[PATCH v2 2/8] selftests/mm: protection_keys: Fix dead code

Sidhartha Kumar sidhartha.kumar at oracle.com
Thu Jul 31 09:39:36 PDT 2025


On 7/31/25 12:01 PM, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> The while loop doesn't execute and following warning gets generated:
> 
> protection_keys.c:561:15: warning: code will never be executed
> [-Wunreachable-code]
>                  int rpkey = alloc_random_pkey();
> 
> Let's enable the while loop such that it gets executed nr_iterations
> times. Simplify the code a bit as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum at collabora.com>

Reviewed-by: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar at oracle.com>

> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c | 4 +---
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c
> index 23ebec367015f..6281d4c61b50e 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c
> @@ -557,13 +557,11 @@ int mprotect_pkey(void *ptr, size_t size, unsigned long orig_prot,
>   	int nr_iterations = random() % 100;
>   	int ret;
>   
> -	while (0) {
> +	while (nr_iterations-- >= 0) {
>   		int rpkey = alloc_random_pkey();
>   		ret = sys_mprotect_pkey(ptr, size, orig_prot, pkey);
>   		dprintf1("sys_mprotect_pkey(%p, %zx, prot=0x%lx, pkey=%ld) ret: %d\n",
>   				ptr, size, orig_prot, pkey, ret);
> -		if (nr_iterations-- < 0)
> -			break;
>   
>   		dprintf1("%s()::%d, ret: %d pkey_reg: 0x%016llx"
>   			" shadow: 0x%016llx\n",




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