The -x flag is used to exclude tests that belong to certain groups from the test args list. When the test args list is expressed as a match pattern, -x fails to exclude the tests that match the pattern and belong to excluded groups. For example: $ ./check -n -x xfs/??? | wc -l 341 $ ./check -n -x fuzzers,dangerous_fuzzers xfs/??? | wc -l 341 After the fix: $ ./check -n -x fuzzers,dangerous_fuzzers xfs/??? | wc -l 315 This bug seems to date back to this git repo epoc. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- check | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/check b/check index 8f2a1bb..9732460 100755 --- a/check +++ b/check @@ -158,11 +158,14 @@ _timestamp() _prepare_test_list() { unset list + touch $tmp.list # Tests specified on the command line if [ -s $tmp.arglist ]; then - cat $tmp.arglist > $tmp.list - else - touch $tmp.list + # flatten multi tests line (tests/$fs/???) to 1 test per line + list=$(cat $tmp.arglist) + for t in $list; do + echo "$t" >> $tmp.list + done fi # Specified groups to include -- 2.7.4 -- 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