Summary: The NVPTX backend cannot handle cyclical dependencies on global variable initializers. That is, a global variable cannot be used to initialize or reference another global variable inside of it. This situation was encountered with the new errno tests. This patch simply replaces the offending function with a constant version to break the dependency and alllow the tests to run again.
The LLVM libc unit test framework
This directory contains a lightweight implementation of a gtest like unit test framework for LLVM libc.
Why not gtest?
While gtest is great, featureful and time tested, it uses the C and C++ standard libraries. Hence, using it to test LLVM libc (which is also an implementation of the C standard libraries) causes various kinds of mixup/conflict problems.
How is it different from gtest?
LLVM libc's unit test framework is much less featureful as compared to gtest. But, what is available strives to be exactly like gtest.
Will it be made as featureful as gtest in future?
It is not clear if LLVM libc needs/will need every feature of gtest. We only intend to extend it on an as needed basis. Hence, it might never be as featureful as gtest.