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[v3,3/7] selftests/powerpc: Add generic read/write file util

Message ID 20221128041948.58339-4-bgray@linux.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
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Series Expand selftest utils | expand

Commit Message

Benjamin Gray Nov. 28, 2022, 4:19 a.m. UTC
File read/write is reimplemented in about 5 different ways in the
various PowerPC selftests. This indicates it should be a common util.

Add a common read_file / write_file implementation and convert users
to it where (easily) possible.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray <bgray@linux.ibm.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h   |  36 ++----
 .../selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c  |  19 +--
 .../testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h |   2 +
 .../selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c    |  49 +++-----
 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c     |  27 +----
 .../selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c      |  30 ++---
 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c       | 108 ++++++++++--------
 7 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 164 deletions(-)

Comments

Michael Ellerman Dec. 2, 2022, 11:04 a.m. UTC | #1
Benjamin Gray <bgray@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> File read/write is reimplemented in about 5 different ways in the
> various PowerPC selftests. This indicates it should be a common util.
>
> Add a common read_file / write_file implementation and convert users
> to it where (easily) possible.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray <bgray@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h   |  36 ++----
>  .../selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c  |  19 +--
>  .../testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h |   2 +
>  .../selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c    |  49 +++-----
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c     |  27 +----
>  .../selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c      |  30 ++---
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c       | 108 ++++++++++--------
>  7 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 164 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
> index b703714e7d98..9a69d473ffdf 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
> @@ -64,48 +64,30 @@ inline void set_dscr_usr(unsigned long val)
>  /* Default DSCR access */
>  unsigned long get_default_dscr(void)
>  {
> -	int fd = -1, ret;
> -	char buf[16];
> +	int err;
> +	char buf[16] = {0};
>  	unsigned long val;
>  
> -	if (fd == -1) {
> -		fd = open(DSCR_DEFAULT, O_RDONLY);
> -		if (fd == -1) {
> -			perror("open() failed");
> -			exit(1);
> -		}
> -	}
> -	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
> -	lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
> -	ret = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
> -	if (ret == -1) {
> -		perror("read() failed");
> +	if ((err = read_file(DSCR_DEFAULT, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, NULL))) {
> +		fprintf(stderr, "get_default_dscr() read failed: %s\n", strerror(err));

I don't particularly like doing the assignment to err in the if.

And checkpatch flags it as an error, which means even if we did like it
we'd be setting ourselves up for a stream of fixup patches :)

So please just do the assignment and the if separately.

cheers
Andrew Donnellan Jan. 25, 2023, 4:50 a.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 2022-11-28 at 15:19 +1100, Benjamin Gray wrote:
> File read/write is reimplemented in about 5 different ways in the
> various PowerPC selftests. This indicates it should be a common util.
> 
> Add a common read_file / write_file implementation and convert users
> to it where (easily) possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray <bgray@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h   |  36 ++----
>  .../selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c  |  19 +--
>  .../testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h |   2 +
>  .../selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c    |  49 +++-----
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c     |  27 +----
>  .../selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c      |  30 ++---
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c       | 108 ++++++++++------
> --
>  7 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 164 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
> b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
> index b703714e7d98..9a69d473ffdf 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
> @@ -64,48 +64,30 @@ inline void set_dscr_usr(unsigned long val)
>  /* Default DSCR access */
>  unsigned long get_default_dscr(void)
>  {
> -       int fd = -1, ret;
> -       char buf[16];
> +       int err;
> +       char buf[16] = {0};
>         unsigned long val;
>  
> -       if (fd == -1) {
> -               fd = open(DSCR_DEFAULT, O_RDONLY);
> -               if (fd == -1) {
> -                       perror("open() failed");
> -                       exit(1);
> -               }
> -       }
> -       memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
> -       lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
> -       ret = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
> -       if (ret == -1) {
> -               perror("read() failed");
> +       if ((err = read_file(DSCR_DEFAULT, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1,
> NULL))) {

As mpe says, avoid assignment in conditionals.

