Original behavior: bash-4.1$ make -C mqueue run_tests make: Entering directory `/home/dave/git/linux-2.6/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue' ./mq_open_tests /test1 Not running as root, but almost all tests require root in order to modify system settings. Exiting. make: *** [run_tests] Error 1 make: Leaving directory `/home/dave/git/linux-2.6/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue' After applying the patch: bash-4.1$ make -C mqueue run_tests make: Entering directory `/home/dave/git/linux-2.6/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue' Not running as root, but almost all tests require root in order to modify system settings. Exiting. mq_open_tests: [FAIL] Not running as root, but almost all tests require root in order to modify system settings. Exiting. mq_perf_tests: [FAIL] make: Leaving directory `/home/dave/git/linux-2.6/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue' Signed-off-by: Dave Young --- tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/Makefile | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.orig/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/Makefile 2012-11-23 22:37:04.945724010 +0800 +++ linux-2.6/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/Makefile 2012-11-23 22:38:43.101858919 +0800 @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ all: gcc -O2 -lrt -lpthread -lpopt -o mq_perf_tests mq_perf_tests.c run_tests: - ./mq_open_tests /test1 - ./mq_perf_tests + @./mq_open_tests /test1 || echo "mq_open_tests: [FAIL]" + @./mq_perf_tests || echo "mq_perf_tests: [FAIL]" clean: rm -f mq_open_tests mq_perf_tests -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/