Re: nolibc: KTAP output and test reports

["Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas@t-8ch.de>]

Hi Willy,

On 2023-06-08 00:15:27+0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> after your recent discussions about the test output and report I
> wondered if it would make sense to switch nolibc-test to KTAP output
> format [0].
> 
> With this it would be possible to have a wrapper script run each
> architecture test as its own test subcomponent.
> A (K)TAP parser/runner could then directly recognize and report failing
> testcases, making it easier to validate.
> 
> Also maybe we can hook it up into the regular kselftests setup and have
> the bots run it as part of that.
> 
> The kernel even includes a header-only library to implement the format [1].
> It also should be fairly easy to emit the format without a library.

Did you have a chance to look at this?

If you are not categorically opposed I would create a proof of concept
for further discussion.

> [0] Documentation/dev-tools/ktap.rst
> [1] Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst (Test harness)