5
> iterations by default and adds support for a new '-c' option to
> customize
> the number of pings as required.
> 
> The second patch conforms the test output to the KTAP format.
> 

Gentle ping - any thoughts on this series? It would simplify running the
watchdog kselftest in CI environments by leveraging the runner.

Thanks!

Laura