[LTP] [PATCH v2 2/2] msgget03: don't depend on existed shared resources

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Fri Jul 23 14:11:26 CEST 2021


Hi Cyril, all,

> Hi!
> > > I think that we allready discussed this in another thread:

> > > https://lists.linux.it/pipermail/ltp/2021-July/023831.html

> > Thanks, I forgot this. In that case my approach (not using <=, but count
> > segments in /proc/sysvipc/shm before testing) might be more precise.
> > But no strong feeling about that, both solutions fix the test, let's chose one
> > and merge.

> As I said previously, there are many SysV IPC tests that do expect that
> nobody will add/remove IPC shm/queue/semaphores during the testrun and
> some of the testcases cannot even be implemented without this
> expectation.

> Hence I wouldn't complicate the test here and just count how many
> segments are there at the start and be done with it.
Yes, that's what's done in "my approach" [1].

Kind regards,
Petr

[1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ltp/patch/20210722073523.5099-1-pvorel@suse.cz/


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