From: Peter Rosin Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 23:27:18 +0000 (-0700) Subject: lib/test_string.c: avoid masking memset16/32/64 failures X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=33d6e0ff68af74be0c846c8e042e84a9a1a0561e;p=linux.git lib/test_string.c: avoid masking memset16/32/64 failures If a memsetXX implementation is completely broken and fails in the first iteration, when i, j, and k are all zero, the failure is masked as zero is returned. Failing in the first iteration is perhaps the most likely failure, so this makes the tests pretty much useless. Avoid the situation by always setting a random unused bit in the result on failure. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190506124634.6807-3-peda@axentia.se Fixes: 03270c13c5ff ("lib/string.c: add testcases for memset16/32/64") Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/lib/test_string.c b/lib/test_string.c index bf8def01ed204..b5117ae596931 100644 --- a/lib/test_string.c +++ b/lib/test_string.c @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static __init int memset16_selftest(void) fail: kfree(p); if (i < 256) - return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k; + return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k | 0x8000; return 0; } @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static __init int memset32_selftest(void) fail: kfree(p); if (i < 256) - return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k; + return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k | 0x8000; return 0; } @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static __init int memset64_selftest(void) fail: kfree(p); if (i < 256) - return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k; + return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k | 0x8000; return 0; }