[PATCH v3 08/14] lib/test_printf.c: don't BUG

From: Rasmus Villemoes
Date: Thu Dec 03 2015 - 15:53:21 EST


BUG is a completely unnecessarily big hammer, and we're more likely to
get the internal bug reported if we just pr_err() and ensure the test
suite fails.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/test_printf.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/test_printf.c b/lib/test_printf.c
index c5a666af9ba5..9232a2add28c 100644
--- a/lib/test_printf.c
+++ b/lib/test_printf.c
@@ -91,7 +91,12 @@ __test(const char *expect, int elen, const char *fmt, ...)
int rand;
char *p;

- BUG_ON(elen >= BUF_SIZE);
+ if (elen >= BUF_SIZE) {
+ pr_err("error in test suite: expected output length %d too long. Format was '%s'.\n",
+ elen, fmt);
+ failed_tests++;
+ return;
+ }

va_start(ap, fmt);

--
2.6.1

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