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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 5/9] test_sysctl: add generic script to expand on tests
    On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote:
    > This adds a generic script to let us more easily add more tests
    > cases. Since we really have only two types of tests cases just
    > fold them into the one file. Each test unit is now identified
    > into its separate function:
    >
    > # ./sysctl.sh -l
    > Test ID list:
    >
    > TEST_ID x NUM_TEST
    > TEST_ID: Test ID
    > NUM_TESTS: Number of recommended times to run the test
    >
    > 0001 x 1 - tests proc_dointvec_minmax()
    > 0002 x 1 - tests proc_dostring()
    >
    > For now we start off with what we had before, and run only each test once.
    > We can now watch a test case until it fails:
    >
    > ./sysctl.sh -w 0002
    >
    > We can also run a test case x number of times, say we want to run
    > a test case 100 times:
    >
    > ./sysctl.sh -c 0001 100
    >
    > To run a test case only once, for example:
    >
    > ./sysctl.sh -s 0002
    >
    > The default settings are specified at the top of sysctl.sh.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>

    I'm not a fan of this: it consolidates tests when it's not needed and
    creates a test running infrastructure at the wrong level of
    abstraction. I'd like to see individual tests that are one-off
    runnable. Whatever consumes the tools/testing/selftests/ tree is what
    should be doing the -w, -c, etc style options.

    -Kees

    --
    Kees Cook
    Pixel Security

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