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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] selftests/ima: loading kernel modules
From:       Petr Vorel <pvorel () suse ! cz>
Date:       2019-02-28 23:14:41
Message-ID: 20190228231441.GF20335 () dell5510
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Hi Shuah,

> We can do this as a separate effort in the interest of getting these
> in the interest of getting these in.

> We have common functions in ksefltest.h for c and we don't have them
> for tests scripts. We might be able to collect common routines such
> as get_kconfig into a common .sh and include in tests. If you have time
> to do this, that will be great. It can be done as a separate effort.
Some inspiration, what sort of helpers can be for shell see LTP shell API [1].
These helpers tests help tests to be short, readable and with unified output.
(I like library variables [2] which are self describing and making test even
shorter), setup and cleanup functions called automatically, ...
The same applies for C API [3] (e.g. SAFE_*() helpers for handling errors, ...).

I wonder if there is even any interest of having any sort of helpers or even
framework for shell, when so far there was nothing.

> thanks,
> -- Shuah


Kind regards,
Petr

[1] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/wiki/Test-Writing-Guidelines#23-writing-a-testcase-in-shell
[2] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/wiki/Test-Writing-Guidelines#232-library-variables
[3] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/wiki/Test-Writing-Guidelines#22-writing-a-test-in-c
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