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

[Petr Vorel]

> 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.

Thanks for info, Martin. Sure, please drop this patch.

I still feel these 2 variables somehow overlap, wouldn't it make sense to merge
the functionality into a single variable?

Kind regards,
Petr

> Thank-you,
> Martin