From: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit 8cd6bc0359deebd8500e6de95899a8a78d3ec4ba upstream. If the size of the error log is too big to send via email, and the sending fails, it wont email any result. This can be confusing for the user who is waiting for an email on the completion of the tests. If it fails to send email, then try again without the log file stating that it failed to send an email. Obviously this will not be of use if the sending of email failed for some other reasons, but it will at least give the user some information when it fails for the most common reason. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: c2d84ddb338c8 ("ktest.pl: Add MAIL_COMMAND option to define how to send email") Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl +++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl @@ -4197,7 +4197,12 @@ sub do_send_mail { $mail_command =~ s/\$SUBJECT/$subject/g; $mail_command =~ s/\$MESSAGE/$message/g; - run_command $mail_command; + my $ret = run_command $mail_command; + if (!$ret && defined($file)) { + # try again without the file + $message .= "\n\n*** FAILED TO SEND LOG ***\n\n"; + do_send_email($subject, $message); + } } sub send_email {