Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] selftests/resctrl: Cleanup benchmark argument parsing

From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Tue Aug 29 2023 - 09:06:02 EST


On Tue, 29 Aug 2023, Maciej Wieczór-Retman wrote:
> On 2023-08-23 at 16:15:56 +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> >Benchmark argument is handled by custom argument parsing code which is
> >more complicated than it needs to be.
> >
> >Process benchmark argument within the normal getopt() handling and drop
> >entirely unnecessary ben_ind and has_ben variables. If -b is not given,
> >setup the default benchmark command right after the switch statement
> >and make -b to goto over it while it terminates the getopt() loop.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> > .../testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c | 71 ++++++++++---------
> > 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> >index 94516d1f4307..ae9001ef7b0a 100644
> >--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> >+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> >@@ -169,28 +169,35 @@ static void run_cat_test(int cpu_no, int no_of_bits)
> >
> > int main(int argc, char **argv)
> > {
> >- bool has_ben = false, mbm_test = true, mba_test = true, cmt_test = true;
> >- int c, cpu_no = 1, argc_new = argc, i, no_of_bits = 0;
> >+ bool mbm_test = true, mba_test = true, cmt_test = true;
> >+ int c, cpu_no = 1, i, no_of_bits = 0;
> > const char *benchmark_cmd[BENCHMARK_ARGS];
> >- int ben_ind, tests = 0;
> > char *span_str = NULL;
> > bool cat_test = true;
> > char *skip_reason;
> >+ int tests = 0;
> > int ret;
> >
> >- for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
> >- if (strcmp(argv[i], "-b") == 0) {
> >- ben_ind = i + 1;
> >- argc_new = ben_ind - 1;
> >- has_ben = true;
> >- break;
> >- }
> >- }
> >-
> >- while ((c = getopt(argc_new, argv, "ht:b:n:p:")) != -1) {
> >+ while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "ht:b:n:p:")) != -1) {
> > char *token;
> >
> > switch (c) {
> >+ case 'b':
> >+ /*
> >+ * First move optind back to the (first) optarg and
> >+ * then build the benchmark command using the
> >+ * remaining arguments.
> >+ */
> >+ optind--;
> >+ if (argc - optind >= BENCHMARK_ARGS - 1)
> >+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Too long benchmark command");
>
> Isn't this condition off by two?
>
> I did some testing and the maximum amount of benchmark arguments is 62
> while the array of const char* has 64 spaces. Is it supposed to have
> less than the maximum capacity?
>
> Wouldn't something like this be more valid with BENCHMARK_ARGS equal to
> 64? :
> if (argc - optind > BENCHMARK_ARGS)

Certainly not off by two as the array must be NULL terminated but it seems
to be off-by-one (to the safe direction), yes.

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