[LTP] [PATCH v4 5/5] lib: Merge functionality of LTP_QUIET into LTP_REPRODUCIBLE_OUTPUT

Li Wang wangli.ahau@gmail.com
Thu Apr 23 09:09:11 CEST 2026


Hi Petr,

Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz> wrote:

> LTP_REPRODUCIBLE_OUTPUT=1 environment variable was added in 5894abc5f to
> help valgrind to use LTP for testing. It discards the actual content of
> the messages printed by the test (removes everything after printing
> TINFO/TPASS/TFAIL/... flag).
>
> Later LTP_QUIET=1 was added which suppresses printing TCONF, TWARN,
> TINFO, and TDEBUG messages.

In this patch, I didn't find that it suppresses TWARN messages.
Should we add it as well?


> Valgrind project uses both variables but no need to handle them
> separately. Therefore merge functionality of LTP_QUIET into
> LTP_REPRODUCIBLE_OUTPUT.
>
> LTP_QUIET was not even documented in HTML doc (no need to update docs).
>
> Implements: https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/issues/1306
> Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
> ---
> New in v4.
>
>  lib/tst_test.c | 16 +++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/tst_test.c b/lib/tst_test.c
> index 12f7489d4e..51d64e8414 100644
> --- a/lib/tst_test.c
> +++ b/lib/tst_test.c
> @@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ static int iterations = 1;
>  static float duration = -1;
>  static float timeout_mul = -1;
>  static int reproducible_output;
> -static int quiet_output;
>
>  struct context {
>         int32_t lib_pid;
> @@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ static void print_result(const char *file, const int lineno, int ttype,
>                 res = "TBROK";
>         break;
>         case TCONF:
> -               if (quiet_output)
> +               if (reproducible_output)
>                         return;
>                 res = "TCONF";
>         break;
> @@ -315,12 +314,12 @@ static void print_result(const char *file, const int lineno, int ttype,
>                 res = "TWARN";
>         break;
>         case TINFO:
> -               if (quiet_output)
> +               if (reproducible_output)
>                         return;
>                 res = "TINFO";
>         break;
>         case TDEBUG:
> -               if (quiet_output)
> +               if (reproducible_output)
>                         return;
>                 res = "TDEBUG";
>         break;
> @@ -676,8 +675,8 @@ static void print_help(void)
>         fprintf(stderr, "LTP_DEV                  Path to the block device to be used (for .needs_device)\n");
>         fprintf(stderr, "LTP_DEV_FS_TYPE          Filesystem used for testing (default: %s)\n", DEFAULT_FS_TYPE);
>         fprintf(stderr, "LTP_DEBUG                Print debug messages (set 1(y) or 2)\n");
> -       fprintf(stderr, "LTP_REPRODUCIBLE_OUTPUT  Values 1 or y discard the actual content of the messages printed by the test\n");
> -       fprintf(stderr, "LTP_QUIET                Values 1 or y will suppress printing TCONF, TWARN, TINFO, and TDEBUG messages\n");

> +       fprintf(stderr, "LTP_REPRODUCIBLE_OUTPUT  Values 1 or y suppress printing TCONF, TWARN, TINFO, and TDEBUG messages and");
> +       fprintf(stderr, "                         discards the actual content of all other messages");

I guess this two-line format is a bit strange when printing.
Maybe we need to combine into a single fprintf()?


>         fprintf(stderr, "LTP_SINGLE_FS_TYPE       Specifies filesystem instead all supported (for .all_filesystems)\n");
>         fprintf(stderr, "LTP_FORCE_SINGLE_FS_TYPE Testing only. The same as LTP_SINGLE_FS_TYPE but ignores test skiplist.\n");
>         fprintf(stderr, "LTP_TIMEOUT_MUL          Timeout multiplier (must be a number >=1)\n");
> @@ -1398,7 +1397,6 @@ static void do_setup(int argc, char *argv[])
>  {
>         char *tdebug_env = getenv("LTP_DEBUG");
>         char *reproducible_env = getenv("LTP_REPRODUCIBLE_OUTPUT");
> -       char *quiet_env = getenv("LTP_QUIET");
>
>         if (!tst_test)
>                 tst_brk(TBROK, "No tests to run");
> @@ -1429,10 +1427,6 @@ static void do_setup(int argc, char *argv[])
>             (!strcmp(reproducible_env, "1") || !strcmp(reproducible_env, "y")))
>                 reproducible_output = 1;
>
> -       if (quiet_env &&
> -           (!strcmp(quiet_env, "1") || !strcmp(quiet_env, "y")))
> -               quiet_output = 1;
> -
>         assert_test_fn();
>
>         TCID = tcid = get_tcid(argv);
> --
> 2.53.0
>


--
Regards,
Li Wang


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