[PATCH] selftests: tc-testing: fix list_categories() crash on list type

From: mr . navi8680

Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 02:50:03 EST


From: Naveen Anandhan <mr.navi8680@xxxxxxxxx>

list_categories() builds a set directly from the 'category'
field of each test case. Since 'category' is a list,
set(map(...)) attempts to insert lists into a set, which
raises:

TypeError: unhashable type: 'list'

Flatten category lists and collect unique category names
using set.update() instead.

Signed-off-by: Naveen Anandhan <mr.navi8680@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc_helper.py | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc_helper.py b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc_helper.py
index e06f03c0fb5d..adb52fe3acc1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc_helper.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tdc_helper.py
@@ -38,10 +38,14 @@ def list_test_cases(testlist):


def list_categories(testlist):
- """ Show all categories that are present in a test case file. """
- categories = set(map(lambda x: x['category'], testlist))
+ """Show all unique categories present in the test cases."""
+ categories = set()
+ for t in testlist:
+ if 'category' in t:
+ categories.update(t['category'])
+
print("Available categories:")
- print(", ".join(str(s) for s in categories))
+ print(", ".join(sorted(categories)))
print("")


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2.43.0