[LTP] [PATCH] mknod01: Rewrite the test using new LTP API

[Avinesh Kumar]

Hi Cyril,

On Friday, February 24, 2023 8:33:34 PM IST Cyril Hrubis wrote:
> Hi!
> > +	if (S_ISCHR(tcases[i]))
> > +		dev = makedev(1, 3);
> > +	else
> > +		dev = 0;
> 
> Reading 'man 2 mknod' I suppose that we should pass non-zero dev for
> block devices as well. Hoever the test seems to work fine with zero dev
> for both cases.
> 
> Btw makedev(1, 3) seems to be the /dev/null char device and it should
> work for block devices since block makedev(1, 3) would be /dev/ram3, so
> what about:
Thank you for the review and yes I overlooked block devices scenario, your suggested
patch looks good, should I send this as v2 or will you merge with these changes?

> 
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mknod/mknod01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mknod/mknod01.c
> index d4b8c7bf8..7a4d5b43f 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mknod/mknod01.c
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mknod/mknod01.c
> @@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ static int tcases[] = {
> 
>  static void run(unsigned int i)
>  {
> -       dev_t dev;
> +       dev_t dev = 0;
> 
> -       if (S_ISCHR(tcases[i]))
> +       if (S_ISCHR(tcases[i]) || S_ISBLK(tcases[i]))
>                 dev = makedev(1, 3);
> -       else
> -               dev = 0;
> 
>         TST_EXP_PASS(mknod(PATH, tcases[i], dev),
>                                 "mknod(PATH, %o, %ld)",
> 
> 
> 

Regards,
Avinesh