Hello,
As my very first contribution to the Linux Kernel, I would like to fix six Python 3 syntax errors in the file ./tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/tpm2_tests.py
All six of these errors are of the same form: except ProtocolError, e: To fix the syntax errors, I propose to change the comma (,) to “as” like: except ProtocolError as e:
These changes are important because the current form is compatible with Python 2 but is a syntax error in Python 3. The proposed form is compatible with both Python 2 and Python3. This conversion is required because Python 2 will reach its end of life in less than 200 days.
The kernel contains at least five other files where I am able to detect Python 3 syntax errors but after studying in detail the process of making kernel modification, I believe that it is best to start with tpm2_tests.py because the changes are straightforward and uncontroversial — all issues are of the same form, and I can detect no other issues (such as undefined names) to fix in that file.
If I succeed in getting the modifications to tpm2_tests.py through the review process then I can try the remaining files in turn.
I would be interested to know if this is a worthwhile effort. Is there already another initiative to resolve these issue before yearend?
Thanks for any advise that you can provide, Chris Clauss