Re: [KTEST PATCH 00/10] collection of ktest patches

[Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 01:44:18PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 15:32 +0200, Andrew Jones wrote:
> > More than once I've had to drive git-bisect to bisect boot issues for
> > Xen guests. The last time I needed to do so I decided to give ktest a
> > whirl. While whirling I wrote a couple patches and added a few features.
> > This patchset is the collection.
> 
> I do like your changes and I'll start queuing them up soon. Probably
> need to rename the PASS_COUNT though. What do you think of RERUN?

Thanks! I've sent the rerun patch.

> 
> Anyway, I only post to Linus during the merge window (except for bug
> fixes), which means they wont be in mainline until 3.2.
>

no problem
 
> The best thing about this patchset, is that it proves that ktest is used
> by more than 1 person. It's doubled its usage statistics!

lol

> 
> -- Steve
> 
> > 
> > Andrew Jones (10):
> >   ktest: create outputdir, if it doesn't exist
> >   ktest: small cleanup
> >   ktest: factor reboot code
> >   ktest: Introduce RESET_TIME
> >   ktest: refactor monitor/boot/test code
> >   ktest: make start_monitor_and_boot true to its name
> >   ktest: Introduce PASS_COUNT
> >   ktest: test faster, put REBOOT_ON_SUCCESS to more work
> >   ktest: test faster, favor rsync over the tarball method
> >   ktest: Introduce FAILURE_LINE
> > 
> >  tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl    |  208 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> >  tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf |   23 ++++-
> >  2 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
>