(2014/09/26 23:18), Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:04:26 +0900 > Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu...@hitachi.com> wrote: > > >>> Please go ahead and get them in. The framework might have to wait >>> until 3.19, so there is no need to have it gate test development. >>> We can evolve them as we go. If tests require special, it means that >>> they aren't suitable for certain envs such as qemu boot with busybox. >>> There is a plan to add test targets to cover such cases. >> >> Agreed, anyway, in some env those tools(commands) may not supported >> by busybox because of the memory size etc. In that case, we can just >> mark the test unsupported or xfail. >> > > Note, if memory size is such a big issue it that other tools may not be > there, then most of the ftrace features will probably be disabled due > to memory constraints on the kernel itself.
Agreed :) > > As we have a way to state "unsupported" we can just return that from > tests that require tools not available, and say why it is the case. OK, if we can count "unsupported" as a test failure (yes, it is unexpectedly failed), it is easy to fix. I'll update XFAIL and other error code support patch and send it. Thank you, -- Masami HIRAMATSU Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Research Center Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory E-mail: masami.hiramatsu...@hitachi.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