> +               fprintf(stderr, "get_default_dscr() read failed:
> %s\n", strerror(err));
>                 exit(1);
>         }
> +
>         sscanf(buf, "%lx", &val);
> -       close(fd);
>         return val;
>  }
>  
>  void set_default_dscr(unsigned long val)
>  {
> -       int fd = -1, ret;
> +       int err;
>         char buf[16];
>  
> -       if (fd == -1) {
> -               fd = open(DSCR_DEFAULT, O_RDWR);
> -               if (fd == -1) {
> -                       perror("open() failed");
> -                       exit(1);
> -               }
> -       }
>         sprintf(buf, "%lx\n", val);
> -       ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
> -       if (ret == -1) {
> -               perror("write() failed");
> +
> +       if ((err = write_file(DSCR_DEFAULT, buf, strlen(buf)))) {
> +               fprintf(stderr, "set_default_dscr() write failed:
> %s\n", strerror(err));
>                 exit(1);
>         }
> -       close(fd);
>  }
>  
>  double uniform_deviate(int seed)
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c
> b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c
> index fbbdffdb2e5d..310946262a24 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c
> @@ -12,23 +12,12 @@
>  
>  static int check_cpu_dscr_default(char *file, unsigned long val)
>  {
> -       char buf[10];
> -       int fd, rc;
> +       char buf[10] = {0};
> +       int rc;
>  
> -       fd = open(file, O_RDWR);
> -       if (fd == -1) {
> -               perror("open() failed");
> -               return 1;
> -       }
> -
> -       rc = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
> -       if (rc == -1) {
> -               perror("read() failed");
> -               return 1;
> -       }
> -       close(fd);
> +       if ((rc = read_file(file, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, NULL)))
> +               return rc;

As above

>  
> -       buf[rc] = '\0';
>         if (strtol(buf, NULL, 16) != val) {
>                 printf("DSCR match failed: %ld (system) %ld (cpu)\n",
>                                         val, strtol(buf, NULL, 16));
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h
> b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h
> index e222a5858450..70885e5814a8 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h
> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ void *get_auxv_entry(int type);
>  
>  int pick_online_cpu(void);
>  
> +int read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t count, size_t
> *len);
> +int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t count);
>  int read_debugfs_file(char *debugfs_file, int *result);
>  int write_debugfs_file(char *debugfs_file, int result);
>  int read_sysfs_file(char *debugfs_file, char *result, size_t
> result_size);
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c
> b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c
> index 095195a25687..a6a226e1b8ba 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c
> @@ -146,49 +146,36 @@ int gzip_header_blank(char *buf)
>  /* Caller must free the allocated buffer return nonzero on error. */
>  int read_alloc_input_file(char *fname, char **buf, size_t *bufsize)
>  {
> +       int err;
>         struct stat statbuf;
> -       FILE *fp;
>         char *p;
>         size_t num_bytes;
>  
>         if (stat(fname, &statbuf)) {
>                 perror(fname);
> -               return(-1);
> -       }
> -       fp = fopen(fname, "r");
> -       if (fp == NULL) {
> -               perror(fname);
> -               return(-1);
> +               return -1;
>         }
> +
>         assert(NULL != (p = (char *) malloc(statbuf.st_size)));
> -       num_bytes = fread(p, 1, statbuf.st_size, fp);
> -       if (ferror(fp) || (num_bytes != statbuf.st_size)) {
> -               perror(fname);
> -               return(-1);
> +
> +       if ((err = read_file(fname, p, statbuf.st_size, &num_bytes)))

