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-rwxr-xr-xtools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh14
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh
index dadf819148a4..0b409e187c7b 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh
@@ -59,23 +59,25 @@ if [ -z "$expect" ]; then
expect="call trace:"
fi
-# Clear out dmesg for output reporting
-dmesg -c >/dev/null
-
# Prepare log for report checking
-LOG=$(mktemp --tmpdir -t lkdtm-XXXXXX)
+LOG=$(mktemp --tmpdir -t lkdtm-log-XXXXXX)
+DMESG=$(mktemp --tmpdir -t lkdtm-dmesg-XXXXXX)
cleanup() {
- rm -f "$LOG"
+ rm -f "$LOG" "$DMESG"
}
trap cleanup EXIT
+# Save existing dmesg so we can detect new content below
+dmesg > "$DMESG"
+
# Most shells yell about signals and we're expecting the "cat" process
# to usually be killed by the kernel. So we have to run it in a sub-shell
# and silence errors.
($SHELL -c 'cat <(echo '"$test"') >'"$TRIGGER" 2>/dev/null) || true
# Record and dump the results
-dmesg -c >"$LOG"
+dmesg | diff --changed-group-format='%>' --unchanged-group-format='' "$DMESG" - > "$LOG" || true
+
cat "$LOG"
# Check for expected output
if egrep -qi "$expect" "$LOG" ; then