Daniel reports: + system("ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null"); This generates the following new warning when compiling BPF selftests: [...] EXT-OBJ [test_progs] cgroup_helpers.o EXT-OBJ [test_progs] trace_helpers.o EXT-OBJ [test_progs] network_helpers.o EXT-OBJ [test_progs] testing_helpers.o TEST-OBJ [test_progs] snprintf_btf.test.o /root/bpf-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c: In function ‘test_snprintf_btf’: /root/bpf-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c:30:2: warning: ignoring return value of ‘system’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result] system("ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null"); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [...] Fixes: 076a95f5aff2 ("selftests/bpf: Add bpf_snprintf_btf helper tests") Reported-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c index 3a8ecf8..3c63a70 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void test_snprintf_btf(void) goto cleanup; /* generate receive event */ - system("ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null"); + (void) system("ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null"); if (bss->skip) { printf("%s:SKIP:no __builtin_btf_type_id\n", __func__); -- 1.8.3.1