As above

> {
> +               fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read file: %s\n",
> strerror(err));
> +               goto fail;
>         }
> +
> +       if (num_bytes != statbuf.st_size) {
> +               fprintf(stderr, "Actual bytes != expected bytes\n");
> +               err = -1;
> +               goto fail;
> +       }
> +
>         *buf = p;
>         *bufsize = num_bytes;
>         return 0;
> -}
>  
> -/* Returns nonzero on error */
> -int write_output_file(char *fname, char *buf, size_t bufsize)
> -{
> -       FILE *fp;
> -       size_t num_bytes;
> -
> -       fp = fopen(fname, "w");
> -       if (fp == NULL) {
> -               perror(fname);
> -               return(-1);
> -       }
> -       num_bytes = fwrite(buf, 1, bufsize, fp);
> -       if (ferror(fp) || (num_bytes != bufsize)) {
> -               perror(fname);
> -               return(-1);
> -       }
> -       fclose(fp);
> -       return 0;
> +fail:
> +       free(p);
> +       return err;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> @@ -399,7 +386,7 @@ int compress_file(int argc, char **argv, void
> *handle)
>         assert(FNAME_MAX > (strlen(argv[1]) + strlen(FEXT)));
>         strcpy(outname, argv[1]);
>         strcat(outname, FEXT);
> -       if (write_output_file(outname, outbuf, dsttotlen)) {
> +       if (write_file(outname, outbuf, dsttotlen)) {
>                 fprintf(stderr, "write error: %s\n", outname);
>                 exit(-1);
>         }
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c
> b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c
> index 88690b97b7b9..e8960e7a1271 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c
> @@ -190,38 +190,21 @@ int parse_proc_maps(void)
>  
>  bool require_paranoia_below(int level)
>  {
> +       int err;
>         long current;
>         char *end, buf[16];
> -       FILE *f;
> -       bool rc;
> -
> -       rc = false;
> -
> -       f = fopen(PARANOID_PATH, "r");
> -       if (!f) {
> -               perror("fopen");
> -               goto out;
> -       }
>  
> -       if (!fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f)) {
> +       if ((err = read_file(PARANOID_PATH, buf, sizeof(buf), NULL)))

As above

> {
>                 printf("Couldn't read " PARANOID_PATH "?\n");
> -               goto out_close;
> +               return false;
>         }
>  
>         current = strtol(buf, &end, 10);
>  
>         if (end == buf) {
>                 printf("Couldn't parse " PARANOID_PATH "?\n");
> -               goto out_close;
> +               return false;
>         }
>  
> -       if (current >= level)
> -               goto out_close;
> -
> -       rc = true;
> -out_close:
> -       fclose(f);
> -out:
> -       return rc;
> +       return current < level;
>  }
> -
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c
> b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c
> index 5c82ed9e7c65..46e0695ed8b0 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c
> @@ -348,16 +348,11 @@ static int parent(struct shared_info *info,
> pid_t pid)
>  
>  static int write_core_pattern(const char *core_pattern)
>  {
> -       size_t len = strlen(core_pattern), ret;
> -       FILE *f;
> +       int err;
>  
> -       f = fopen(core_pattern_file, "w");
> -       SKIP_IF_MSG(!f, "Try with root privileges");
> -
> -       ret = fwrite(core_pattern, 1, len, f);
> -       fclose(f);
> -       if (ret != len) {
> -               perror("Error writing to core_pattern file");
> +       if ((err = write_file(core_pattern_file, core_pattern,
> strlen(core_pattern)))) {

As above

> +               SKIP_IF_MSG(err == -EPERM, "Try with root
> privileges");
> +               fprintf(stderr, "Error writing core_pattern file:
> %s\n", strerror(err));
>                 return TEST_FAIL;
>         }
>  
> @@ -366,8 +361,8 @@ static int write_core_pattern(const char
> *core_pattern)
>  
>  static int setup_core_pattern(char **core_pattern_, bool *changed_)
>  {
> -       FILE *f;
>         char *core_pattern;
> +       size_t len;
>         int ret;
>  
>         core_pattern = malloc(PATH_MAX);
> @@ -376,22 +371,13 @@ static int setup_core_pattern(char
> **core_pattern_, bool *changed_)
>                 return TEST_FAIL;
>         }
>  
> -       f = fopen(core_pattern_file, "r");
> -       if (!f) {
> -               perror("Error opening core_pattern file");
> -               ret = TEST_FAIL;
> -               goto out;
> -       }
> -
> -       ret = fread(core_pattern, 1, PATH_MAX - 1, f);
> -       fclose(f);
> -       if (!ret) {
> -               perror("Error reading core_pattern file");
> +       if ((ret = read_file(core_pattern_file, core_pattern,
> PATH_MAX - 1, &len))) {

