Patch "x86/pkeys/selftests: Stop using assert()" has been added to the 4.16-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    x86/pkeys/selftests: Stop using assert()

to the 4.16-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     x86-pkeys-selftests-stop-using-assert.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.16 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From foo@baz Sun Jun 17 12:07:34 CEST 2018
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 10:13:40 -0700
Subject: x86/pkeys/selftests: Stop using assert()

From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>

[ Upstream commit 86b9eea230edf4c67d4d4a70fba9b74505867a25 ]

If we use assert(), the program "crashes".  That can be scary to users,
so stop doing it.  Just exit with a >0 exit code instead.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Michael Ellermen <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180509171340.E63EF7DA@viggo.jf.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c |   12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c
@@ -72,10 +72,9 @@ extern void abort_hooks(void);
 				test_nr, iteration_nr);	\
 		dprintf0("errno at assert: %d", errno);	\
 		abort_hooks();			\
-		assert(condition);		\
+		exit(__LINE__);			\
 	}					\
 } while (0)
-#define raw_assert(cond) assert(cond)
 
 void cat_into_file(char *str, char *file)
 {
@@ -87,12 +86,17 @@ void cat_into_file(char *str, char *file
 	 * these need to be raw because they are called under
 	 * pkey_assert()
 	 */
-	raw_assert(fd >= 0);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "error opening '%s'\n", str);
+		perror("error: ");
+		exit(__LINE__);
+	}
+
 	ret = write(fd, str, strlen(str));
 	if (ret != strlen(str)) {
 		perror("write to file failed");
 		fprintf(stderr, "filename: '%s' str: '%s'\n", file, str);
-		raw_assert(0);
+		exit(__LINE__);
 	}
 	close(fd);
 }


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dave.hansen@linux.intel.com are

queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-factor-out-instruction-page.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-fix-pointer-math.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-adjust-the-self-test-to-fresh-distros-that-export-the-pkeys-abi.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-add-a-test-for-pkey-0.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-stop-using-assert.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-save-off-prot-for-allocations.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-remove-dead-debugging-code-fix-dprint_in_signal.patch
queue-4.16/x86-mpx-selftests-adjust-the-self-test-to-fresh-distros-that-export-the-mpx-abi.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-add-prot_exec-test.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-allow-faults-on-unknown-keys.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-give-better-unexpected-fault-error-messages.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-avoid-printf-in-signal-deadlocks.patch
queue-4.16/x86-pkeys-selftests-fix-pkey-exhaustion-test-off-by-one.patch