Currently the KTAP specification says that a test result line is <result> <number> [<description>][ # [<directive>] [<diagnostic data>]] and the description of a test can be "any sequence of words (can't include #)" which specifies that there may be more than one word but does not specify anything other than those words which might be used to separate the words which probably isn't what we want. Given that practically we have tests using a range of separators for words including combinations of spaces and combinations of other symbols like underscores or punctuation let's just clarify that the description can contain any character other than # (marking the start of the directive/diagnostic) or newline (marking the end of this test result). Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/dev-tools/ktap.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/ktap.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/ktap.rst index d0a9565b0f44..414c105b10a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/ktap.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/ktap.rst @@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ have the number 1 and the number then must increase by 1 for each additional subtest within the same test at the same nesting level. The description is a description of the test, generally the name of -the test, and can be any string of words (can't include #). The -description is optional, but recommended. +the test, and can be any string of characters other than # or a +newline. The description is optional, but recommended. The directive and any diagnostic data is optional. If either are present, they must follow a hash sign, "#". -- 2.30.2