As above

> +               fprintf(stderr, "Error reading core_pattern file:
> %s\n", strerror(ret));
>                 ret = TEST_FAIL;
>                 goto out;
>         }
>  
> -       core_pattern[ret] = '\0';
> +       core_pattern[len] = '\0';
>  
>         /* Check whether we can predict the name of the core file. */
>         if (!strcmp(core_pattern, "core") || !strcmp(core_pattern,
> "core.%p"))
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c
> b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c
> index 1f36ee1a909a..861b1f7aa95f 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c
> @@ -26,34 +26,73 @@
>  
>  static char auxv[4096];
>  
> -int read_auxv(char *buf, ssize_t buf_size)
> +int read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t count, size_t
> *len)

Could make this more read(2) like by returning the bytes read as
ssize_t, but this is also fine

>  {
> -       ssize_t num;
> -       int rc, fd;
> +       ssize_t rc;
> +       int fd;
> +       int err;
> +       char eof;
> +
> +       if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) < 0)

As above

> +               return errno;
>  
> -       fd = open("/proc/self/auxv", O_RDONLY);
> -       if (fd == -1) {
> -               perror("open");
> -               return -errno;
> +       if ((rc = read(fd, buf, count)) < 0) {

As above

> +               err = errno;
> +               goto out;
>         }
>  
> -       num = read(fd, buf, buf_size);
> -       if (num < 0) {
> -               perror("read");
> -               rc = -EIO;
> +       if (len)
> +               *len = rc;
> +
> +       /* Overflow if there are still more bytes after filling the
> buffer */
> +       if (rc == count && (rc = read(fd, &eof, 1)) != 0) {

As above - this also needs to be split into two conditionals IMHO

> +               err = EOVERFLOW;
>                 goto out;
>         }
>  
> -       if (num > buf_size) {
> -               printf("overflowed auxv buffer\n");
> -               rc = -EOVERFLOW;
> +       err = 0;
> +
> +out:
> +       close(fd);
> +       return err;
> +}
> +
> +int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t count)
> +{
> +       int fd;
> +       int err;
> +       ssize_t rc;
> +
> +       if ((fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644)) <
> 0)
> +               return errno;
> +
> +       if ((rc = write(fd, buf, count)) < 0) {
> +               err = errno;
>                 goto out;
>         }
>  
> -       rc = 0;
> +       if (rc != count) {
> +               err = EOVERFLOW;
> +               goto out;
> +       }
> +
> +       err = 0;
> +
>  out:
>         close(fd);
> -       return rc;
> +       return err;
> +}
> +
> +int read_auxv(char *buf, ssize_t buf_size)
> +{
> +       int err;
> +
> +       if ((err = read_file("/proc/self/auxv", buf, buf_size,
> NULL))) {

As above

> +               fprintf(stderr, "Error reading auxv: %s\n",
> strerror(err));
> +               return err;
> +       }
> +
> +       return 0;
>  }
>  
>  void *find_auxv_entry(int type, char *auxv)
> @@ -142,65 +181,40 @@ bool is_ppc64le(void)
>  int read_sysfs_file(char *fpath, char *result, size_t result_size)
>  {
>         char path[PATH_MAX] = "/sys/";
> -       int rc = -1, fd;
>  
>         strncat(path, fpath, PATH_MAX - strlen(path) - 1);
>  
> -       if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
> -               return rc;
> -
> -       rc = read(fd, result, result_size);
> -
> -       close(fd);
> -
> -       if (rc < 0)
> -               return rc;
> -
> -       return 0;
> +       return read_file(path, result, result_size, NULL);
>  }
>  
>  int read_debugfs_file(char *debugfs_file, int *result)
>  {
> -       int rc = -1, fd;
> +       int err;
>         char path[PATH_MAX];
> -       char value[16];
> +       char value[16] = {0};
>  
>         strcpy(path, "/sys/kernel/debug/");
>         strncat(path, debugfs_file, PATH_MAX - strlen(path) - 1);
>  
> -       if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
> -               return rc;
> -
> -       if ((rc = read(fd, value, sizeof(value))) < 0)
> -               return rc;
> +       if ((err = read_file(path, value, sizeof(value) - 1, NULL)))
> +               return err;
>  
> -       value[15] = 0;
>         *result = atoi(value);
> -       close(fd);
>  
>         return 0;
>  }
>  
>  int write_debugfs_file(char *debugfs_file, int result)
>  {
> -       int rc = -1, fd;
>         char path[PATH_MAX];
>         char value[16];
>  
>         strcpy(path, "/sys/kernel/debug/");
>         strncat(path, debugfs_file, PATH_MAX - strlen(path) - 1);
>  
> -       if ((fd = open(path, O_WRONLY)) < 0)
> -               return rc;
> -
>         snprintf(value, 16, "%d", result);
>  
> -       if ((rc = write(fd, value, strlen(value))) < 0)
> -               return rc;
> -
> -       close(fd);
> -
> -       return 0;
> +       return write_file(path, value, strlen(value));
>  }
>  
>  static long perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event, pid_t
> pid,
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
index b703714e7d98..9a69d473ffdf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
@@ -64,48 +64,30 @@  inline void set_dscr_usr(unsigned long val)
 /* Default DSCR access */
 unsigned long get_default_dscr(void)
 {
-	int fd = -1, ret;
-	char buf[16];
+	int err;
+	char buf[16] = {0};
 	unsigned long val;
 
