Re: [PATCH 6.6.y] kselftest: Add a ksft_perror() helper

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 01:06:27AM +0000, Edward Liaw wrote:
> From: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 907f33028871fa7c9a3db1efd467b78ef82cce20 ]
> 
> The standard library perror() function provides a convenient way to print
> an error message based on the current errno but this doesn't play nicely
> with KTAP output. Provide a helper which does an equivalent thing in a KTAP
> compatible format.
> 
> nolibc doesn't have a strerror() and adding the table of strings required
> doesn't seem like a good fit for what it's trying to do so when we're using
> that only print the errno.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Stable-dep-of: 071af0c9e582 ("selftests: timers: Convert posix_timers test to generate KTAP output")
> Signed-off-by: Edward Liaw <edliaw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

This commit is already in 6.6.29, why submit it again?

confused,

greg k-h