[PATCH] selftests/futex: fix incorrect result reporting of futex_wait test item

From: Yuwen Chen

Date: Wed Feb 04 2026 - 22:05:59 EST


Convert the code to use EXPECT/ASSERT() variants, which ensures that the
overall test result is fail if one of the EXPECT()s fails.

Signed-off-by: Yuwen Chen <ywen.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/futex/functional/futex_wait.c | 64 ++++---------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_wait.c b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_wait.c
index 7b88794090071..4361809e669db 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_wait.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/futex_wait.c
@@ -41,61 +41,39 @@ TEST(private_futex)
unsigned int flags = FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG;
u_int32_t f_private = 0;
pthread_t waiter;
- int res;

futex = &f_private;

/* Testing a private futex */
- ksft_print_dbg_msg("Calling private futex_wait on futex: %p\n", futex);
- if (pthread_create(&waiter, NULL, waiterfn, (void *) &flags))
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("pthread_create failed\n");
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_create(&waiter, NULL, waiterfn, (void *) &flags));

usleep(WAKE_WAIT_US);

- ksft_print_dbg_msg("Calling private futex_wake on futex: %p\n", futex);
- res = futex_wake(futex, 1, FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG);
- if (res != 1) {
- ksft_test_result_fail("futex_wake private returned: %d %s\n",
- errno, strerror(errno));
- } else {
- ksft_test_result_pass("futex_wake private succeeds\n");
- }
+ EXPECT_EQ(1, futex_wake(futex, 1, FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG));
}

TEST(anon_page)
{
u_int32_t *shared_data;
pthread_t waiter;
- int res, shm_id;
+ int shm_id;

/* Testing an anon page shared memory */
shm_id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, 4096, IPC_CREAT | 0666);
- if (shm_id < 0) {
- if (errno == ENOSYS)
- ksft_exit_skip("shmget syscall not supported\n");
- perror("shmget");
- exit(1);
- }
+ if (shm_id < 0 && errno == ENOSYS)
+ SKIP(return, "shmget syscall not supported");
+ ASSERT_LE(0, shm_id);

shared_data = shmat(shm_id, NULL, 0);

*shared_data = 0;
futex = shared_data;

- ksft_print_dbg_msg("Calling shared (page anon) futex_wait on futex: %p\n", futex);
- if (pthread_create(&waiter, NULL, waiterfn, NULL))
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("pthread_create failed\n");
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_create(&waiter, NULL, waiterfn, NULL));

usleep(WAKE_WAIT_US);

- ksft_print_dbg_msg("Calling shared (page anon) futex_wake on futex: %p\n", futex);
- res = futex_wake(futex, 1, 0);
- if (res != 1) {
- ksft_test_result_fail("futex_wake shared (page anon) returned: %d %s\n",
- errno, strerror(errno));
- } else {
- ksft_test_result_pass("futex_wake shared (page anon) succeeds\n");
- }
+ EXPECT_EQ(1, futex_wake(futex, 1, 0));

shmdt(shared_data);
}
@@ -104,39 +82,25 @@ TEST(file_backed)
{
u_int32_t f_private = 0;
pthread_t waiter;
- int res, fd;
+ int fd;
void *shm;

/* Testing a file backed shared memory */
- fd = open(SHM_PATH, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
- if (fd < 0)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("open\n");
-
- if (ftruncate(fd, sizeof(f_private)))
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("ftruncate\n");
+ ASSERT_LE(0, (fd = open(SHM_PATH, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR)));
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, ftruncate(fd, sizeof(f_private)));

shm = mmap(NULL, sizeof(f_private), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
- if (shm == MAP_FAILED)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("mmap\n");
+ ASSERT_NE(MAP_FAILED, shm);

memcpy(shm, &f_private, sizeof(f_private));

futex = shm;

- ksft_print_dbg_msg("Calling shared (file backed) futex_wait on futex: %p\n", futex);
- if (pthread_create(&waiter, NULL, waiterfn, NULL))
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("pthread_create failed\n");
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_create(&waiter, NULL, waiterfn, NULL));

usleep(WAKE_WAIT_US);

- ksft_print_dbg_msg("Calling shared (file backed) futex_wake on futex: %p\n", futex);
- res = futex_wake(shm, 1, 0);
- if (res != 1) {
- ksft_test_result_fail("futex_wake shared (file backed) returned: %d %s\n",
- errno, strerror(errno));
- } else {
- ksft_test_result_pass("futex_wake shared (file backed) succeeds\n");
- }
+ EXPECT_EQ(1, futex_wake(shm, 1, 0));

munmap(shm, sizeof(f_private));
remove(SHM_PATH);
--
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