Re: [PATCH v7 bpf-next 4/8] selftests/bpf: add bpf_snprintf_btf helper tests

[Daniel Borkmann]

On 9/28/20 1:31 PM, Alan Maguire wrote:
> Tests verifying snprintf()ing of various data structures,
> flags combinations using a tp_btf program. Tests are skipped
> if __builtin_btf_type_id is not available to retrieve BTF
> type ids.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx>
[...]
> +void test_snprintf_btf(void)
> +{
> +	struct netif_receive_skb *skel;
> +	struct netif_receive_skb__bss *bss;
> +	int err, duration = 0;
> +
> +	skel = netif_receive_skb__open();
> +	if (CHECK(!skel, "skel_open", "failed to open skeleton\n"))
> +		return;
> +
> +	err = netif_receive_skb__load(skel);
> +	if (CHECK(err, "skel_load", "failed to load skeleton: %d\n", err))
> +		goto cleanup;
> +
> +	bss = skel->bss;
> +
> +	err = netif_receive_skb__attach(skel);
> +	if (CHECK(err, "skel_attach", "skeleton attach failed: %d\n", err))
> +		goto cleanup;
> +
> +	/* generate receive event */
> +	system("ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null");

This generates the following new warning when compiling BPF selftests:

  [...]
  EXT-OBJ  [test_progs] cgroup_helpers.o
  EXT-OBJ  [test_progs] trace_helpers.o
  EXT-OBJ  [test_progs] network_helpers.o
  EXT-OBJ  [test_progs] testing_helpers.o
  TEST-OBJ [test_progs] snprintf_btf.test.o
/root/bpf-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c: In function ‘test_snprintf_btf’:
/root/bpf-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c:30:2: warning: ignoring return value of ‘system’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
  system("ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null");
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [...]

Please fix, thx!