Hi John/Greg, On 09/21/2017 02:10 PM, Shuah Khan wrote: > do_timer_oneshot() uses select() as a timer with FD_SETSIZE and readfs > is cleared with FD_ZERO without FD_SET. > > When stdout and stderr are redirected, the test hangs in select forever. > Fix the problem calling select() with readfds empty and nfds zero. This > is sufficient for using select() for timer. > > With this fix "./set-timer-lat > /dev/null 2>&1" no longer hangs. > > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-timer-lat.c | 4 +--- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-timer-lat.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-timer-lat.c > index ab2fe225e051..3c248f0dc0d5 100644 > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-timer-lat.c > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/set-timer-lat.c > @@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ int do_timer_oneshot(int clock_id, int flags) > timer_t tm1; > const int interval = 0; > struct timeval timeout; > - fd_set fds; > int err; > > err = setup_timer(clock_id, flags, interval, &tm1); > @@ -238,9 +237,8 @@ int do_timer_oneshot(int clock_id, int flags) > > memset(&timeout, 0, sizeof(timeout)); > timeout.tv_sec = 5; > - FD_ZERO(&fds); > do { > - err = select(FD_SETSIZE, &fds, NULL, NULL, &timeout); > + err = select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &timeout); > } while (err == -1 && errno == EINTR); > > timer_delete(tm1); > I assume you are good with this fix. I plan to apply it to linux-kselftest fixes today. Please let me know if you have any objections. thanks, -- Shuah -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kselftest" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html