On Mon, 28 Aug 2023, Wieczor-Retman, Maciej wrote: > Writing bitmasks to the schemata can fail when the bitmask doesn't > adhere to some constraints defined by what a particular CPU supports. > Some example of constraints are max length or having contiguous bits. > The driver should properly return errors when any rule concerning > bitmask format is broken. > > Resctrl FS returns error codes from fprintf() only when fclose() is > called. Current error checking scheme allows invalid bitmasks to be > written into schemata file and the selftest doesn't notice because the > fclose() error code isn't checked. > > Substitute fopen(), flose() and fprintf() with open(), close() and > write() to avoid error code buffering between fprintf() and fclose(). > > Add newline to the end of the schema string so it satisfies rdt > schemata writing requirements. > > Remove newline character from the schemat string after writing it to > the schemata file so it prints correctly before function return. > > Pass the string generated with strerror() to the "reason" buffer so > the error message is more verbose. Extend "reason" buffer so it can hold > longer messages. > > Changelog v2: > - Rewrite patch message. > - Double "reason" buffer size to fit longer error explanation. > - Redo file interactions with syscalls instead of stdio functions. > > Signed-off-by: Wieczor-Retman, Maciej <maciej.wieczor-retman@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c | 24 +++++++++++---------- > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c > index bd36ee206602..0f9644e5a25e 100644 > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c > @@ -488,9 +488,8 @@ int write_bm_pid_to_resctrl(pid_t bm_pid, char *ctrlgrp, char *mongrp, > */ > int write_schemata(char *ctrlgrp, char *schemata, int cpu_no, char *resctrl_val) > { > - char controlgroup[1024], schema[1024], reason[64]; > - int resource_id, ret = 0; > - FILE *fp; > + char controlgroup[1024], schema[1024], reason[128]; > + int resource_id, fp, ret = 0; fp -> fd to follow the usual convention. > > if (strncmp(resctrl_val, MBA_STR, sizeof(MBA_STR)) && > strncmp(resctrl_val, MBM_STR, sizeof(MBM_STR)) && > @@ -518,27 +517,30 @@ int write_schemata(char *ctrlgrp, char *schemata, int cpu_no, char *resctrl_val) > > if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, CAT_STR, sizeof(CAT_STR)) || > !strncmp(resctrl_val, CMT_STR, sizeof(CMT_STR))) > - sprintf(schema, "%s%d%c%s", "L3:", resource_id, '=', schemata); > + snprintf(schema, sizeof(schema), "%s%d%c%s\n", "L3:", > + resource_id, '=', schemata); > if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, MBA_STR, sizeof(MBA_STR)) || > !strncmp(resctrl_val, MBM_STR, sizeof(MBM_STR))) > - sprintf(schema, "%s%d%c%s", "MB:", resource_id, '=', schemata); > + snprintf(schema, sizeof(schema), "%s%d%c%s\n", "MB:", > + resource_id, '=', schemata); > > - fp = fopen(controlgroup, "w"); > + fp = open(controlgroup, O_WRONLY); > if (!fp) { > sprintf(reason, "Failed to open control group"); > ret = -1; > > goto out; > } > - > - if (fprintf(fp, "%s\n", schema) < 0) { > - sprintf(reason, "Failed to write schemata in control group"); > - fclose(fp); > + if (write(fp, schema, strlen(schema)) < 0) { snprintf() returns you the length, just store the return value and there's no need to calculate it here. > + snprintf(reason, sizeof(reason), > + "write() failed : %s", strerror(errno)); > + close(fp); > ret = -1; > > goto out; > } > - fclose(fp); > + close(fp); > + schema[strcspn(schema, "\n")] = 0; Here too you can use the known length/index instead of strcspr(). -- i.