Applied. Chris On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:45 PM, Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Currently the test suite always check the exit value and the output > of the command used for the test. This is fine and allow use to catch > the most common situations: > - failure or crash (via the exit value) > - (un)expected output (like when testing the result of the preprocessor) > - (un)expected errors & warnings (like when testing sparse's warnings) > > But sometimes, we're not interested in the output or the output (as is) > is simply not meaningful for the test or can't be compared textually > to some reference. > > This patch add two new tags (check-output-ignore & check-error-ignore), > telling to test suite to ignore the content of stdout or stderr when > testing this file. > > Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/test-suite | 6 ++++++ > validation/test-suite | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/test-suite b/Documentation/test-suite > index 6c4f24f6..6936feeb 100644 > --- a/Documentation/test-suite > +++ b/Documentation/test-suite > @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ check-output-start / check-output-end (optional) > The expected output (stdout and stderr) of check-command lies between > those two tags. It defaults to no output. > > +check-output-ignore / check-error-ignore (optional) > + Don't check the expected output (stdout or stderr) of check-command > + (usefull when this output is not comparable or if you're only interested > + in the exit value). > + By default this check is done. > + > check-known-to-fail (optional) > Mark the test as being known to fail. > > diff --git a/validation/test-suite b/validation/test-suite > index df5a7c60..0d874e07 100755 > --- a/validation/test-suite > +++ b/validation/test-suite > @@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ do_test() > actual_exit_value=$? > > for stream in output error; do > + grep -s -q "check-$stream-ignore" $file && continue > + > diff -u "$file".$stream.expected "$file".$stream.got > "$file".$stream.diff > if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then > error "actual $stream text does not match expected $stream text." > -- > 2.10.1 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sparse" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html