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Content-Language: en-US To: Andrew Morton Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Jan Kiszka , Kieran Bingham , Shanker Donthineni , Kuan-Ying Lee , AngeloGioacchino Del Regno References: <20231129150629.0a82efbfc1494972e4e4f8cb@linux-foundation.org> <25a5e810-1e57-4a59-ae82-cb2c7d28a116@gmail.com> <20231129170254.e7ca4c866b521c291e88395e@linux-foundation.org> From: Florian Fainelli Autocrypt: addr=f.fainelli@gmail.com; keydata= xsDiBEjPuBIRBACW9MxSJU9fvEOCTnRNqG/13rAGsj+vJqontvoDSNxRgmafP8d3nesnqPyR xGlkaOSDuu09rxuW+69Y2f1TzjFuGpBk4ysWOR85O2Nx8AJ6fYGCoeTbovrNlGT1M9obSFGQ X3IzRnWoqlfudjTO5TKoqkbOgpYqIo5n1QbEjCCwCwCg3DOH/4ug2AUUlcIT9/l3pGvoRJ0E AICDzi3l7pmC5IWn2n1mvP5247urtHFs/uusE827DDj3K8Upn2vYiOFMBhGsxAk6YKV6IP0d ZdWX6fqkJJlu9cSDvWtO1hXeHIfQIE/xcqvlRH783KrihLcsmnBqOiS6rJDO2x1eAgC8meAX SAgsrBhcgGl2Rl5gh/jkeA5ykwbxA/9u1eEuL70Qzt5APJmqVXR+kWvrqdBVPoUNy/tQ8mYc nzJJ63ng3tHhnwHXZOu8hL4nqwlYHRa9eeglXYhBqja4ZvIvCEqSmEukfivk+DlIgVoOAJbh qIWgvr3SIEuR6ayY3f5j0f2ejUMYlYYnKdiHXFlF9uXm1ELrb0YX4GMHz80nRmxvcmlhbiBG YWluZWxsaSA8Zi5mYWluZWxsaUBnbWFpbC5jb20+wmYEExECACYCGyMGCwkIBwMCBBUCCAME FgIDAQIeAQIXgAUCVF/S8QUJHlwd3wAKCRBhV5kVtWN2DvCVAJ4u4/bPF4P3jxb4qEY8I2gS 6hG0gACffNWlqJ2T4wSSn+3o7CCZNd7SLSDOw00ESM+4EhAQAL/o09boR9D3Vk1Tt7+gpYr3 WQ6hgYVON905q2ndEoA2J0dQxJNRw3snabHDDzQBAcqOvdi7YidfBVdKi0wxHhSuRBfuOppu pdXkb7zxuPQuSveCLqqZWRQ+Cc2QgF7SBqgznbe6Ngout5qXY5Dcagk9LqFNGhJQzUGHAsIs hap1f0B1PoUyUNeEInV98D8Xd/edM3mhO9nRpUXRK9Bvt4iEZUXGuVtZLT52nK6Wv2EZ1TiT OiqZlf1P+vxYLBx9eKmabPdm3yjalhY8yr1S1vL0gSA/C6W1o/TowdieF1rWN/MYHlkpyj9c Rpc281gAO0AP3V1G00YzBEdYyi0gaJbCEQnq8Vz1vDXFxHzyhgGz7umBsVKmYwZgA8DrrB0M oaP35wuGR3RJcaG30AnJpEDkBYHznI2apxdcuTPOHZyEilIRrBGzDwGtAhldzlBoBwE3Z3MY 31TOpACu1ZpNOMysZ6xiE35pWkwc0KYm4hJA5GFfmWSN6DniimW3pmdDIiw4Ifcx8b3mFrRO BbDIW13E51j9RjbO/nAaK9ndZ5LRO1B/8Fwat7bLzmsCiEXOJY7NNpIEpkoNoEUfCcZwmLrU +eOTPzaF6drw6ayewEi5yzPg3TAT6FV3oBsNg3xlwU0gPK3v6gYPX5w9+ovPZ1/qqNfOrbsE FRuiSVsZQ5s3AAMFD/9XjlnnVDh9GX/r/6hjmr4U9tEsM+VQXaVXqZuHKaSmojOLUCP/YVQo 7IiYaNssCS4FCPe4yrL4FJJfJAsbeyDykMN7wAnBcOkbZ9BPJPNCbqU6dowLOiy8AuTYQ48m vIyQ4Ijnb6GTrtxIUDQeOBNuQC/gyyx3nbL/lVlHbxr4tb6YkhkO6shjXhQh7nQb33FjGO4P WU11Nr9i/qoV8QCo12MQEo244RRA6VMud06y/E449rWZFSTwGqb0FS0seTcYNvxt8PB2izX+ HZA8SL54j479ubxhfuoTu5nXdtFYFj5Lj5x34LKPx7MpgAmj0H7SDhpFWF2FzcC1bjiW9mjW HaKaX23Awt97AqQZXegbfkJwX2Y53ufq8Np3e1542lh3/mpiGSilCsaTahEGrHK+lIusl6mz Joil+u3k01ofvJMK0ZdzGUZ/aPMZ16LofjFA+MNxWrZFrkYmiGdv+LG45zSlZyIvzSiG2lKy kuVag+IijCIom78P9jRtB1q1Q5lwZp2TLAJlz92DmFwBg1hyFzwDADjZ2nrDxKUiybXIgZp9 aU2d++ptEGCVJOfEW4qpWCCLPbOT7XBr+g/4H3qWbs3j/cDDq7LuVYIe+wchy/iXEJaQVeTC y5arMQorqTFWlEOgRA8OP47L9knl9i4xuR0euV6DChDrguup2aJVU8JPBBgRAgAPAhsMBQJU X9LxBQkeXB3fAAoJEGFXmRW1Y3YOj4UAn3nrFLPZekMeqX5aD/aq/dsbXSfyAKC45Go0YyxV HGuUuzv+GKZ6nsysJw== In-Reply-To: <20231129170254.e7ca4c866b521c291e88395e@linux-foundation.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 11/29/2023 5:02 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:23:55 -0800 Florian Fainelli wrote: > >>> Is there any way of scripting the scripts so we can have some sort of >>> automated testing down under tools/testing/selftests/? >> >> That might be a bit difficult to do as this would mean that we can self >> debug and introspect using gdb the live kernel. Testing using QEMU is >> definitively doable however. Of course, I just found another script that >> broke (device.py)! > > Oh. That sounds quite the exercise in the context of tools/selftests. > > One can of course just fire up gdb against the vmlinux elf file and > play around, but I assume this won't permit a useful amount of the > scripts to be exercised. > > Suppose someone has set up qemu or whatever and has attached gdb to it. > Could we provide that person with a script or a canned set of commands > which exercise the gdb scripts to a useful extent? So rather than > attempting automated testing under the seltests umbrella, we provide > less skilled individuals with the means to easily and quickly check for > regressions. I'd expect that such a toolset would be particularly > helpful for regression testing the scripts across all the supported > architectures? Yes it would, let me play with what GDB and QEMU can do and see if this can be somewhat automated. Thanks! -- Florian