On my systems system() calls are marked with warn_unused_result
apparently. So without error checking we get this warning,

./prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c:30:9: warning: ignoring return value
   of ‘system’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result[-Wunused-result]

Also it seems like a good idea to check the return value anyways
to ensure ping exists even if its seems unlikely.

Fixes: 076a95f5aff2c ("selftests/bpf: Add bpf_snprintf_btf helper tests")
Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastab...@gmail.com>
---
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c        |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c 
b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c
index 3c63a7003db4..686b40f11a45 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/snprintf_btf.c
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ void test_snprintf_btf(void)
                goto cleanup;
 
        /* generate receive event */
-       (void) system("ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null");
+       err = system("ping -c 1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null");
+       if (CHECK(err, "system", "ping failed: %d\n", err))
+               goto cleanup;
 
        if (bss->skip) {
                printf("%s:SKIP:no __builtin_btf_type_id\n", __func__);

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