Re: [PATCH 1/2] selftests: watchdog: Validate optional file argument

[shuah]

On 9/7/19 2:58 AM, Eugeniu Rosca wrote:
> From: "George G. Davis" <george_davis@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> As reported by Eugeniu Rosca, the newly added optional file
> argument does not validate if the file is indeed a watchdog, e.g.:
>
> ./watchdog-test  -f /dev/zero
> Watchdog Ticking Away!
>
> Fix it by confirming that the WDIOC_GETSUPPORT ioctl succeeds.
>
> Reported-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: George G. Davis <george_davis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1: Applied/tested on commit ce54eab71e210f ("kunit: fix failure to build without printk") of
>      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest.git/log/?h=next
>
>   tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c | 11 +++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
> index afff120c7be6..6ed822dc2222 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
> @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>   	int c;
>   	int oneshot = 0;
>   	char *file = "/dev/watchdog";
> +	struct watchdog_info info;
>   
>   	setbuf(stdout, NULL);
>   
> @@ -118,6 +119,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>   		exit(-1);
>   	}
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * Validate that `file` is a watchdog device
> +	 */
> +	ret = ioctl(fd, WDIOC_GETSUPPORT, &info);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		printf("WDIOC_GETSUPPORT error '%s'\n", strerror(errno));
> +		close(fd);
> +		exit(ret);
> +	}
> +
>   	optind = 0;
>   
>   	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, sopts, lopts, NULL)) != -1) {

Thanks for catching this. I will pull this in for second update for
5.4-rc1.

thanks,
-- Shuah