Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] kselftest: add fixture parameters

From: Kees Cook
Date: Sun Mar 15 2020 - 16:55:56 EST


On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 12:05:17AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:54:57 -0700
>
> > This set is an attempt to make running tests for different
> > sets of data easier. The direct motivation is the tls
> > test which we'd like to run for TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3,
> > but currently there is no easy way to invoke the same
> > tests with different parameters.
> >
> > Tested all users of kselftest_harness.h.
> >
> > v2:
> > - don't run tests by fixture
> > - don't pass params as an explicit argument
> >
> > Note that we loose a little bit of type safety
> > without passing parameters as an explicit argument.
> > If user puts the name of the wrong fixture as argument
> > to CURRENT_FIXTURE() it will happily cast the type.
>
> Hmmm, what tree should integrate this patch series?

I expect the final version (likely v3) to go via Shuah's selftest tree.

-Kees

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Kees Cook