Re: [PATCH bpf-next V3 0/2] BPF selftests test runner 'test_progs' use proper shell exit codes

From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>
To: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Cc: bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>, Hangbin Liu <haliu@redhat.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <borkmann@iogearbox.net>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>,
	Veronika Kabatova <vkabatov@redhat.com>,
	Jiri Benc <jbenc@redhat.com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>,
	Martin Lau <kafai@fb.com>, Networking <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next V3 0/2] BPF selftests test runner 'test_progs' use proper shell exit codes
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 00:23:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEf4Bzb07mdCQ5DS_gao4b9GSyeg406wpteC9uDaGdfOAHXFVA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <159410590190.1093222.8436994742373578091.stgit@firesoul>

On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 12:12 AM Jesper Dangaard Brouer
<brouer@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> This patchset makes it easier to use test_progs from shell scripts, by using
> proper shell exit codes. The process's exit status should be a number
> between 0 and 255 as defined in man exit(3) else it will be masked to comply.
>
> Shell exit codes used by programs should be below 127. As 127 and above are
> used for indicating signals. E.g. 139 means 11=SIGSEGV $((139 & 127))=11.
> POSIX defines in man wait(3p) signal check if WIFSIGNALED(STATUS) and
> WTERMSIG(139)=11. (Hint: cmd 'kill -l' list signals and their numbers).
>
> Using Segmentation fault as an example, as these have happened before with
> different tests (that are part of test_progs). CI people writing these
> shell-scripts could pickup these hints and report them, if that makes sense.
>
> ---
>
> Jesper Dangaard Brouer (2):
>       selftests/bpf: test_progs use another shell exit on non-actions
>       selftests/bpf: test_progs avoid minus shell exit codes
>
>
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c |   13 ++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> --
>

For the series:

Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>

My preference was shorter EXIT_ERR_SETUP, but it doesn't matter.