Re: [PATCH 13/14] perf tests: Add test for caching dso file descriptors

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 27 May 2014 09:54:36 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:36:44AM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 May 2014 19:23:34 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>> > Adding test that setup test_dso_data__fd_limit and test
>> > dso data file descriptors are cached appropriately.
>> 
>> [SNIP]
>> > +static long open_files_cnt(void)
>> > +{
>> > +	char path[PATH_MAX];
>> > +	struct dirent *dent;
>> > +	DIR *dir;
>> > +	long nr = 0;
>> > +	int n;
>> > +
>> > +	n = scnprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/self/fd", procfs__mountpoint());
>> > +	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("couldn't get fd path", n < PATH_MAX);
>> 
>> Looks like an unnecessary check since the scnprintf() cannot return more
>> than (or equal to) PATH_MAX.
>
> once it's equal it's bad.. as the man says:
> "return value of size or more means that the output was  truncated"

Did you see "sn"printf?

Thanks,
Namhyung