Re: [PATCH 2/4] KVM: selftests: Add helper macros for ioctl()s that return file descriptors

[Colton Lewis]

Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi Sean,

> On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 05:42:24PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Add KVM, VM, and vCPU scoped helpers for ioctl()s that return file
> > descriptors, i.e. deduplicate code for asserting success on ioctls() for
> > which a positive return value, not just zero, is considered success.

> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>

> I appreciate the desire to eliminate duplicate code, but I think the
> naming just muddies the waters. TBH, when I first read the diff w/o the
> changelog, I thought you were describing the input fd (i.e. 'kvm_fd',
> 'vm_fd', 'vcpu_fd'). I don't think explicitly spelling out the condition
> each time (i.e. ret >= 0) is all that difficult.

Couldn't ret >= 0 be the assert condition for everything? Don't see why
there needs to be different helpers to check == 0 and >= 0.

Unless I'm missing something, error returns are only ever negative.