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docs: fault-injection: fix non-working usage of negative values 

Fault injection uses debugfs in a way that the provided values via sysfs
are interpreted as u64. Providing negative numbers results in an error:

/sys/kernel/debug/fail_function# echo -1 > times
sh: write error: Invalid argument

Update the docs and examples to use "printf %#x <val>" in these cases.
For "retval", reword the paragraph a little and fix a typo.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210603125841.27436-1-wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Wolfram Sang 2021-06-03 14:58:41 +02:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ configuration of fault-injection capabilities.
- /sys/kernel/debug/fail*/times:
specifies how many times failures may happen at most.
A value of -1 means "no limit".
specifies how many times failures may happen at most. A value of -1
means "no limit". Note, though, that this file only accepts unsigned
values. So, if you want to specify -1, you better use 'printf' instead
of 'echo', e.g.: $ printf %#x -1 > times
- /sys/kernel/debug/fail*/space:
@ -167,11 +169,13 @@ configuration of fault-injection capabilities.
- ERRNO: retval must be -1 to -MAX_ERRNO (-4096).
- ERR_NULL: retval must be 0 or -1 to -MAX_ERRNO (-4096).
- /sys/kernel/debug/fail_function/<functiuon-name>/retval:
- /sys/kernel/debug/fail_function/<function-name>/retval:
specifies the "error" return value to inject to the given
function for given function. This will be created when
user specifies new injection entry.
specifies the "error" return value to inject to the given function.
This will be created when the user specifies a new injection entry.
Note that this file only accepts unsigned values. So, if you want to
use a negative errno, you better use 'printf' instead of 'echo', e.g.:
$ printf %#x -12 > retval
Boot option
^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -255,7 +259,7 @@ Application Examples
echo Y > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/task-filter
echo 10 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/probability
echo 100 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/interval
echo -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
printf %#x -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/space
echo 2 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/verbose
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/ignore-gfp-wait
@ -309,7 +313,7 @@ Application Examples
echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/task-filter
echo 10 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/probability
echo 100 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/interval
echo -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
printf %#x -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/space
echo 2 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/verbose
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/ignore-gfp-wait
@ -336,11 +340,11 @@ Application Examples
FAILTYPE=fail_function
FAILFUNC=open_ctree
echo $FAILFUNC > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/inject
echo -12 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/$FAILFUNC/retval
printf %#x -12 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/$FAILFUNC/retval
echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/task-filter
echo 100 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/probability
echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/interval
echo -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
printf %#x -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/space
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/verbose