[RFC PATCH] app/test: allow passing a parameter string to autotests

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:06:56 +0000
Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:

> Sometimes it can be nice to have autotests which can take a parameter,
> or can be tweaked in some ways, e.g. adjust the number of iterations, or
> the burst size used in the test. Currently there is no way to do so -
> all test parameters are hardcoded, which makes sense for a generic
> regression test to be run quickly, but is a bit lacking for those
> looking to use unit tests for investigations.
> 
> To that end, we can all the commandline to accept an additional string
> parameter after each autotest name, and make that available via global
> variable. Any test which wishes to make use of this can do so, to allow
> overriding test defaults.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>

LGTM
Maybe add an example to an existing test

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>