Re: [PATCH 0/2] selftests: Replace "Bail out" with "Error" in ksft_exit_fail_msg()

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Hi Tim,

On 4/6/24 12:36 AM, Bird, Tim wrote:
> Sorry I didn't catch this on the original submission.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> On 4/5/24 07: 17, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote: > "Bail out! " is not descriptive. It rather should be: "Failed: " and > then this added prefix
>> doesn't need to be added everywhere. Usually in > the logs, we are searching for "Failed"
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>> On 4/5/24 07:17, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
>>> "Bail out! " is not descriptive. It rather should be: "Failed: " and
>>> then this added prefix doesn't need to be added everywhere. Usually in
>>> the logs, we are searching for "Failed" or "Error" instead of "Bail
>>> out" so it must be replace.
> 
> Bail out! is the wording in the original TAP spec.  We should not change
> it unless we plan to abandon compatibility with that spec. (which I
> would advise against).
> 
> See https://testanything.org/tap-specification.html
I didn't know that exact words are coming from TAP. Thank you for catching
it. We don't intend to move away from the spec.

> 
> The reason "Bail out!" is preferred (IMO) is that it is less likely to be emitted
> in other test output, and is more 'grepable'.
Makes sense.

> 
> This would get a NAK from me.
Let's drop this series.

>  -- Tim
> 
>>>
>>> Remove Error/Failed prefixes from all usages as well.
>>>
>>> Muhammad Usama Anjum (2):
>>>    selftests: Replace "Bail out" with "Error"
>>>    selftests: Remove Error/Failed prefix from ksft_exit_fail*() usages
>>>
>>>   tools/testing/selftests/exec/load_address.c   |   8 +-
>>>   .../testing/selftests/exec/recursion-depth.c  |  10 +-
>>>   tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h           |   2 +-
>>>   .../selftests/mm/map_fixed_noreplace.c        |  24 +--
>>>   tools/testing/selftests/mm/map_populate.c     |   2 +-
>>>   tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_dontunmap.c |   2 +-
>>>   tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c    | 166 +++++++++---------
>>>   .../selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c       |   2 +-
>>>   8 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)
>>>
>>
>> Andrew, Kees,
>>
>> I will apply these to linux-kselftest next as a series since these
>> changes depend on change to tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
>> and need to go together.
>>
>> Are you okay with that?
>>
>> thanks,
>> -- Shuah
>>
> 

-- 
BR,
Muhammad Usama Anjum




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