[PATCH] xfstests: log running test to dmesg

Eric Sandeen sandeen at redhat.com
Wed Apr 16 16:37:33 CDT 2014


We already log the running test to system logs via "logger"
but viro pointed out that we can use /dev/kmsg to insert it
into dmesg as well.  When looking at the serial console that
could be pretty useful.

Thanks to viro for the test -w suggestion too.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen at redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/check b/check
index 268417c..09b2320 100755
--- a/check
+++ b/check
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ do
 	$timestamp && echo -n "	["`date "+%T"`"]"
 	[ ! -x $seq ] && chmod u+x $seq # ensure we can run it
 	$LOGGER_PROG "run xfstest $seqnum"
+	test -w /dev/kmsg && echo "run xfstest $seqnum" > /dev/kmsg
 	./$seq >$tmp.rawout 2>&1
 	sts=$?
 	$timestamp && _timestamp




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