bash-4.1$ make -C vm run_tests make: Entering directory `/home/dave/git/linux-2.6/tools/testing/selftests/vm' /bin/sh ./run_vmtests ./run_vmtests: line 24: /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: Permission denied Please run this test as root make: *** [run_tests] Error 1 make: Leaving directory `/home/dave/git/linux-2.6/tools/testing/selftests/vm' After applying the patch: bash-4.1$ make -C vm run_tests make: Entering directory `/home/dave/git/linux-2.6/tools/testing/selftests/vm' ./run_vmtests: line 24: /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: Permission denied Please run this test as root vmtests: [FAIL] make: Leaving directory `/home/dave/git/linux-2.6/tools/testing/selftests/vm' Signed-off-by: Dave Young --- tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- linux-2.6.orig/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile 2012-11-23 22:37:04.985723793 +0800 +++ linux-2.6/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile 2012-11-23 22:38:43.075192397 +0800 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ all: hugepage-mmap hugepage-shm map_hug $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ run_tests: all - /bin/sh ./run_vmtests + @/bin/sh ./run_vmtests || echo "vmtests: [FAIL]" clean: $(RM) hugepage-mmap hugepage-shm map_hugetlb -- 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/