.

go/internal/xtracing/tracetest/example_test.go

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func routeEvent(event interface{}) (stream string) {
 // verify calls tracetest.Verify on f with first preparing tracing setup and events delivery.
 // It also verifies that tracetest detects errors as expected.
 func verify(t *testing.T, f func(t *tracetest.T), targvExtra ...string) {
-	// XXX t.Helper() ?
+	t.Helper()
 	verifyInSubprocess(t, func (t *testing.T) {
 		tracetest.Verify(t, func(t *tracetest.T) {
 			// setup tracing to deliver trace events to t.
@@ -185,13 +185,16 @@ func verifyInSubprocess(t *testing.T, f func(t *testing.T), targvExtra ...string
 	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "TRACETEST_EX_VERIFY_IN_SUBPROCESS=1")
 	bout, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	out := string(bout)
+	ecode := 0
+	if err != nil {
 		e, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError)
 		if !ok {
 			// e.g. could not respawn at all
 			t.Log(out)
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-	ecode := e.ExitCode()
+		ecode = e.ExitCode()
+	}
 
 	bad := ""
 	badf := func(format string, argv ...interface{}) {