[LTP] [Valgrind-developers] [RFC PATCH 1/1] LTP tests: Run without LTP_REPRODUCIBLE_OUTPUT=1

[Martin Cermak]

On  Tue  2026-03-24  15:09 , Martin Cermak wrote:
> On  Tue  2026-03-24  14:18 , Cyril Hrubis wrote:
> > Hi!
> > > 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. Therefore LTP_REPRODUCIBLE_OUTPUT=1 is not
> > > needed any more.
> > 
> > I do not think so. We still have things like pids and timestamps in
> > TPASS/TFAIL messages that needs to be removed in order for the output to
> > be reproducible.
> 
> From Valgrind persp, seems like we could drop it at the first
> glance.  But let me confirm that based on a thorough check.

My quick guess above was wrong.  We do need
LTP_REPRODUCIBLE_OUTPUT for Valgrind testing.
Please keep it.

Thank-you,
Martin