[PATCH] xfstests: log running test to dmesg

[Eric Sandeen]

On 4/16/14, 4:37 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 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>

can we get this one in?  Dave asked for a generic helper, but
no test needs to print to kmsg, and nobody else uses LOGGER_PROG.

All we use either one for is logging the test run.

If somebody needs it for another purpose, it makes sense to add a
helper...

-Eric

> ---
> 
> 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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