On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 08:25:31PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 17:24:47 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 02:42:20PM +0200, Amer Al Shanawany wrote: > > > fix the following warning: > > > proc-empty-vm.c:385:17: warning: ignoring return value of ‘write’ > > > > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c > > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c > > > @@ -381,9 +381,6 @@ static int test_proc_pid_statm(pid_t pid) > > > > > - if (0) { > > > - write(1, buf, rv); > > > - } > > > > no thanks > > Why not? > > Why does that code exist anyway? It at least needs a comment. OK, whatever. If test fails, it better record buggy output somewhere (to coredump or to terminal).