linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/x86: Don't muck with ftrace in mpx_mini

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Message-ID: <1a86011f-8f17-6de2-63d5-e04fb5fbcdf1@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 Jul 2019 11:29:55 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/x86: Don't muck with ftrace in mpx_mini_test

On 7/3/19 11:28 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> I don't know why mpx_mini_test tries to reprogram ftrace, but it
> seems rude and it makes the test crash if run as non-root.  Comment
> it out.

Yeah, it's rude and shouldn't be enabled in the default selftest runs.

Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>