On 18 August 2014 23:19, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When testing util-linux-2.25, I was suprised to get a test failure. Running > it down, I found tests/ts/ipcs/limits2 is doing: > > if [ $(</proc/sys/kernel/shmall) -ge $(bc <<<"2^64 / $PAGE_SIZE") ]; > > The problem is that starting with the 3.16 kernel the shmall value is > 18446744073692774399 which is the max value of an unsigned long on a 64-bit > system (UINT64_MAX). Bash doesn't like this value and says: > > "18446744073692774399: integer expression expected" > > I can work around this by setting shmall before running the test, but there > is a problem with either the test or in the kernel. > > I note that the kernel's shmmax value is also set to UINT64_MAX. > > What's the best way to approach this? Hi Bruce, I found the same. The best way is to pull the most recent code from upstream git, and test it is no longer affected. https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/3a9ec12d6664527fad9c56347c88f3447d6c0856 -- Sami Kerola http://www.iki.fi/kerolasa/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
