From: Shinichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
To: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: "fstests@vger.kernel.org" <fstests@vger.kernel.org>,
Naohiro Aota <Naohiro.Aota@wdc.com>,
Johannes Thumshirn <Johannes.Thumshirn@wdc.com>,
Damien Le Moal <Damien.LeMoal@wdc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] common/rc: Check call order of _require_dm_target and _require_scratch*
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 06:34:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210910063405.j36w2oec2sqi6lob@shindev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210910004857.GI1756565@dread.disaster.area>
On Sep 10, 2021 / 10:48, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 05:37:15PM +0900, Shin'ichiro Kawasaki wrote:
> > When SCRATCH_DEV is not set and the test case does not call
> > _require_scratch* before _require_dm_target, _require_block_device
> > called from _require_dm_target fails to evaluate SCRATCH_DEV and
> > results in the test case failure. This failure reason is not described
> > in the error message and it takes some time to catch.
>
> You should quote the actual failure message here so we have some
> idea of whether the message that was emitted was appropriate or not
> without having to go know how the test failed...
Sorry about the lack of the infomration. As you found below, the meesage was
"Usage: _require_block_device <dev>".
>
> > To catch the failure reason easier, check SCRATCH_DEV in
> > _require_dm_target. If SCRATCH_DEV is not set, fail the test case
> > and print message which requests to fix call order of _require_scratch*
> > and _require_dm_target. This improvement follows what _scratch_shutdown
> > does for _require_scratch_shutdown.
>
> Also, you don't need to describe the change in the commit message -
> the patch does that. The first paragraph is all that is needed here
> as it describes why you want to make the change.
I see. I will write "why" in the commit message, not "what". (In the past, I
was advised to write "what" the patch does, but I think this guide is valid
only when the change is complicated).
>
> > Signed-off-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
> > ---
> > common/rc | 3 +++
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
> > index dda5da06..cbec8aaa 100644
> > --- a/common/rc
> > +++ b/common/rc
> > @@ -1971,6 +1971,9 @@ _require_dm_target()
> >
> > # require SCRATCH_DEV to be a valid block device with sane BLKFLSBUF
> > # behaviour
> > + if [ -z "$SCRATCH_DEV" ]; then
> > + _fail "_require_dm_target: call _require_scratch* first in test"
> > + fi
> > _require_block_device $SCRATCH_DEV
> > _require_sane_bdev_flush $SCRATCH_DEV
> > _require_command "$DMSETUP_PROG" dmsetup
>
> That's a notrun case, not a fail.
>
> Also, we report the error that has occurred, not how to resolve the
> problem. That's because we might change behaviour in future and now
> the error message tells people to do something that is
> wrong/non-existent. As such, I think the premise this change is based
> on is not really valid - people running fstests are assumed to have
> a level of knowledge sufficient to trace a failing test and
> determine what went wrong from the error reported. i.e. the error
> message should state what the problem was, not describe a potential
> solution.
Thank you for the comment. These are the points I missed. At least I was
able to catch the cause, so the improvement I suggested is not a big
improvement.
>
> Also, this is not the place to check if SCRATCH_DEV is set. The
> check for a NULL device should be in _require_block_device(). Oh,
> wait, it already is:
>
> _require_block_device()
> {
> if [ -z "$1" ]; then
> echo "Usage: _require_block_device <dev>" 1>&2
> exit 1
> fi
> ....
> }
>
> And that's the error message the test emitted that you didn't
> understand, right?
Right :)
>
> If so, the change here should really be to _require_block_device().
> i.e.
>
> if [ -z "$1" ]; then
> _notrun "test requires a block device to be specified"
> fi
>
> A quick scan shows a bunch of similar _requires checks that do
> similar things with poor error messages and 'exit 1' (e.g.
> _require_local_device()). _requires rules should call _notrun if the
> test should not run because of incorrect setup, not 'exit 1'.
Thank you for your thoughts. I walked through _require_* bash functions in
common/, and listed 20 functions below, which call 'exit 1', _fail, or
'return 1' for its argument check failure:
--- list start ---
common/rc
_require_scratch_size
_require_scratch_size_nocheck
_require_command *
_require_block_device *
_require_local_device *
_require_zoned_device *
_require_non_zoned_device *
_require_scratch_ext4_feature
_require_xfs_io_command
_require_fio
_require_batched_discard *
_require_chattr
_require_fs_sysfs
_require_scratch_feature
common/btrfs
_require_btrfs_mkfs_feature
_require_btrfs_fs_feature
common/xfs
_require_xfs_db_command
_require_xfs_spaceman_command
common/encrypt
_require_encryption_policy_support (checks arguments passed from _require_scratch_encryption)
common/rnameat2
_require_renameat2
--- list end ---
Many of the functions above check arguments not for incorrect setup, but for
call in test cases with invalid arguments. 6 functions of them with * in the
list check arguments for the incorrect setups, such as DEBUGFS_PROG,
SCRATCH_DEV or SCRATCH_MNT. So I suggest to modify these functions to improve
error messages and call "_notrun". What do you think about this?
--
Best Regards,
Shin'ichiro Kawasaki
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-10 6:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-08 8:37 [PATCH v2 0/3] fstests: Fix order of _require_scratch* and _require_dm_target Shin'ichiro Kawasaki
2021-09-08 8:37 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] generic/{628,629}: " Shin'ichiro Kawasaki
2021-09-08 17:04 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2021-09-08 8:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] btrfs/146: Add _require_scratch_dev_pool before _require_dm_target Shin'ichiro Kawasaki
2021-09-08 17:05 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2021-09-12 9:30 ` Eryu Guan
2021-09-08 8:37 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] common/rc: Check call order of _require_dm_target and _require_scratch* Shin'ichiro Kawasaki
2021-09-10 0:48 ` Dave Chinner
2021-09-10 6:34 ` Shinichiro Kawasaki [this message]
2021-09-12 9:17 ` Eryu Guan
2021-09-12 23:28 ` Shinichiro Kawasaki
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