[LTP] [RFC PATCH 1/2] tst_test: Add test multiplex function

Cyril Hrubis chrubis@suse.cz
Wed Mar 6 19:28:30 CET 2019


Hi!
> > > on first look this looks like a workaround, because we have locked
> > > ourselves out of .test function for timer tests.
> > 
> > I do not follow you here, can you elaborate?
> 
> If this wasn't timer test, I'd ask why don't we use existing .test and .tcnt,
> your test() func can be called with a parameter, so you could change
> the code to choose correct syscall/glibc func based on value of that parameter.
> 
> For normal tests, this looks almost and .test/.tcnt functionality,
> except test count can be also dynamic.

Well so does the .all_filesystems flag, however I see these concepts to
be orthogonal to what the actual test does, which is the reason I want
them hooked up in the library rather than to be part of the testcase
code.

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Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz


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