[LTP] [PATCH v2 1/4] lib: Add tst_fd iterator

[Petr Vorel]

Hi Cyril,

> > In file included from tst_fd.c:22:0:
> > ../include/lapi/bpf.h:188:12: note: 'map_flags' declared here
> >    uint32_t map_flags; /* BPF_MAP_CREATE related
> >             ^
> > make[1]: *** [tst_fd.o] Error 1
> > ../include/mk/rules.mk:15: recipe for target 'tst_fd.o' failed

> Uff, do we still support distros with these header failures?

Unfortunately yes (SLES 12-SP2, somehow covered in CI by openSUSE Leap 42.2).

> I especailly used the lapi/ headers where possible in order to avoid any
> compilation failures, if lapi/bpf.h fails it's lapi/bpf.h that is broken
> though.

...
> > > +static void open_eventfd(struct tst_fd *fd)
> > > +{
> > > +	fd->fd = eventfd(0, 0);
> > > +
> > > +	if (fd->fd < 0) {
> > > +		tst_res(TCONF | TERRNO,
> > > +			"Skipping %s", tst_fd_desc(fd));
> > Why there is sometimes TCONF? Permissions? I would expect some check which would
> > determine whether TCONF or TBROK. Again, I suppose you'll be able to check, when
> > TST_EXP_FAIL() merged, right?

> The TCONF branch is added to the calls that can be disabled in kernel.
> The CONFIG_EVENTFD can turn off the eventfd() syscall so we can't TBROK
> here on a failure.

OK, thx for info!

Kind regards,
Petr