Re: [PATCH] selftests: ipc: handle msgget failure return correctly

[Guillaume Morin]

On 05 Mar 17:51, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> A failed msgget causes the test to return an uninitialised value
> in ret. Assign ret to -errno on error exit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
> index d664182..be8f294 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
> @@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  	msgque.msq_id = msgget(msgque.key, IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | 0666);
>  	if (msgque.msq_id == -1) {
>  		printf("Can't create queue\n");
> +		err = -errno;
>  		goto err_out;
>  	}
>  
> -- 

Maybe I am nitpicking here but printf() could modify errno, so you might
as well save it before printf() is called.

-- 
Guillaume Morin <guillaume@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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