linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] selftests:timers: posix_timers: Fix warn_unused_result in __fatal

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Message-Id: <4f3a0acd903aeee52fb71acaec1106d513a2e88b.1727191485.git.skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:56:46 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: jstultz@...gle.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de,
	sboyd@...nel.org,
	shuah@...nel.org
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] selftests:timers: posix_timers: Fix warn_unused_result in __fatal_error()

__fatal_error routine doesn't check strerror_r() return value,
which results in the following compile time warning:

posix_timers.c: In function ‘__fatal_error’:
posix_timers.c:31:9: warning: ignoring return value of ‘strerror_r’ declared with attribute ‘warn_unused_result’ [-Wunused-result]
   31 |         strerror_r(errno, buf, sizeof(buf));

Fix this by adding a check for return value and error handling appropriate
for the GNU-specific strerror_r() in use in __fatal_error(). Check if
return string is null and handle accordingly.

>From Linux strerror_r() manual page:

"The GNU-specific strerror_r() returns a pointer to a string containing
the error message. This may be either a pointer to a string that the
function stores in buf, or a pointer to some (immutable) static string
(in which case buf is unused). If the function stores a string in buf,
then at most buflen bytes are stored (the string may be truncated if
buflen is too small and errnum is unknown). The string always includes
a terminating null byte."

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
index 16bd49492efa..ddb1cebc844e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c
@@ -26,13 +26,17 @@
 static void __fatal_error(const char *test, const char *name, const char *what)
 {
 	char buf[64];
+	char *ret_str = NULL;
 
-	strerror_r(errno, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	ret_str = strerror_r(errno, buf, sizeof(buf));
 
-	if (name && strlen(name))
-		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s %s %s %s\n", test, name, what, buf);
+	if (name && strlen(name) && ret_str)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s %s %s %s\n", test, name, what, ret_str);
+	else if (ret_str)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s %s %s\n", test, what, ret_str);
 	else
-		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s %s %s\n", test, what, buf);
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s %s\n", test, what);
+
 }
 
 #define fatal_error(name, what)	__fatal_error(__func__, name, what)
-- 
2.40.1