linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/14] perf tests: Add test for caching dso file descriptors

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Date:	Tue, 27 May 2014 09:54:36 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@...aro.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/14] perf tests: Add test for caching dso file
 descriptors

On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:36:44AM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2014 19:23:34 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > Adding test that setup test_dso_data__fd_limit and test
> > dso data file descriptors are cached appropriately.
> 
> [SNIP]
> > +static long open_files_cnt(void)
> > +{
> > +	char path[PATH_MAX];
> > +	struct dirent *dent;
> > +	DIR *dir;
> > +	long nr = 0;
> > +	int n;
> > +
> > +	n = scnprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/self/fd", procfs__mountpoint());
> > +	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("couldn't get fd path", n < PATH_MAX);
> 
> Looks like an unnecessary check since the scnprintf() cannot return more
> than (or equal to) PATH_MAX.

once it's equal it's bad.. as the man says:
"return value of size or more means that the output was  truncated"

I'll fix the rest you found

thanks,
jirka
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