Re: [PATCH 1/2] tools: kernel-chktaint: Fix bashism, simplify code
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sat Jun 22 2024 - 01:15:36 EST
On 6/18/24 2:06 AM, Petr Vorel wrote:
> '==' is bashism, '=' needs to be used for comparison.
> With this fix script can work on systems where the default shell is
> dash, busybox ash or any other strictly POSIX compatible shell.
>
> While at it, also improve:
> * remove "x" in the comparison (not needed for decades)
> * use $# for checking number of arguments
> * cleanup whitespace
>
> Fixes: 4ab5a5d2a4a22 ("tools: add a kernel-chktaint to tools/debugging")
> Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.
> ---
> tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint b/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
> index 279be06332be9..adbb1d621ccd4 100755
> --- a/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
> +++ b/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
> @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ retrieved from /proc/sys/kernel/tainted on another system.
> EOF
> }
>
> -if [ "$1"x != "x" ]; then
> - if [ "$1"x == "--helpx" ] || [ "$1"x == "-hx" ] ; then
> +if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
> + if [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
> usage
> exit 1
> - elif [ $1 -ge 0 ] 2>/dev/null ; then
> + elif [ $1 -ge 0 ] 2>/dev/null; then
> taint=$1
> else
> echo "Error: Parameter '$1' not a positive integer. Aborting." >&2
--
~Randy