Re: [PATCH] selftests: ublk: mark each test start and end time in dmesg

[Ming Lei]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 11:25:44AM +0000, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
> Log test start and end time in dmesg, so generated log messages
> during the test run can be linked to specific test from the test
> suite.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Atanasov <a...@zazolabs.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh 
> b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
> index ab1ea5cc904a..5865f1e640ce 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
> @@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ _prep_test() {
>       modprobe ublk_drv > /dev/null 2>&1
>       UBLK_TMP=$(mktemp $TMPDIR/ublk_test_XXXXX)
>       [ "$UBLK_TEST_QUIET" -eq 0 ] && echo "ublk $type: $*"
> +     echo "ublk selftest: $TID starting at $(date --iso-8601=sec)" | tee 
> /dev/kmsg
>  }
>  
>  _remove_test_files()
> @@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ _cleanup_test() {
>       "${UBLK_PROG}" del -a
>  
>       _remove_files
> +     echo "ublk selftest: $TID done at $(date --iso-8601=sec)" | tee 
> /dev/kmsg
>  }

Also `date "+%F %T"`(which is taken by blktests project) looks more readable, 
such as:

[root@ktest-40 blktests]# date "+%F %T"
2026-01-26 14:00:51
[root@ktest-40 blktests]# date --iso-8601=sec
2026-01-26T14:01:54+00:00

So would you like to consider it too?



Thanks,
Ming