linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] selftests: get {cpu,memory}-hotplug tests to run

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Message-Id: <20130701134516.6f043ea9b30ed4fd161704ad@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 1 Jul 2013 13:45:16 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] selftests: get {cpu,memory}-hotplug tests to run

On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:23:11 +0530 Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com> wrote:

> The cpu-hotplug and memory-hotplug tests don't run:
> 
>   $ sudo make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=cpu-hotplug run_tests
>   /bin/sh: ./on-off-test.sh: Permission denied
> 
>   $ sudo make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=memory-hotplug run_tests
>   /bin/sh: ./on-off-test.sh: Permission denied
> 
> Flip the executable bit fixing this.
> 
> ...
>
>  2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  mode change 100644 => 100755 tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/on-off-test.sh
>  mode change 100644 => 100755 tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/on-off-test.sh
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/on-off-test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/on-off-test.sh
> old mode 100644
> new mode 100755
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/on-off-test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/on-off-test.sh
> old mode 100644
> new mode 100755

That won't work.  The x bit will too easily get lost again - for
example, patch(1) will rub it out.

This:

--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/Makefile~tools-testing-selftests-dont-assume-the-x-bit-is-set-on-scripts
+++ a/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 all:
 
 run_tests:
-	@./on-off-test.sh || echo "cpu-hotplug selftests: [FAIL]"
+	@/bin/sh ./on-off-test.sh || echo "cpu-hotplug selftests: [FAIL]"
 
 clean:
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/Makefile~tools-testing-selftests-dont-assume-the-x-bit-is-set-on-scripts
+++ a/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 all:
 
 run_tests:
-	@./on-off-test.sh || echo "memory-hotplug selftests: [FAIL]"
+	@/bin/sh ./on-off-test.sh || echo "memory-hotplug selftests: [FAIL]"
 
 clean:
_

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