[PATCH] pthread_getcpuclockid: Add descriptive comment to smoke test
Siddhesh Poyarekar
siddhesh@sourceware.org
Thu Nov 28 11:32:58 GMT 2024
Add a descriptive comment to the tst-pthread-cpuclockid-invalid test and
also drop pthread_getcpuclockid from the TODO-testing list since it now
has full coverage.
---
nptl/TODO-testing | 4 ----
nptl/tst-pthread-getcpuclockid-invalid.c | 12 ++++++++++--
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/nptl/TODO-testing b/nptl/TODO-testing
index e076e5624f..f50d2ceb51 100644
--- a/nptl/TODO-testing
+++ b/nptl/TODO-testing
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ pthread_attr_[sg]etstack
some more tests needed
-pthread_getcpuclockid
-
- check that value is reset -> rt subdir
-
pthread_getschedparam
pthread_setschedparam
diff --git a/nptl/tst-pthread-getcpuclockid-invalid.c b/nptl/tst-pthread-getcpuclockid-invalid.c
index e88a563427..df1ad18226 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-pthread-getcpuclockid-invalid.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-pthread-getcpuclockid-invalid.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-/* Smoke test to verify that pthread_getcpuclockid fails with ESRCH when the
- thread in question has exited.
+/* pthread_getcpuclockid should fail with ESRCH when the thread exits.
Copyright the GNU Toolchain Authors.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
@@ -17,6 +16,15 @@
License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+/* The input thread descriptor to pthread_getcpuclockid needs to be valid when
+ the function is called. For the purposes of this test, this means that the
+ thread should not be detached, have exited, but not joined. There is also a
+ tiny window where the TCB has been allocated but the target thread itself
+ not created, where pthread_getcpuclockid could return ESRCH, but it's not
+ possible to tap into that window to reliably test it. It's not necessary
+ anyway, since the window this test exploits is good enough to complete
+ coverage for pthread_getcpuclockid alongside tst-clock2. */
+
#include <errno.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <sched.h>
--
2.46.0
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