[LTP] [PATCH] device-drivers/cpufreq_boost.c: skip test if turbo is disabled by BIOS or unavailable on processor

[Xiao Yang]

On 2019/01/08 17:33, Petr Vorel wrote:
> Hi Xiao,
>
>> If intel_pstate driver has been initialized but turbo is disabled by BIOS
>> or unavailable on processor(i.e. intel_pstate/no_turbo file exists but its
>> default value is 1), we cannot write data into intel_pstate/no_turbo and
>> return EPERM, as below:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> cpufreq_boost    1  TBROK  :  safe_file_ops.c:301: Failed to close FILE '/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo' at cpufreq_boost.c:151: errno=EPERM(1): Operation not permitted
>> cpufreq_boost    2  TBROK  :  safe_file_ops.c:301: Remaining cases broken
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> We try to skip test in this case.
>> Signed-off-by: Xiao Yang<yangx.jy@cn.fujitsu.com>
> Acked-by: Petr Vorel<pvorel@suse.cz>
>
> Not merging it as it's a git freeze (although it's a fix).
>
>> +	/* We try to skip test when getting EPERM. */
>> +	if (write(fd, off, 1) == -1&&  errno == EPERM) {
>> +		SAFE_CLOSE(NULL, fd);
>> +		tst_brkm(TCONF, NULL, "Turbo is disabled by "
>> +			 "BIOS or unavailable on processor");
> Minor tip: I wouldn't split the string (better for grep, also checkpatch.pl
> warns about it).
Hi Petr,

Thanks for your review.

1) I will get the "line over 80 characters" warning if i don't split the string.
2) I will get the "quoted string split across lines" warning if i split the string.

Which one should i choose?  I am not sure.

Best Regards,
Xiao Yang

> Kind regards,
> Petr
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