-	if (fd == -1) {
-		fd = open(DSCR_DEFAULT, O_RDONLY);
-		if (fd == -1) {
-			perror("open() failed");
-			exit(1);
-		}
-	}
-	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
-	lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	ret = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	if (ret == -1) {
-		perror("read() failed");
+	if ((err = read_file(DSCR_DEFAULT, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, NULL))) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "get_default_dscr() read failed: %s\n", strerror(err));
 		exit(1);
 	}
+
 	sscanf(buf, "%lx", &val);
-	close(fd);
 	return val;
 }
 
 void set_default_dscr(unsigned long val)
 {
-	int fd = -1, ret;
+	int err;
 	char buf[16];
 
-	if (fd == -1) {
-		fd = open(DSCR_DEFAULT, O_RDWR);
-		if (fd == -1) {
-			perror("open() failed");
-			exit(1);
-		}
-	}
 	sprintf(buf, "%lx\n", val);
-	ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
-	if (ret == -1) {
-		perror("write() failed");
+
+	if ((err = write_file(DSCR_DEFAULT, buf, strlen(buf)))) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "set_default_dscr() write failed: %s\n", strerror(err));
 		exit(1);
 	}
-	close(fd);
 }
 
 double uniform_deviate(int seed)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c
index fbbdffdb2e5d..310946262a24 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_sysfs_test.c
@@ -12,23 +12,12 @@ 
 
 static int check_cpu_dscr_default(char *file, unsigned long val)
 {
-	char buf[10];
-	int fd, rc;
+	char buf[10] = {0};
+	int rc;
 
-	fd = open(file, O_RDWR);
-	if (fd == -1) {
-		perror("open() failed");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	rc = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	if (rc == -1) {
-		perror("read() failed");
-		return 1;
-	}
-	close(fd);
+	if ((rc = read_file(file, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, NULL)))
+		return rc;
 
-	buf[rc] = '\0';
 	if (strtol(buf, NULL, 16) != val) {
 		printf("DSCR match failed: %ld (system) %ld (cpu)\n",
 					val, strtol(buf, NULL, 16));
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h
index e222a5858450..70885e5814a8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/include/utils.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@  void *get_auxv_entry(int type);
 
 int pick_online_cpu(void);
 
+int read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t count, size_t *len);
+int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t count);
 int read_debugfs_file(char *debugfs_file, int *result);
 int write_debugfs_file(char *debugfs_file, int result);
 int read_sysfs_file(char *debugfs_file, char *result, size_t result_size);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c
index 095195a25687..a6a226e1b8ba 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/nx-gzip/gzfht_test.c
@@ -146,49 +146,36 @@  int gzip_header_blank(char *buf)
 /* Caller must free the allocated buffer return nonzero on error. */
 int read_alloc_input_file(char *fname, char **buf, size_t *bufsize)
 {
+	int err;
 	struct stat statbuf;
-	FILE *fp;
 	char *p;
 	size_t num_bytes;
 
