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

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 <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 10:13:40 -0700
Subject: x86/pkeys/selftests: Stop using assert()

From: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>

[ 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.

---
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/protection_keys.c |   12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

@@ -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 [email protected] 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