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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 5/5] selftests/resctrl: Fix resctrl_tests' return code to work with selftest framework
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On 2/15/22 7:26 PM, Shaopeng Tan wrote:
> In kselftest framework, if a sub test can not run by some reasons,
> the test result should be marked as SKIP rather than FAIL.
> Return KSFT_SKIP(4) instead of KSFT_FAIL(1) if resctrl_tests is not run
> as root or it is run on a test environment which does not support resctrl.
>
> - ksft_exit_fail_msg(): returns KSFT_FAIL(1)
> - ksft_exit_skip(): returns KSFT_SKIP(4)
>

Thank for making this change to skip.

> Signed-off-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@jp.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> Some important feedbacks from v1&v2 are addressed as follows:
>
> - It is important to highlight that a skipped test is marked
> as successful to not unnecessarily report a feature failure
> when there actually is a failure in the test environment.
> => I highligted this content in changelog as follows.
> "In kselftest framework, if a test is not run by some reason,
> the test result is marked as SKIP rather than FAIL."
>
> - The subject line can be made more succinct while the details are
> moved to the commit message.
> => I made subject line succinct and moved the details to changelog.
>
> - How changing ksft_exit_fail_msg() to ksft_exit_skip() accomplishes
> the goal of unifying the return code.
> => In changelog, I explained why return code KSFT_SKIP(4) is needed
> in kselftest framework and the return code of each function.
>
> tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> index 973f09a66e1e..3be0895c492b 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> * 2. We execute perf commands
> */
> if (geteuid() != 0)
> - return ksft_exit_fail_msg("Not running as root, abort testing.\n");
> + return ksft_exit_skip("Not running as root, abort testing.\n");

Let's update the message to "This test must be run as root. Skipping..."
>
> /* Detect AMD vendor */
> detect_amd();
> @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> sprintf(bm_type, "fill_buf");
>
> if (!check_resctrlfs_support())
> - return ksft_exit_fail_msg("resctrl FS does not exist\n");
> + return ksft_exit_skip("resctrl FS does not exist\n");

Update the message to read -

"resctrl FS doesn not exist. Enable X86_CPU_RESCTRL and PROC_CPU_RESCTRL config options"

>
> filter_dmesg();
>
>

With these changes:

Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>

thanks,
-- Shuah



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