Re: [PATCHv2] selftests/exec: allow shell return code of 126

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Tue Jan 06 2015 - 15:02:32 EST


On 01/06/2015 01:23 AM, David Drysdale wrote:
> When the shell fails to invoke a script because its path name
> is too long (ENAMETOOLONG), most shells return 127 to indicate
> command not found. However, some systems report 126 (which POSIX
> suggests should indicate a non-executable file) for this case,
> so allow that too.
>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Drysdale <drysdale@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/exec/execveat.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Thanks. Applied to kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest fixes branch

-- Shuah

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Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Open Source Innovation Group
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
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