[RESEND] selftest/powerpc/alignment: Fix false failures for skipped tests

Michael Ellerman patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Wed Mar 8 18:25:51 AEDT 2017


On Sun, 2017-02-26 at 06:08:39 UTC, Sachin Sant wrote:
> Tests under alignment subdirectory are skipped when executed on previous
> generation hardware, but harness still marks them as failed.
> 
> test: test_copy_unaligned
> tags: git_version:unknown
> [SKIP] Test skipped on line 26
> skip: test_copy_unaligned
> selftests: copy_unaligned [FAIL]
> 
> The MAGIC_SKIP_RETURN_VALUE value assigned to rc variable is retained till
> the program exit which causes the test to be marked as failed.
> 
> This patch resets the value before returning to the main() routine.
> With this patch the test o/p is as follows:
> 
> test: test_copy_unaligned
> tags: git_version:unknown
> [SKIP] Test skipped on line 26
> skip: test_copy_unaligned
> selftests: copy_unaligned [PASS]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/a6d8a21596df041f36f4c2ccc260c4

cheers


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