Re: [PATCH] memblock test: Modify the obsolete description in README

From: Huang, Shaoqin
Date: Wed Jul 27 2022 - 05:54:51 EST




On 7/27/2022 5:40 PM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 06:16:15PM -0600, shaoqin.huang@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Shaoqin Huang <shaoqin.huang@xxxxxxxxx>

The VERBOSE option in Makefile has been moved, but there still have the
description left in README. For now, we use `-v` options when running
memblock test to print information, so also add some description about
it.

Signed-off-by: Shaoqin Huang <shaoqin.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/memblock/README | 19 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/memblock/README b/tools/testing/memblock/README
index 058146b528a5..f39cc0aa6b76 100644
--- a/tools/testing/memblock/README
+++ b/tools/testing/memblock/README
@@ -33,20 +33,21 @@ To run the tests, build the main target and run it:
$ make && ./main
-A successful run produces no output. It is also possible to override different
-configuration parameters. For example, to include verbose output, specify the
-VERBOSE flag when building the main target:

The description of VERBOSE build option was a logical continuation of the
previous sentence.

Instead of doing mechanical changes, please rearrange the text so it'll
make sense.


I agree. I will try to give a clear and continuation description.

+A successful run produces no output. It it also possible to override different
+configuration parameters. For example, to simulate enabled NUMA, use:
-$ make VERBOSE=1
+$ make NUMA=1
-This will print information about which functions are being tested and the
-number of test cases that passed.
+For the full list of options, see `make help`.
-To simulate enabled NUMA, use:
+It is also possible to pass options at run time. For example:
-$ make NUMA=1
+$ ./main -v
-For the full list of options, see `make help`.
+This will print information about which functions are being tested and the
+number of test cases that passed.
+
+For the full list of options, see `./main --help`.
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