RE: [PATCH v2] selftests/lkdtm: Use /bin/sh not $SHELL

[David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>]

From: Kees Cook
> Sent: 23 June 2021 17:19
> 
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 01:43:04PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > From: Guillaume Tucker
> > > Sent: 23 June 2021 13:40
> > ...
> > > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh
> > > > index bb7a1775307b..0f9f22ac004b 100755
> > > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh
> > > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lkdtm/run.sh
> > > > @@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ dmesg > "$DMESG"
> > > >
> > > >  # Most shells yell about signals and we're expecting the "cat" process
> > > >  # to usually be killed by the kernel. So we have to run it in a sub-shell
> > > > -# and silence errors.
> > > > -($SHELL -c 'cat <(echo '"$test"') >'"$TRIGGER" 2>/dev/null) || true
> > > > +# to avoid terminating this script. Leave stderr alone, just in case
> > > > +# something _else_ happens.
> > > > +(/bin/sh -c '(echo '"$test"') | cat >'"$TRIGGER") || true
> >
> > I was having trouble parsing that command - and I'm good
> > at shell scripts.
> > I think the extra subshell the 'echo' is in doesn't help.
> > In fact, is either subshell needed?
> > Surely:
> > /bin/sh -c "echo '$test' | cat >$trigger" || true
> > will work just as well?
> 
> Ah yeah, and I just tested it to double check, it can be even simpler:
> 
> echo "$test" | /bin/sh -c "cat >$TRIGGER" || true

You can probably even do:

echo "$test" | /bin/sh -c cat >$TRIGGER || true

(moving the redirect to the outer shell).

	David

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