[PATCH blktests] nvme/043,044,045: load dh_generic module

Sagi Grimberg sagi at grimberg.me
Wed Aug 31 06:37:52 PDT 2022



On 8/31/22 16:32, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
> 
>> Test cases nvme/043, 044 and 045 use DH group which relies on dh_generic
>> module. When the module is built as a loadable module, the test cases
>> fail since the module is not loaded at test case runs.
>>
>> To avoid the failures, load the dh_generic module at the preparation
>> step of the test cases. Also unload it at test end for clean up.
>>
>> Reported-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi at grimberg.me>
>> Fixes: 38d7c5e8400f ("nvme/043: test hash and dh group variations for 
>> authenticated connections")
>> Fixes: 63bdf9c16b19 ("nvme/044: test bi-directional authentication")
>> Fixes: 7640176ef7cc ("nvme/045: test re-authentication")
>> Signed-off-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki at wdc.com>
>> Link: 
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/a5c3c8e7-4b0a-9930-8f90-e534d2a82bdf@grimberg.me/ 
>>
>> ---
>>   tests/nvme/043 | 4 ++++
>>   tests/nvme/044 | 4 ++++
>>   tests/nvme/045 | 4 ++++
>>   3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/tests/nvme/043 b/tests/nvme/043
>> index 381ae75..dbe9d3f 100755
>> --- a/tests/nvme/043
>> +++ b/tests/nvme/043
>> @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ test() {
>>       _setup_nvmet
>> +    modprobe -q dh_generic
>> +
>>       truncate -s 512M "${file_path}"
>>       _create_nvmet_subsystem "${subsys_name}" "${file_path}"
>> @@ -88,5 +90,7 @@ test() {
>>       rm "${file_path}"
>> +    modprobe -qr dh_generic
> 
> You should not do this, dh_generic might have been
> loaded unrelated to this test, you shouldn't just
> blindly unload it.

btw, even failing with a reasonable error message is fine rather
than loading dh_generic, the problem is that now it will fail the test
in a way that. requires to open the code in order to understand what 
happened.

Perhaps the original commit is better...



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