[coreutils] [PATCH] maint: add a missed fadvise-tests module

[Pádraig Brady]

commit b19733bb42e1897afd93f40aeca83e76013f7075
Author: Pádraig Brady <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon Nov 15 09:36:16 2010 +0000

    maint: add a missed fadvise-tests module

    * gl/modules/fadvise-tests: Add the module previously missed
    in commit 63b5e816, 2010-07-14, "fadvise: new module ...".
    * gl/tests/test-fadvise.c: Add a comment as to why we don't
    check return values.

diff --git a/gl/modules/fadvise-tests b/gl/modules/fadvise-tests
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61e223d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gl/modules/fadvise-tests
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Files:
+tests/test-fadvise.c
+
+Depends-on:
+
+configure.ac:
+
+Makefile.am:
+TESTS += test-fadvise
+check_PROGRAMS += test-fadvise
diff --git a/gl/tests/test-fadvise.c b/gl/tests/test-fadvise.c
index 10b448f..cd2f8bf 100644
--- a/gl/tests/test-fadvise.c
+++ b/gl/tests/test-fadvise.c
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@

 #include "fadvise.h"

+/* We ignore any errors as these hints are only advisory.
+ * There is the chance one can pass invalid ADVICE, which will
+ * not be indicated, but given the simplicity of the interface
+ * this is unlikely.  Also not returning errors allows the
+ * unconditional passing of descriptors to non standard files,
+ * which will just be ignored if unsupported.  */
+
 int
 main (void)
 {