Re: [PATCH] selftests/net: replace AF_MAX with INT_MAX in socket.c

[shuah <shuah@kernel.org>]

On 9/16/19 9:03 AM, Marcelo Henrique Cerri wrote:
> Use INT_MAX instead of AF_MAX, since libc might have a smaller value
> of AF_MAX than the kernel, what causes the test to fail.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Henrique Cerri <marcelo.cerri@canonical.com>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/net/socket.c | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/socket.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/socket.c
> index afca1ead677f..10e75ba90124 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/socket.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/socket.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>   #include <sys/types.h>
>   #include <sys/socket.h>
>   #include <netinet/in.h>
> +#include <limits.h>
>   
>   struct socket_testcase {
>   	int	domain;
> @@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ struct socket_testcase {
>   };
>   
>   static struct socket_testcase tests[] = {
> -	{ AF_MAX,  0,           0,           -EAFNOSUPPORT,    0 },
> +	/* libc might have a smaller value of AF_MAX than the kernel
> +	 * actually supports, so use INT_MAX instead.
> +	 */
> +	{ INT_MAX, 0,           0,           -EAFNOSUPPORT,    0  },
>   	{ AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP, 0,                1  },
>   	{ AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM,  IPPROTO_TCP, -EPROTONOSUPPORT, 1  },
>   	{ AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM,  IPPROTO_UDP, 0,                1  },
> 

What failure are you seeing? It sounds arbitrary to use INT_MAX
instead of AF_MAX. I think it is important to understand the
failure first.

Please note that AF_MAX is widely used in the kernel.

thanks,
-- Shuah