[LTP] [PATCH] safe_macros: match oldlib SAFE_CLOSE with docs

[Jan Stancek]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jan Stancek" <jstancek@redhat.com>
> To: "Cyril Hrubis" <chrubis@suse.cz>
> Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 July, 2016 6:10:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH] safe_macros: match oldlib SAFE_CLOSE with docs
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> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cyril Hrubis" <chrubis@suse.cz>
> > To: "Jan Stancek" <jstancek@redhat.com>
> > Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it
> > Sent: Tuesday, 12 July, 2016 3:55:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH] safe_macros: match oldlib SAFE_CLOSE with docs
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> > Hi!
> > > Docs say that SAFE_CLOSE() sets the passed file descriptor to -1
> > > after it's successfully closed, but oldlib SAFE_CLOSE doesn't
> > > do that.
> > 
> > Have you tried to run at least syscalls testsuite after this change?
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> That was the plan, but I didn't get to that today.
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> I was thinking syscalls as well, since most common failure seems
> to be errno tests, trying to trigger EBADF, etc.
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> I'll reply once I have results.
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> Regards,
> Jan
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> > I do not expect that this will break anything, but there it's a
> > possibility.

I ran syscalls (+small selection of other tests) on x86_64, ppc64le
and s390x. Only failure was inotify06, but it turned out, that kernel
didn't have a patch for this specific failure [1]. It failed with or
without oldlib SAFE_CLOSE patch. inotify06 passed with 4.7.0-rc7+.

Regards,
Jan

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8953231/

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