Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf 1/4] selftests: bpf: use a temporary file in test_sockmap

From: Jakub Sitnicki <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:20:19 +0100

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 05:59 PM CET, Lorenz Bauer wrote:
> Use a proper temporary file for sendpage tests. This means that running
> the tests doesn't clutter the working directory, and allows running the
> test on read-only filesystems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenz Bauer <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c | 15 +++++----------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c
> index 4a851513c842..779e11da979c 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c
> @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int msg_loop_sendpage(int fd, int iov_length, int cnt,
>  	FILE *file;
>  	int i, fp;
>
> -	file = fopen(".sendpage_tst.tmp", "w+");
> +	file = tmpfile();
>  	if (!file) {
>  		perror("create file for sendpage");
>  		return 1;

memfd_create() would be an alternative that doesn't clutter anything.

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