On 01/09/2015 02:06 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: > This adds a Make include file which most selftests can then include to > get the run_tests logic. > > On its own this has the advantage of some reduction in repetition, and > also means the pass/fail message is defined in fewer places. > > However the key advantage is it will allow us to implement install very > simply in a subsequent patch. > > The default implementation just executes each program in $(TEST_PROGS). > > We use a variable to hold the default implementation of $(RUN_TESTS) > because that gives us a clean way to override it if necessary, ie. using > override. The mount, memory-hotplug and mqueue tests use that to provide > a different implementation. > > Tests are not run via /bin/bash, so if they are scripts they must be > executable, we add u+x to several. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> I like the shared logic approach in general provided it leaves the flexibility to not use the shared logic if a test have the need to do so. This series requires some patch planning. shared logic patch followed by individual test patches as opposed a single patch. I would like to see the shared logic work done on top of my patch v4 series. thanks, -- Shuah -- Shuah Khan Sr. Linux Kernel Developer Open Source Innovation Group Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley) shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (970) 217-8978 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
