linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/19] selftests/timers: Quiet warning due to lack of return check on brk

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Date:	Mon,  2 Mar 2015 13:09:55 -0800
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 02/19] selftests/timers: Quiet warning due to lack of return check on brk

The posix_timers.c test has a loop that tries to keep it in
kernel space, repeatedly calling brk(). However, it doesn't
check the return value, which causes warnings.

This patch adds a err value which captures the return value
and modifies the test so it will quit if a failure occurs.

Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
index f87d970..5a246a0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ static void user_loop(void)
 static void kernel_loop(void)
 {
 	void *addr = sbrk(0);
+	int err = 0;
 
-	while (!done) {
-		brk(addr + 4096);
-		brk(addr);
+	while (!done && !err) {
+		err = brk(addr + 4096);
+		err |= brk(addr);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -190,8 +191,6 @@ static int check_timer_create(int which)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	int err;
-
 	printf("Testing posix timers. False negative may happen on CPU execution \n");
 	printf("based timers if other threads run on the CPU...\n");
 
-- 
1.9.1

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