On 8/30/24 23:14, Rong Tao wrote:
From: Rong Tao <rong...@cestc.cn>

Give the programmer more help information to inform the program on how to
use it.

Signed-off-by: Rong Tao <rong...@cestc.cn>
---
  tools/testing/selftests/splice/splice_read.c | 9 ++++++++-
  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/splice/splice_read.c 
b/tools/testing/selftests/splice/splice_read.c
index 46dae6a25cfb..73a8bc146f97 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/splice/splice_read.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/splice/splice_read.c
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
  #include <sys/types.h>
  #include <sys/stat.h>
+void usage(const char *prog)
+{
+       fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s INPUT [BYTES]\n", prog);
+       fprintf(stderr, "       %s /etc/os-release | cat\n", prog);

How does replacing %s INPUT [BYTES]\n", prog with /etc/os-release | cat\n" do?
Also what happens on distros that don't have os-release file?

+}
+
  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
  {
        int fd;
@@ -16,7 +22,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
        ssize_t spliced;
if (argc < 2) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s INPUT [BYTES]\n", argv[0]);
+               usage(argv[0]);
                return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }
@@ -49,6 +55,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                      size, SPLICE_F_MOVE);
        if (spliced < 0) {
                perror("splice");
+               usage(argv[0]);
                return EXIT_FAILURE;
        }

I don't understand how this change helps user.

thanks,
-- Shuah

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