linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] selftests: livepatch: Fix it to do root uid check and skip

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Date:   Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:02:10 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     jpoimboe@...hat.com, jikos@...nel.org, mbenes@...e.cz,
        joe.lawrence@...hat.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 2019-12-16 12:18:40, 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>

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Shuah, I assume that you will push this fix via linux-kselftest tree.
Please, tell us if you have other preference.

Best Regards,
Petr