Re: [PATCH] ktest: Add support for meta characters in GRUB_MENU

From: Masayoshi Mizuma
Date: Wed Apr 17 2019 - 16:35:43 EST


On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 04:17:39PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:11:14 -0400
> Masayoshi Mizuma <msys.mizuma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ktest fails if meta characters are in GRUB_MENU, for example
> > GRUB_MENU = 'Fedora (test)'
> >
>
> Thanks for the patch! One little nit below though.
>
> > The failure happens because the meta characters are not escaped,
> > so the menu doesn't match in any entries in GRUB_FILE.
> >
> > Use quotameta() to escape the meta characters.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl | 6 ++++--
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
> > index 87af8a68ab25..ea07d43856b8 100755
> > --- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
> > +++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
> > @@ -1866,9 +1866,10 @@ sub get_grub2_index {
> > or dodie "unable to get $grub_file";
> >
> > my $found = 0;
> > + my $_grub_menu = quotemeta($grub_menu);
>
> I'd like to avoid names that start with underscore. Could you call this:
>
> $grub_menu_qt
>
> or something similar, to be a bit more descriptive of what the variable
> is.

Thank you for your review! I'll fix it and post the v2.

Thanks!
Masa