[PATCH 2/2] selftests/nolibc: add a test for errx()
From: Danish Khateeb
Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 08:23:40 EST
nolibc-test does not call any of the err.h functions, so nothing
noticed that verrx(), and errx() through it, printed their messages
with the wrong arguments, or crashed.
Add a test that calls errx() in a child with stderr redirected to a
pipe, and checks the exit status and the message.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Danish Khateeb <danishkhateeb03@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
index 37c11a7fce23..1447c2e39af5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <sys/utsname.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <dirent.h>
+#include <err.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <poll.h>
@@ -2223,6 +2224,51 @@ int test_asprintf(void)
return 0;
}
+int test_errx(void)
+{
+ char buf[100], expected[100];
+ int pipefd[2], status;
+ ssize_t len;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ if (pipe(pipefd) == -1)
+ return 1;
+
+ /* flush the printf buffer to avoid child flush it */
+ fflush(stdout);
+ fflush(stderr);
+
+ pid = fork();
+ if (pid == -1) {
+ close(pipefd[0]);
+ close(pipefd[1]);
+ return 2;
+ }
+
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ dup2(pipefd[1], STDERR_FILENO);
+ errx(42, "%d %s", 1234, "foo");
+ }
+
+ close(pipefd[1]);
+ pid = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+ len = read(pipefd[0], buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+ close(pipefd[0]);
+
+ if (pid == -1 || !WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 42)
+ return 3;
+
+ if (len == -1)
+ return 4;
+ buf[len] = 0;
+
+ snprintf(expected, sizeof(expected), "%s: 1234 foo\n", program_invocation_short_name);
+ if (strcmp(buf, expected) != 0)
+ return 5;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int run_printf(int min, int max)
{
int test;
@@ -2287,6 +2333,7 @@ static int run_printf(int min, int max)
CASE_TEST(scanf); EXPECT_ZR(1, test_scanf()); break;
CASE_TEST(printf_error); EXPECT_ZR(1, test_printf_error()); break;
CASE_TEST(asprintf); EXPECT_ZR(1, test_asprintf()); break;
+ CASE_TEST(errx); EXPECT_ZR(1, test_errx()); break;
case __LINE__:
return ret; /* must be last */
/* note: do not set any defaults so as to permit holes above */
--
2.55.0