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From:   Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:19:41 -0800
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] kunit: flatten kunit_suite*** to kunit_suite** in executor
To:     Jeremy Kerr <jk@codeconstruct.com.au>
Cc:     Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>, davidgow@google.com,
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 6:55 PM Jeremy Kerr <jk@codeconstruct.com.au> wrote:
> Resulting in the .kunit_test_suites section just being a set of
> contiguous pointers to struct kunit_suite. We get the number of suites
> from the section size.

<snip>

>
> That was my thinking, anyway. I think it probably makes sense to do that
> cleanup after the section patch, as that means we don't need any
> post-processing on the suites arrays.

To be honest, I'm actually tempted to pay the cost of postprocessing
and proposing a change like this for real.
Going from kunit_suite*** to ** shaves off a lot of code from the unit
test and the filtering code path.

Specifically I'm thinking this can go into the kunit branch,
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest.git/?h=kunit
Then when we have the series reworking modules, one of two things can happen.
1. if we get to kunit_suite** with null-terminated arrays, fixing the
executor just means dropping the post-processing step.
2. If we get to kunit_suite* as mentioned above, then there'll be a
bit more work, but not as much.

Alternatively, I can wait and send you an updated version of this
patch to include at the start of your series like
PATCH 1/x: this patch with post-processing, using either * or **
...
PATCH x/x: final rework, and drop the postprocessing

It's just that the prospect of submitting a patch that reduces so much
code makes me eager to try and get it submitted :)
Brendan and David seem ok with paying the bit of runtime overhead for
post-processing, esp. if we time it so this patch lands in the same
Linux release as the module rework.
But I can hold off if it'll make your life more difficult.

>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Jeremy