Re: [PATCH v2] kunit: tool: fix _list_tests filtering wrong variable when list has TAP prefix

[David Gow <david@davidgow.net>]

Le 04/08/2026 à 3:02 AM, Mohammad abukhader a écrit :
> From: Mohammad Abu-Khader <mohammad.abukhader@hotmail.com>
> 
> `_list_tests()` runs the kernel to list tests, strips printk timestamp
> lines via `extract_tap_lines()`, then drops the dummy TAP header from
> the cleaned `lines`.  However the subsequent regex filter mistakenly
> operates on the original `output` instead of the cleaned `lines`.  When
> the kernel output includes timestamp prefixes (common with UML or slower
> setups), e.g.:
> 
>   [    0.100000] suite.test1
>   [    0.100000] suite.test2
> 
> the anchored regex `^[^\s.]+\.[^\s.]+$` rejects them and `--list_tests`
> returns an empty list.
> 
> Filter `lines` instead of `output`, matching the behavior of the
> adjacent `_list_tests_attr()` which already returns the cleaned list.
> 
> Add a regression test with timestamp-prefixed input to verify the fix.
> 
> Fixes: 723c8258c8fe ("kunit: tool: Add command line interface to filter and report attributes")
> Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abu-Khader <mohammad.abukhader@hotmail.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: David Gow <david@davidgow.net>

Cheers,
-- David

>  tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py           |  2 +-
>  tools/testing/kunit/kunit_tool_test.py | 12 ++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
> index ac3f7159e67f..91d234ac3b57 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
> +++ b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def _list_tests(linux: kunit_kernel.LinuxSourceTree, request: KunitExecRequest)
>  	lines.pop()
>  
>  	# Filter out any extraneous non-test output that might have gotten mixed in.
> -	return [l for l in output if re.match(r'^[^\s.]+\.[^\s.]+$', l)]
> +	return [l for l in lines if re.match(r'^[^\s.]+\.[^\s.]+$', l)]
>  
>  def _list_tests_attr(linux: kunit_kernel.LinuxSourceTree, request: KunitExecRequest) -> Iterable[str]:
>  	args = ['kunit.action=list_attr']
> diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_tool_test.py b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_tool_test.py
> index da88c3a1651d..85ae21754bdf 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_tool_test.py
> +++ b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_tool_test.py
> @@ -979,6 +979,18 @@ class KUnitMainTest(unittest.TestCase):
>  		self.linux_source_mock.run_kernel.assert_called_once_with(
>  			args=['kunit.action=list'], build_dir='.kunit', filter_glob='suite*', filter='', filter_action=None, timeout=300)
>  
> +	def test_list_tests_with_prefix(self):
> +		want = ['suite.test1', 'suite.test2', 'suite2.test1']
> +		self.linux_source_mock.run_kernel.return_value = [
> +			'[    0.100000] TAP version 14',
> +			'[    0.200000] suite.test1',
> +			'[    0.200000] suite.test2',
> +			'[    0.300000] suite2.test1']
> +
> +		got = kunit._list_tests(self.linux_source_mock,
> +				     kunit.KunitExecRequest(None, None, None, False, False, '.kunit', 300, 'suite*', '', None, None, 'suite', False, False, False))
> +		self.assertEqual(got, want)
> +
>  	@mock.patch.object(kunit, '_list_tests')
>  	def test_run_isolated_by_suite(self, mock_tests):
>  		mock_tests.return_value = ['suite.test1', 'suite.test2', 'suite2.test1']