Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 8 Sep 2019 18:28:37 -0700 | From | Brendan Higgins <> | Subject | Re: [RFC 03/19] ktf: Introduce a generic netlink protocol for test result communication |
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:09:18AM +0200, Knut Omang wrote: > The generic netlink protocol used to communicate between > kernel and user space about tests and test results, as well as some > means for configuring tests within the kernel. > > Unlike other kernel side test code in the kernel, ktf does not print > anything from inside the kernel (except for optional debugging > features to help "internal" debugging of ktf or ktf tests). > Instead all test results are communicated back to the user space > frontend, which decides how to do the reporting.
So why netlink? Why not just a file interface?
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Cheers
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