On Tue, 24 May 2016 08:54:38 +0900 Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 03:15:38PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > > [ Folks, is this a proper work around? ] > > > > When histograms are not configured in the kernel, the ftracetest histogram > > selftests should return "unsupported" and not "Failed". To detect this, the > > test scripts have: > > > > FEATURE=`grep hist events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger` > > if [ -z "$FEATURE" ]; then > > echo "hist trigger is not supported" > > exit_unsupported > > fi > > > > The problem is that '-e' is in effect and any error will cause the program > > to terminate. The grep for 'hist' fails, because it is not compiled it (thus > > unsupported), but because grep has an error code for failing to find the > > string, it causes the program to terminate, and is marked as a failed test. > > We have a feature check before doing grep, doesn't it detect such > case? > > if [ ! -f events/sched/sched_process_fork/trigger ]; then > echo "event trigger is not supported" > exit_unsupported > fi > Triggers exist, but the "hist" trigger does not, and that's what is being checked. -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kselftest" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
