From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> If we use assert(), the program "crashes". That can be scary to users, so stop doing it. Just exit with a >0 exit code instead. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michael Ellermen <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> --- b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c~pkeys-selftests-do-not-assert tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c --- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c~pkeys-selftests-do-not-assert 2018-05-09 09:20:18.717698407 -0700 +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c 2018-05-09 09:20:18.720698407 -0700 @@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ extern void abort_hooks(void); test_nr, iteration_nr); \ dprintf0("errno at assert: %d", errno); \ abort_hooks(); \ - assert(condition); \ + exit(__LINE__); \ } \ } while (0) -#define raw_assert(cond) assert(cond) void cat_into_file(char *str, char *file) { @@ -87,12 +86,17 @@ void cat_into_file(char *str, char *file * these need to be raw because they are called under * pkey_assert() */ - raw_assert(fd >= 0); + if (fd < 0) { + fprintf(stderr, "error opening '%s'\n", str); + perror("error: "); + exit(__LINE__); + } + ret = write(fd, str, strlen(str)); if (ret != strlen(str)) { perror("write to file failed"); fprintf(stderr, "filename: '%s' str: '%s'\n", file, str); - raw_assert(0); + exit(__LINE__); } close(fd); } _