[PATCH v4 next 04/23] selftests/nolibc: check vsnprintf() output buffer before the length

From: david . laight . linux

Date: Mon Mar 02 2026 - 05:22:32 EST


From: David Laight <david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx>

Check the string matches before checking the returned length.
Only print the string once when it matches.

Makes it a lot easier to diagnose any incorrect output.

Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
---

v4: split out from patch 3

tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c | 16 +++++++++-------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
index 9787e493523c..f4813764d56e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
@@ -1668,25 +1668,27 @@ static int expect_vfprintf(int llen, int c, const char *expected, const char *fm
char buf[100];
va_list args;
ssize_t w;
- int ret;
-

va_start(args, fmt);
/* Only allow writing 21 bytes, to test truncation */
w = vsnprintf(buf, 21, fmt, args);
va_end(args);

+ llen += printf(" \"%s\"", buf);
+ if (strncmp(expected, buf, c)) {
+ llen += printf(" should be \"%s\"", expected);
+ result(llen, FAIL);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
if (w != c) {
llen += printf(" written(%d) != %d", (int)w, c);
result(llen, FAIL);
return 1;
}

- llen += printf(" \"%s\" = \"%s\"", expected, buf);
- ret = strncmp(expected, buf, c) != 0;
-
- result(llen, ret ? FAIL : OK);
- return ret;
+ result(llen, OK);
+ return 0;
}

static int test_scanf(void)
--
2.39.5