Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] test: add a test for the process_vmsplice syscall

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On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 09:01:03AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 09:36:31PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > From: Andrei Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > This test checks that process_vmsplice() can splice pages from a remote
> > process and returns EFAULT, if process_vmsplice() tries to splice pages
> > by an unaccessiable address.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  tools/testing/selftests/process_vmsplice/Makefile  |   5 +
> >  .../process_vmsplice/process_vmsplice_test.c       | 188 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 193 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/process_vmsplice/Makefile
> >  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/process_vmsplice/process_vmsplice_test.c
> > 

[ ... ]

> 
> Shouldn't you check to see if the syscall is even present?  You should
> not error if it is not, as this test will then "fail" on kernels/arches
> without the syscall enabled, which isn't the nicest.

Sure, will fix.

> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.




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