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Message-ID: <20191216210118.GA28841@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Dec 2019 16:01:18 -0500
From:   Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
To:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     jpoimboe@...hat.com, jikos@...nel.org, mbenes@...e.cz,
        pmladek@...e.com, shuah@...nel.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] selftests: livepatch: Fix it to do root uid check and
 skip

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 12:18:40PM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> livepatch test configures the system and debug environment to run
> tests. Some of these actions fail without root access and test
> dumps several permission denied messages before it exits.
> 
> Fix test-state.sh to call setup_config instead of set_dynamic_debug
> as suggested by Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> 
> Fix it to check root uid and exit with skip code instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh  | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>  tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test-state.sh |  3 +--
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
> index 31eb09e38729..a6e3d5517a6f 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
> @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
>  MAX_RETRIES=600
>  RETRY_INTERVAL=".1"	# seconds
>  
> +# Kselftest framework requirement - SKIP code is 4
> +ksft_skip=4
> +
>  # log(msg) - write message to kernel log
>  #	msg - insightful words
>  function log() {
> @@ -18,7 +21,16 @@ function log() {
>  function skip() {
>  	log "SKIP: $1"
>  	echo "SKIP: $1" >&2
> -	exit 4
> +	exit $ksft_skip
> +}
> +
> +# root test
> +function is_root() {
> +	uid=$(id -u)
> +	if [ $uid -ne 0 ]; then
> +		echo "skip all tests: must be run as root" >&2
> +		exit $ksft_skip
> +	fi
>  }
>  
>  # die(msg) - game over, man
> @@ -62,6 +74,7 @@ function set_ftrace_enabled() {
>  #		 for verbose livepatching output and turn on
>  #		 the ftrace_enabled sysctl.
>  function setup_config() {
> +	is_root
>  	push_config
>  	set_dynamic_debug
>  	set_ftrace_enabled 1
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test-state.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test-state.sh
> index dc2908c22c26..a08212708115 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test-state.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test-state.sh
> @@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ MOD_LIVEPATCH=test_klp_state
>  MOD_LIVEPATCH2=test_klp_state2
>  MOD_LIVEPATCH3=test_klp_state3
>  
> -set_dynamic_debug
> -
> +setup_config
>  
>  # TEST: Loading and removing a module that modifies the system state
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 

Thanks for fixing these, Shuah.

Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>

-- Joe