linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] perf test: Use skip in vmlinux kallsyms

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <cd8f8fca-a1e0-e4de-92e4-536dcb2c1f7c@huawei.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 May 2022 18:01:08 +0100
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        "Namhyung Kim" <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Riccardo Mancini <rickyman7@...il.com>,
        "Sohaib Mohamed" <sohaib.amhmd@...il.com>,
        Carsten Haitzler <carsten.haitzler@....com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Michael Petlan <mpetlan@...hat.com>,
        <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] perf test: Use skip in vmlinux kallsyms

On 13/05/2022 05:05, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Currently failures in reading vmlinux or kallsyms result in a test
> failure. However, the failure is typically permission related. 

If the user requires root priviledges then should we just mention this 
would be a problem for this test?

> Prefer to
> flag these failures as skip.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers<irogers@...gle.com>

Thanks,
John