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 <alex@zazolabs.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

v1->v2:
  - rebase to latest block tree
  - include base-commit 

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
index 7ff6ce79d62c..e554e89e6e67 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ _prep_test() {
 	modprobe ublk_drv > /dev/null 2>&1
 	UBLK_TMP=$(mktemp ublk_test_XXXXX)
 	[ "$UBLK_TEST_QUIET" -eq 0 ] && echo "ublk $type: $*"
+	echo "ublk selftest: $TID starting at $(date --iso-8601=sec)" | tee /dev/kmsg
 }
 
 _remove_test_files()
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ _cleanup_test() {
 	"${UBLK_PROG}" del -a
 
 	_remove_files
+	echo "ublk selftest: $TID done at $(date --iso-8601=sec)" | tee /dev/kmsg
 }
 
 _have_feature()

base-commit: 8e5bcc3a955a2cc4460b391f55d3b49905eb248e
-- 
2.43.0

On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 02:31:57PM +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 <alex@zazolabs.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> v1->v2:
>   - rebase to latest block tree
>   - include base-commit 
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
> index 7ff6ce79d62c..e554e89e6e67 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
> @@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ _prep_test() {
>  	modprobe ublk_drv > /dev/null 2>&1
>  	UBLK_TMP=$(mktemp ublk_test_XXXXX)
>  	[ "$UBLK_TEST_QUIET" -eq 0 ] && echo "ublk $type: $*"
> +	echo "ublk selftest: $TID starting at $(date --iso-8601=sec)" | tee /dev/kmsg
>  }
>  
>  _remove_test_files()
> @@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ _cleanup_test() {
>  	"${UBLK_PROG}" del -a
>  
>  	_remove_files
> +	echo "ublk selftest: $TID done at $(date --iso-8601=sec)" | tee /dev/kmsg

As we talked, it could be more readable to follow blktests's date format of
 `date "+%F %T"`, please do it in V3.


Thanks,
Ming