[PATCH 03/21] bloblist: test: doc: Move into the common suite

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Fri Nov 1 17:47:21 CET 2024


On Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 04:32:56PM +0100, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 at 19:10, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 07:00:41PM +0100, Simon Glass wrote:
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > > On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 at 17:36, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 04:45:40PM +0100, Simon Glass wrote:
> > > > > Hi Tom,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 at 20:33, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 01:41:08PM +0100, Simon Glass wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > There is no particular need for bloblist to have its own test suite.
> > > > > > > Move it into the common suite instead.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Add the missing help for 'common' and update the docs.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This feels both like churn and weird. I would think "common" tests are
> > > > > > for things that are kinda legacy and too catch-all to have their own
> > > > > > subgroup.
> > > > >
> > > > > It's just chosen so that the test for common/ is in test/common - i.e.
> > > > > it makes it easier for people to find it.
> > > >
> > > > Then I really don't understand renaming bloblist from something
> > > > descriptive to common which is not.
> > >
> > > Old: test/bloblist.c
> > > New: test/common/bloblist.c
> > >
> > > It is only the directory that is changing.
> >
> > Then some of the commit messages need to be reworked? It looks like it
> > stops being "ut bloblist" and part of "ut common" and that's my concern.
> 
> Oh I see...
> 
> I basically decided that there is no point in having a special suite
> for bloblist, and some other things. A better way to handle this would
> be to allow running tests which match a name, e.g. 'ut common
> bloblist', because we are adding way too many suites IMO.

OK. It's not a big deal, yeah. I think the common use cases are "run
everything" and "run this one test that failed while I debug it".

-- 
Tom
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