Re: [PATCH v6] selftests: rtc: Fixes rtctest error handling.

From: Atul Kumar Pant
Date: Sat Sep 23 2023 - 13:37:03 EST


On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 02:44:01PM +0530, Atul Kumar Pant wrote:
> Adds a check to verify if the rtc device file is valid or not
> and prints a useful error message if the file is not accessible.
>
> Signed-off-by: Atul Kumar Pant <atulpant.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> changes since v5:
> Updated error message to use strerror().
> If the rtc file is invalid, the skip the test.
>
> changes since v4:
> Updated the commit message.
>
> changes since v3:
> Added Linux-kselftest and Linux-kernel mailing lists.
>
> changes since v2:
> Changed error message when rtc file does not exist.
>
> changes since v1:
> Removed check for uid=0
> If rtc file is invalid, then exit the test.
>
> tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
> index 630fef735c7e..27b466111885 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <time.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
> +#include <error.h>
>
> #include "../kselftest_harness.h"
> #include "../kselftest.h"
> @@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> if (access(rtc_file, F_OK) == 0)
> ret = test_harness_run(argc, argv);
> else
> - ksft_exit_fail_msg("[ERROR]: Cannot access rtc file %s - Exiting\n", rtc_file);
> + ksft_exit_skip("%s: %s\n", rtc_file, strerror(errno));
>
> return ret;
> }
> --
> 2.25.1
>

Hi Shuah, I have made the changes as per your comments. Can you please
review the changes ?