Check the return value from write function to get rid of the warning during test compilation, shared below. Tested by compiling after the change, the warning disappears. proc-empty-vm.c:385:17: warning: ignoring return value of ‘write’ declared with attribute ‘warn_unused_result’ [-Wunused-result] 385 | write(1, buf, rv); Signed-off-by: Abhinav Jain <jain.abhinav177@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes since v1: - Remove the redundant if(0) block as per the feedback - Patch v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240625152139.16412-1-jain.abhinav177@xxxxxxxxx/ --- tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c index 56198d4ca2bf..123c622cd816 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-empty-vm.c @@ -381,8 +381,12 @@ static int test_proc_pid_statm(pid_t pid) assert(rv >= 0); assert(rv <= sizeof(buf)); - if (0) { - write(1, buf, rv); + + ssize_t bytes_written = write(1, buf, rv); + + if (bytes_written != rv) { + perror("write"); + return EXIT_FAILURE; } const char *p = buf; -- 2.34.1
