[PATCH] locking-selftest: add option to proceed through unexpected failures

[PATCH] locking-selftest: add option to proceed through unexpected failures

[Jim Cromie]

Locking selftest is currently (v.5.10-rc3) seeing 14 unexpected failures.
Add option to not disable debug_locks, so as to let it reveal any
locking flaws in new unrelated work.

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
 lib/locking-selftest.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/locking-selftest.c b/lib/locking-selftest.c
index a899b3f0e2e5..87889bcf3232 100644
--- a/lib/locking-selftest.c
+++ b/lib/locking-selftest.c
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ static int __init setup_debug_locks_verbose(char *str)
 
 __setup("debug_locks_verbose=", setup_debug_locks_verbose);
 
+/*
+ * proceed thru debug fails, leave debugging enabled
+ */
+static unsigned int debug_locks_proceed;
+
+static int __init setup_debug_locks_proceed(char *str)
+{
+	get_option(&str, &debug_locks_proceed);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+__setup("debug_locks_proceed=", setup_debug_locks_proceed);
+
 #define FAILURE		0
 #define SUCCESS		1
 
@@ -2480,9 +2494,10 @@ void locking_selftest(void)
 
 	if (unexpected_testcase_failures) {
 		printk("-----------------------------------------------------------------\n");
-		debug_locks = 0;
-		printk("BUG: %3d unexpected failures (out of %3d) - debugging disabled! |\n",
-			unexpected_testcase_failures, testcase_total);
+		debug_locks = debug_locks_proceed;
+		printk("BUG: %3d unexpected failures (out of %3d) - debugging %s! |\n",
+		       unexpected_testcase_failures, testcase_total,
+		       (!debug_locks_proceed) ? "disabled" : "proceeding anyway");
 		printk("-----------------------------------------------------------------\n");
 	} else if (expected_testcase_failures && testcase_successes) {
 		printk("--------------------------------------------------------\n");
-- 
2.28.0

Re: [PATCH] locking-selftest: add option to proceed through unexpected failures

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 04:00:48PM -0700, Jim Cromie wrote:
> Locking selftest is currently (v.5.10-rc3) seeing 14 unexpected failures.
> Add option to not disable debug_locks, so as to let it reveal any
> locking flaws in new unrelated work.

I'm assuming this is the arm64 fallout? Mark anything I can do to help
you there?

The reasoning doesn't make sense though; if it can't pass the selftest,
then why would you trust any further reports?

Re: [PATCH] locking-selftest: add option to proceed through unexpected failures

[jim.cromie]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:02 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 04:00:48PM -0700, Jim Cromie wrote:
> > Locking selftest is currently (v.5.10-rc3) seeing 14 unexpected failures.
> > Add option to not disable debug_locks, so as to let it reveal any
> > locking flaws in new unrelated work.
>
> I'm assuming this is the arm64 fallout? Mark anything I can do to help
> you there?
>
> The reasoning doesn't make sense though; if it can't pass the selftest,
> then why would you trust any further reports?

because it knows more than I do.
having chosen to proceed anyway,
Im free to discount the advice.