Re: [PATCH v7 bpf-next 4/8] selftests/bpf: add bpf_snprintf_btf helper tests

[Daniel Borkmann]

On 9/28/20 1:31 PM, Alan Maguire wrote:

Tests verifying snprintf()ing of various data structures,
flags combinations using a tp_btf program. Tests are skipped
if __builtin_btf_type_id is not available to retrieve BTF
type ids.

Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.magu...@oracle.com>

[...]

+void test_snprintf_btf(void)
+{
+       struct netif_receive_skb *skel;
+       struct netif_receive_skb__bss *bss;
+       int err, duration = 0;
+
+       skel = netif_receive_skb__open();
+       if (CHECK(!skel, "skel_open", "failed to open skeleton\n"))
+               return;
+
+       err = netif_receive_skb__load(skel);
+       if (CHECK(err, "skel_load", "failed to load skeleton: %d\n", err))
+               goto cleanup;
+
+       bss = skel->bss;
+
+       err = netif_receive_skb__attach(skel);
+       if (CHECK(err, "skel_attach", "skeleton attach failed: %d\n", err))
+               goto cleanup;
+
+       /* generate receive event */
+       system("ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null");

This generates the following new warning when compiling BPF selftests:

  [...]
  EXT-OBJ  [test_progs] cgroup_helpers.o
  EXT-OBJ  [test_progs] trace_helpers.o
  EXT-OBJ  [test_progs] network_helpers.o
  EXT-OBJ  [test_progs] testing_helpers.o
  TEST-OBJ [test_progs] snprintf_btf.test.o
/root/bpf-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c: In 
function ‘test_snprintf_btf’:
/root/bpf-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c:30:2: 
warning: ignoring return value of ‘system’, declared with attribute 
warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
  system("ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null");
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [...]

Please fix, thx!