Re: [PATCH] selftests: capabilities: convert error output to TAP13 ksft framework

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Thu Jul 27 2017 - 14:51:18 EST


On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Convert errx() and err() usage to appropriate TAP13 ksft API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c | 105 ++++++++++++---------
> .../testing/selftests/capabilities/validate_cap.c | 9 +-
> 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c b/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c
> index 7c38233292b0..cf6778441381 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c
> @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
> #define _GNU_SOURCE
>
> #include <cap-ng.h>
> -#include <err.h>
> #include <linux/capability.h>
> #include <stdbool.h>
> #include <string.h>
> @@ -39,29 +38,32 @@ static void vmaybe_write_file(bool enoent_ok, char *filename, char *fmt, va_list
> int buf_len;
>
> buf_len = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap);
> - if (buf_len < 0) {
> - err(1, "vsnprintf failed");
> - }
> - if (buf_len >= sizeof(buf)) {
> - errx(1, "vsnprintf output truncated");
> - }
> + if (buf_len < 0)
> + ksft_exit_fail_msg("vsnprintf failed - %s\n", strerror(errno));

Could this not be a hypothetical ksft_exit_fail_msg_err or similar?
Or a shorter name like ksft_fatal_err()?