[LTP] [PATCH 1/4] syscalls/sync01: Remove it

[Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>]

Hi,

> Sorry, I didn't describe the doubt clearly.
> For example:
> 1) open(2) will return -1 if an error occur.
>     Is it necessary to check invalid return value(except -1) if an error
> occur?
> 2) mmap(2) will return MAP_FAILED if an error occurs.
>     Is it necessary to check invalid value(except MAP_FAILED) if an error
> occur?
> Martin's patches have added a check for invalid return value in many safe
> macros but a lot of syscall tests(e.g. after doingTEST()) don't add the
> check for now.
> I am not sure if we need to add the check for all syscall tests. :-)
> BTW: In my opinion, it is hardly to get invalid return value so the check
> seems unnecessary and redundance.
Agree it's hard to get these errors. That's why I would bother just in the
library (in these safe_*() functions).

Kind regards,
Petr Vorel

> Best Regards,
> Xiao Yang