linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] kselftest: Support old perl versions

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Date:   Sat, 7 Dec 2019 10:47:59 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com>
Cc:     shuah@...nel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sj38.park@...il.com,
        SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kselftest: Support old perl versions

On Mon, Dec 02, 2019 at 12:42:21PM +0100, SeongJae Park wrote:
> From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> 
> On an old perl such as v5.10.1, `kselftest/prefix.pl` gives below error
> message:
> 
>     Can't locate object method "autoflush" via package "IO::Handle" at kselftest/prefix.pl line 10.
> 
> This commit fixes the error by explicitly specifying the use of the
> `IO::Handle` package.
> 
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>

Good catch!

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-Kees

> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/prefix.pl | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/prefix.pl b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/prefix.pl
> index ec7e48118183..31f7c2a0a8bd 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/prefix.pl
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/prefix.pl
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>  # Prefix all lines with "# ", unbuffered. Command being piped in may need
>  # to have unbuffering forced with "stdbuf -i0 -o0 -e0 $cmd".
>  use strict;
> +use IO::Handle;
>  
>  binmode STDIN;
>  binmode STDOUT;
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

-- 
Kees Cook