linux-kernel - [PATCH] selftests/nolibc: remove test gettimeofday

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Message-Id: <20230530-nolibc-gettimeofday-v1-1-7307441a002b@weissschuh.net>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 15:48:48 +0200
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To:     Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     Zhangjin Wu <falcon@...ylab.org>, arnd@...db.de,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH] selftests/nolibc: remove test gettimeofday_null

gettimeofday() is not guaranteed by posix to handle a NULL value as first
argument gracefully.
On glibc for example it crashes. (When not going through the vdso)

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/96f1134d-ce6e-4d82-ae00-1cd4038809c4@t-8ch.de/
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
index 7de46305f419..0fe615ebb086 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@ int run_syscall(int min, int max)
 		CASE_TEST(fork);              EXPECT_SYSZR(1, test_fork()); break;
 		CASE_TEST(getdents64_root);   EXPECT_SYSNE(1, test_getdents64("/"), -1); break;
 		CASE_TEST(getdents64_null);   EXPECT_SYSER(1, test_getdents64("/dev/null"), -1, ENOTDIR); break;
-		CASE_TEST(gettimeofday_null); EXPECT_SYSZR(1, gettimeofday(NULL, NULL)); break;
 #ifdef NOLIBC
 		CASE_TEST(gettimeofday_bad1); EXPECT_SYSER(1, gettimeofday((void *)1, NULL), -1, EFAULT); break;
 		CASE_TEST(gettimeofday_bad2); EXPECT_SYSER(1, gettimeofday(NULL, (void *)1), -1, EFAULT); break;

---
base-commit: 5b21219d67d3483144d10332709d0c04f733ab93
change-id: 20230530-nolibc-gettimeofday-6c72a10ba1a3

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>