Re: [PATCH] tools: fix -Wunused-result in linux.c

From: Liam R. Howlett
Date: Mon Oct 14 2024 - 21:11:48 EST


* Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [241011 18:52]:
> Fix the following -Wunused-result warnings on posix_memalign()
> return values and add error handling.
>
> ./shared/linux.c:100:25: warning: ignoring return value of ‘posix_memalign’ declared with attribute ‘warn_unused_result’ [-Wunused-result]
> 100 | posix_memalign(&p, cachep->align, cachep->size);
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ../shared/linux.c: In function ‘kmem_cache_alloc_bulk’:
> ../shared/linux.c:198:33: warning: ignoring return value of ‘posix_memalign’ declared with attribute ‘warn_unused_result’ [-Wunused-result]
> 198 | posix_memalign(&p[i], cachep->align,
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 199 | cachep->size);
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> tools/testing/shared/linux.c | 14 +++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/shared/linux.c b/tools/testing/shared/linux.c
> index 17263696b5d8..66dbb362385f 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/shared/linux.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/shared/linux.c
> @@ -96,10 +96,13 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc_lru(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct list_lru *lru,
> p = node;
> } else {
> pthread_mutex_unlock(&cachep->lock);
> - if (cachep->align)
> - posix_memalign(&p, cachep->align, cachep->size);
> - else
> + if (cachep->align) {
> + if (posix_memalign(&p, cachep->align, cachep->size) < 0)
> + return NULL;
> + } else {
> p = malloc(cachep->size);
> + }
> +
> if (cachep->ctor)
> cachep->ctor(p);
> else if (gfp & __GFP_ZERO)
> @@ -195,8 +198,9 @@ int kmem_cache_alloc_bulk(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp, size_t size,
> }
>
> if (cachep->align) {
> - posix_memalign(&p[i], cachep->align,
> - cachep->size);
> + if (posix_memalign(&p[i], cachep->align,
> + cachep->size) < 0)
> + break;
> } else {
> p[i] = malloc(cachep->size);
> if (!p[i])
> --
> 2.40.1
>