 	if (stat(fname, &statbuf)) {
 		perror(fname);
-		return(-1);
-	}
-	fp = fopen(fname, "r");
-	if (fp == NULL) {
-		perror(fname);
-		return(-1);
+		return -1;
 	}
+
 	assert(NULL != (p = (char *) malloc(statbuf.st_size)));
-	num_bytes = fread(p, 1, statbuf.st_size, fp);
-	if (ferror(fp) || (num_bytes != statbuf.st_size)) {
-		perror(fname);
-		return(-1);
+
+	if ((err = read_file(fname, p, statbuf.st_size, &num_bytes))) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read file: %s\n", strerror(err));
+		goto fail;
 	}
+
+	if (num_bytes != statbuf.st_size) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Actual bytes != expected bytes\n");
+		err = -1;
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
 	*buf = p;
 	*bufsize = num_bytes;
 	return 0;
-}
 
-/* Returns nonzero on error */
-int write_output_file(char *fname, char *buf, size_t bufsize)
-{
-	FILE *fp;
-	size_t num_bytes;
-
-	fp = fopen(fname, "w");
-	if (fp == NULL) {
-		perror(fname);
-		return(-1);
-	}
-	num_bytes = fwrite(buf, 1, bufsize, fp);
-	if (ferror(fp) || (num_bytes != bufsize)) {
-		perror(fname);
-		return(-1);
-	}
-	fclose(fp);
-	return 0;
+fail:
+	free(p);
+	return err;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -399,7 +386,7 @@  int compress_file(int argc, char **argv, void *handle)
 	assert(FNAME_MAX > (strlen(argv[1]) + strlen(FEXT)));
 	strcpy(outname, argv[1]);
 	strcat(outname, FEXT);
-	if (write_output_file(outname, outbuf, dsttotlen)) {
+	if (write_file(outname, outbuf, dsttotlen)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "write error: %s\n", outname);
 		exit(-1);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c
index 88690b97b7b9..e8960e7a1271 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/lib.c
@@ -190,38 +190,21 @@  int parse_proc_maps(void)
 
 bool require_paranoia_below(int level)
 {
+	int err;
 	long current;
 	char *end, buf[16];
-	FILE *f;
-	bool rc;
-
-	rc = false;
-
-	f = fopen(PARANOID_PATH, "r");
-	if (!f) {
-		perror("fopen");
-		goto out;
-	}
 
-	if (!fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f)) {
+	if ((err = read_file(PARANOID_PATH, buf, sizeof(buf), NULL))) {
 		printf("Couldn't read " PARANOID_PATH "?\n");
-		goto out_close;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	current = strtol(buf, &end, 10);
 
 	if (end == buf) {
 		printf("Couldn't parse " PARANOID_PATH "?\n");
-		goto out_close;
+		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (current >= level)
-		goto out_close;
-
-	rc = true;
-out_close:
-	fclose(f);
-out:
-	return rc;
+	return current < level;
 }
-
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c
index 5c82ed9e7c65..46e0695ed8b0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/core-pkey.c
@@ -348,16 +348,11 @@  static int parent(struct shared_info *info, pid_t pid)
 
 static int write_core_pattern(const char *core_pattern)
 {
-	size_t len = strlen(core_pattern), ret;
-	FILE *f;
+	int err;
 
-	f = fopen(core_pattern_file, "w");
-	SKIP_IF_MSG(!f, "Try with root privileges");
-
-	ret = fwrite(core_pattern, 1, len, f);
-	fclose(f);
-	if (ret != len) {
-		perror("Error writing to core_pattern file");
+	if ((err = write_file(core_pattern_file, core_pattern, strlen(core_pattern)))) {
+		SKIP_IF_MSG(err == -EPERM, "Try with root privileges");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error writing core_pattern file: %s\n", strerror(err));
 		return TEST_FAIL;
 	}
 
@@ -366,8 +361,8 @@  static int write_core_pattern(const char *core_pattern)
 
 static int setup_core_pattern(char **core_pattern_, bool *changed_)
 {
-	FILE *f;
 	char *core_pattern;
+	size_t len;
 	int ret;
 
 	core_pattern = malloc(PATH_MAX);
@@ -376,22 +371,13 @@  static int setup_core_pattern(char **core_pattern_, bool *changed_)
 		return TEST_FAIL;
 	}
 
