Re: [PATCH] selftests: Mark ksft_exit_fail_perror() as __noreturn

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Mon Apr 15 2024 - 11:41:15 EST


On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 11:26:53AM +0500, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> Let the compilers (clang) know that this function would just call
> exit() and would never return. It is needed to avoid false positive
> static analysis errors. All similar functions calling exit()
> unconditionally have been marked as __noreturn.
>
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> This patch has been suggested [1] and tested on top of the following
> patches:
> - f07041728422 ("selftests: add ksft_exit_fail_perror()") which is
> in kselftest tree already
> - ("kselftest: Mark functions that unconditionally call exit() as
> __noreturn") would appear in tip/timers/urgent
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/8254ab4d-9cb6-402e-80dd-d9ec70d77de5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
> index 050c5fd018400..b43a7a7ca4b40 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h
> @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static inline __printf(1, 2) int ksft_exit_fail_msg(const char *msg, ...)
> exit(KSFT_FAIL);
> }
>
> -static inline void ksft_exit_fail_perror(const char *msg)
> +static inline __noreturn void ksft_exit_fail_perror(const char *msg)
> {
> #ifndef NOLIBC
> ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s: %s (%d)\n", msg, strerror(errno), errno);
> --
> 2.39.2
>
>