[LTP] [PATCH v1] Delete fork09 test

[Li Wang]

On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 10:55 PM pvorel <pvorel@suse.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> On 2023-11-28 13:56, Petr Vorel wrote:
> > Hi Andrea,
> >
> >> From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> >
> >> The fork09 test is actually testing what fork10 is already testing:
> >> accessing an open child's file from parent. For this reason, we delete
> >> it and let fork10 doing its job.
> >
> > in fork09 parent opens maximum number of files, child closes one and
> > attempts to
> > open another. That is not exactly the same, but it's very similar.
> >
> > I'm not sure if the scenario would really tests different code path in
> > kernel/libc or not and we can happily delete it.
> > Cyril, WDYT?
>
> @Li, WDYT?
>

Petr, I think you're right, they're not the same test.

In fork10 parent tries to verify the contents of the file that reset the
file offset pointer by child.

But for09 is a bounder test to verify if the child can open one more file
when 'fd' number approaches (OpenMax-1).

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Regards,
Li Wang