-	f = fopen(core_pattern_file, "r");
-	if (!f) {
-		perror("Error opening core_pattern file");
-		ret = TEST_FAIL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	ret = fread(core_pattern, 1, PATH_MAX - 1, f);
-	fclose(f);
-	if (!ret) {
-		perror("Error reading core_pattern file");
+	if ((ret = read_file(core_pattern_file, core_pattern, PATH_MAX - 1, &len))) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error reading core_pattern file: %s\n", strerror(ret));
 		ret = TEST_FAIL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	core_pattern[ret] = '\0';
+	core_pattern[len] = '\0';
 
 	/* Check whether we can predict the name of the core file. */
 	if (!strcmp(core_pattern, "core") || !strcmp(core_pattern, "core.%p"))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c
index 1f36ee1a909a..861b1f7aa95f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/utils.c
@@ -26,34 +26,73 @@ 
 
 static char auxv[4096];
 
-int read_auxv(char *buf, ssize_t buf_size)
+int read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t count, size_t *len)
 {
-	ssize_t num;
-	int rc, fd;
+	ssize_t rc;
+	int fd;
+	int err;
+	char eof;
+
+	if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+		return errno;
 
-	fd = open("/proc/self/auxv", O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd == -1) {
-		perror("open");
-		return -errno;
+	if ((rc = read(fd, buf, count)) < 0) {
+		err = errno;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	num = read(fd, buf, buf_size);
-	if (num < 0) {
-		perror("read");
-		rc = -EIO;
+	if (len)
+		*len = rc;
+
+	/* Overflow if there are still more bytes after filling the buffer */
+	if (rc == count && (rc = read(fd, &eof, 1)) != 0) {
+		err = EOVERFLOW;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (num > buf_size) {
-		printf("overflowed auxv buffer\n");
-		rc = -EOVERFLOW;
+	err = 0;
+
+out:
+	close(fd);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int fd;
+	int err;
+	ssize_t rc;
+
+	if ((fd = open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644)) < 0)
+		return errno;
+
+	if ((rc = write(fd, buf, count)) < 0) {
+		err = errno;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	rc = 0;
+	if (rc != count) {
+		err = EOVERFLOW;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = 0;
+
 out:
 	close(fd);
-	return rc;
+	return err;
+}
+
+int read_auxv(char *buf, ssize_t buf_size)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if ((err = read_file("/proc/self/auxv", buf, buf_size, NULL))) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error reading auxv: %s\n", strerror(err));
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void *find_auxv_entry(int type, char *auxv)
@@ -142,65 +181,40 @@  bool is_ppc64le(void)
 int read_sysfs_file(char *fpath, char *result, size_t result_size)
 {
 	char path[PATH_MAX] = "/sys/";
-	int rc = -1, fd;
 
 	strncat(path, fpath, PATH_MAX - strlen(path) - 1);
 
-	if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	rc = read(fd, result, result_size);
-
-	close(fd);
-
-	if (rc < 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	return 0;
+	return read_file(path, result, result_size, NULL);
 }
 
 int read_debugfs_file(char *debugfs_file, int *result)
 {
-	int rc = -1, fd;
+	int err;
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	char value[16];
+	char value[16] = {0};
 
 	strcpy(path, "/sys/kernel/debug/");
 	strncat(path, debugfs_file, PATH_MAX - strlen(path) - 1);
 
-	if ((fd = open(path, O_RDONLY)) < 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	if ((rc = read(fd, value, sizeof(value))) < 0)
-		return rc;
+	if ((err = read_file(path, value, sizeof(value) - 1, NULL)))
+		return err;
 
-	value[15] = 0;
 	*result = atoi(value);
-	close(fd);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int write_debugfs_file(char *debugfs_file, int result)
 {
-	int rc = -1, fd;
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
 	char value[16];
 
 	strcpy(path, "/sys/kernel/debug/");
 	strncat(path, debugfs_file, PATH_MAX - strlen(path) - 1);
 
-	if ((fd = open(path, O_WRONLY)) < 0)
-		return rc;
-
 	snprintf(value, 16, "%d", result);
 
-	if ((rc = write(fd, value, strlen(value))) < 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	close(fd);
-
-	return 0;
+	return write_file(path, value, strlen(value));
 }
 
 static long perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event, pid_t pid,