From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> We already log the running test to system logs via "logger" but viro pointed out that we can use /dev/kmsg to insert it into dmesg as well. When looking at the serial console that could be pretty useful. Thanks to viro for the test -w suggestion too. [Eryu Guan adds timestamp to dmesg too] Signed-off-by: Eryu Guan <eguan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- check | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/check b/check index 10f4a18..3d42a8b 100755 --- a/check +++ b/check @@ -561,6 +561,10 @@ for section in $HOST_OPTIONS_SECTIONS; do $timestamp && echo -n " ["`date "+%T"`"]" [ ! -x $seq ] && chmod u+x $seq # ensure we can run it $LOGGER_PROG "run xfstest $seqnum" + if [ -w /dev/kmsg ]; then + date_time=`date +"%F %T"` + echo "run fstests $seqnum at $date_time" > /dev/kmsg + fi ./$seq >$tmp.rawout 2>&1 sts=$? $timestamp && _timestamp -- 2.1.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fstests" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html