linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kselftests: timers: Make set-timer-lat fail more gracefully for !CAP_WAKE

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Date:	Thu, 02 Apr 2015 08:21:11 -0600
From:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kselftests: timers: Make set-timer-lat fail more gracefully
 for !CAP_WAKE_ALARM

On 04/01/2015 09:43 PM, John Stultz wrote:
> The set-timer-lat test fails when testing CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM
> or CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM when the user isn't running as root or
> with CAP_WAKE_ALARM.
> 
> So this patch improves the error checking so we report the
> issue more clearly and continue rather then reporting a failure.
> 
> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> ---
> v2: Fix a few checkpatch warnings.
> 

Thanks. I will get this into 4.1-rc2.

-- Shuah


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Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Open Source Innovation Group
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
shuahkh@....samsung.com | (970) 217-8978
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