This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/pkeys/selftests: Stop using assert()
to the 4.16-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-pkeys-selftests-stop-using-assert.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.16 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From foo@baz Sun Jun 17 12:07:34 CEST 2018
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 10:13:40 -0700
Subject: x86/pkeys/selftests: Stop using assert()
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 86b9eea230edf4c67d4d4a70fba9b74505867a25 ]
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: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellermen <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180509171340.E63EF7DA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c
@@ -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);
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-factor-out-instruction-page.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-fix-pointer-math.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-adjust-the-self-test-to-fresh-distros-that-export-the-pkeys-abi.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-add-a-test-for-pkey-0.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-stop-using-assert.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-save-off-prot-for-allocations.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-remove-dead-debugging-code-fix-dprint_in_signal.patch
queue-4.16/x86-mpx-selftests-adjust-the-self-test-to-fresh-distros-that-export-the-mpx-abi.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-add-prot_exec-test.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-allow-faults-on-unknown-keys.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-give-better-unexpected-fault-error-messages.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-avoid-printf-in-signal-deadlocks.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-fix-pkey-exhaustion-test-off-by-one.patch
