Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:58:58 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 09/10] dmatest: gather test results in the linked list | From | Dan Williams <> |
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On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote: > The patch provides a storage for the test results in the linked list. The > gathered data could be used after test is done. > > The new file 'results' represents gathered data of the in progress test. The > messages collected are printed to the kernel log as well. > > Example of output: > % cat /sys/kernel/debug/dmatest/results > dma0chan0-copy0: #1: No errors with src_off=0x7bf dst_off=0x8ad len=0x3fea (0) > > The message format is unified across the different types of errors. A number in > the parens represents additional information, e.g. error code, error counter, > or status. > > Note that the buffer comparison is done in the old way, i.e. data is not > collected and just printed out. >
I need to revert this to get my testing done as it just leaks memory for no real benefit that I can see. Outside of making the log messages have a uniform format I'm not seeing the case for this? I'll revert and add a pr_fmt to make dmatest messages readily parseable.
-- Dan
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