Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] selftests: watchdog: point out ioctl() failures

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On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 03:16:20PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> Hi Eugeniu,
> 
> On 06/03/2017 02:14 PM, Eugeniu Rosca wrote:
> > Report the failure of WDIOC_SETOPTIONS/WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT ioctls.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
> > index 5cfa88c73095..c1c9a3bb9ec7 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
> > @@ -94,12 +94,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> >  			ret = ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &flags);
> >  			if (!ret)
> >  				printf("Watchdog card disabled.\n");
> > +			else
> > +				printf("Failed to disable watchdog card.\n");
> 
> Could you please add ioctl ret value to the error message.

I suspect that the ioctl return value is not going to be very
informative (-1). Therefore, please select your preference on
what to print on ioctl() failure:
a) ioctl ret value
b) errno
c) strerror(errno)
d) combination of (a), (b), (c)

Thanks,
Eugeniu.
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