* Fixing Python 3 syntax errors in tpm2_tests.py
@ 2019-06-17 21:28 Christian Clauss
2019-06-18 6:23 ` Greg KH
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From: Christian Clauss @ 2019-06-17 21:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kselftest
Hello,
As my very first contribution to the Linux Kernel, I would like to fix six Python 3 syntax errors in the file ./tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/tpm2_tests.py
All six of these errors are of the same form: except ProtocolError, e: To fix the syntax errors, I propose to change the comma (,) to “as” like: except ProtocolError as e:
These changes are important because the current form is compatible with Python 2 but is a syntax error in Python 3. The proposed form is compatible with both Python 2 and Python3. This conversion is required because Python 2 will reach its end of life in less than 200 days.
The kernel contains at least five other files where I am able to detect Python 3 syntax errors but after studying in detail the process of making kernel modification, I believe that it is best to start with tpm2_tests.py because the changes are straightforward and uncontroversial — all issues are of the same form, and I can detect no other issues (such as undefined names) to fix in that file.
If I succeed in getting the modifications to tpm2_tests.py through the review process then I can try the remaining files in turn.
I would be interested to know if this is a worthwhile effort. Is there already another initiative to resolve these issue before yearend?
Thanks for any advise that you can provide, Chris Clauss
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* Re: Fixing Python 3 syntax errors in tpm2_tests.py
2019-06-17 21:28 Fixing Python 3 syntax errors in tpm2_tests.py Christian Clauss
@ 2019-06-18 6:23 ` Greg KH
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From: Greg KH @ 2019-06-18 6:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christian Clauss; +Cc: linux-kselftest
On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 11:28:34PM +0200, Christian Clauss wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As my very first contribution to the Linux Kernel, I would like to fix six Python 3 syntax errors in the file ./tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/tpm2_tests.py
>
> All six of these errors are of the same form: except ProtocolError, e: To fix the syntax errors, I propose to change the comma (,) to “as” like: except ProtocolError as e:
>
> These changes are important because the current form is compatible with Python 2 but is a syntax error in Python 3. The proposed form is compatible with both Python 2 and Python3. This conversion is required because Python 2 will reach its end of life in less than 200 days.
>
> The kernel contains at least five other files where I am able to detect Python 3 syntax errors but after studying in detail the process of making kernel modification, I believe that it is best to start with tpm2_tests.py because the changes are straightforward and uncontroversial — all issues are of the same form, and I can detect no other issues (such as undefined names) to fix in that file.
>
> If I succeed in getting the modifications to tpm2_tests.py through the review process then I can try the remaining files in turn.
>
> I would be interested to know if this is a worthwhile effort. Is there already another initiative to resolve these issue before yearend?
Just send patches, and we will be glad to review them as-is. No need to
ask permission ahead of time, we do not "reserve" tasks for people.
thanks,
greg k-h
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