diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/breakpoint_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/breakpoint_test.c
index 3266cc9293fe..d46962a24724 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/breakpoint_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/breakpoint_test.c
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ static void check_success(const char *msg)
 	nr_tests++;
 
 	if (ret)
-		ksft_test_result_pass(msg);
+		ksft_test_result_pass("%s", msg);
 	else
-		ksft_test_result_fail(msg);
+		ksft_test_result_fail("%s", msg);
 }
 
 static void launch_instruction_breakpoints(char *buf, int local, int global)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/step_after_suspend_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/step_after_suspend_test.c
index 2cf6f10ab7c4..b8703c499d28 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/step_after_suspend_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/step_after_suspend_test.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int run_test(int cpu)
 
 	wpid = waitpid(pid, &status, __WALL);
 	if (wpid != pid) {
-		ksft_print_msg("waitpid() failed: $s\n", strerror(errno));
+		ksft_print_msg("waitpid() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		return KSFT_FAIL;
 	}
 	if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c b/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c
index e3a352b020a7..7cde07a5df78 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/test_execve.c
@@ -88,11 +88,7 @@ static bool create_and_enter_ns(uid_t inner_uid)
 	outer_uid = getuid();
 	outer_gid = getgid();
 
-	/*
-	 * TODO: If we're already root, we could skip creating the userns.
-	 */
-
-	if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) == 0) {
+	if (outer_uid == 0 && unshare(CLONE_NEWNS) == 0) {
 		ksft_print_msg("[NOTE]\tUsing global UIDs for tests\n");
 		if (prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS, 1, 0, 0, 0) != 0)
 			ksft_exit_fail_msg("PR_SET_KEEPCAPS - %s\n",
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..add7d5bf585d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: Test file and directory owership changes for eventfs
+
+original_group=`stat -c "%g" .`
+original_owner=`stat -c "%u" .`
+
+mount_point=`stat -c '%m' .`
+mount_options=`mount | grep "$mount_point" | sed -e 's/.*(\(.*\)).*/\1/'`
+
+# find another owner and group that is not the original
+other_group=`tac /etc/group | grep -v ":$original_group:" | head -1 | cut -d: -f3`
+other_owner=`tac /etc/passwd | grep -v ":$original_owner:" | head -1 | cut -d: -f3`
+
+# Remove any group ownership already
+new_options=`echo "$mount_options" | sed -e "s/gid=[0-9]*/gid=$other_group/"`
+
+if [ "$new_options" = "$mount_options" ]; then
+	new_options="$mount_options,gid=$other_group"
+	mount_options="$mount_options,gid=$original_group"
+fi
+
+canary="events/timer events/timer/timer_cancel events/timer/timer_cancel/format"
+
+test() {
+	file=$1
+	test_group=$2
+
+	owner=`stat -c "%u" $file`
+	group=`stat -c "%g" $file`
+
+	echo "testing $file $owner=$original_owner and $group=$test_group"
+	if [ $owner -ne $original_owner ]; then
+		exit_fail
+	fi
+	if [ $group -ne $test_group ]; then
+		exit_fail
+	fi
+
+	# Note, the remount does not update ownership so test going to and from owner
+	echo "test owner $file to $other_owner"
+	chown $other_owner $file
+	owner=`stat -c "%u" $file`
+	if [ $owner -ne $other_owner ]; then
+		exit_fail
+	fi
+
+	chown $original_owner $file
+	owner=`stat -c "%u" $file`
+	if [ $owner -ne $original_owner ]; then
+		exit_fail
+	fi
+
+}
+
+run_tests() {
+	for d in "." "events" "events/sched" "events/sched/sched_switch" "events/sched/sched_switch/enable" $canary; do
+		test "$d" $other_group
+	done
+
+	chgrp $original_group events
+	test "events" $original_group
+	for d in "." "events/sched" "events/sched/sched_switch" "events/sched/sched_switch/enable" $canary; do
+		test "$d" $other_group
+	done
+
+	chgrp $original_group events/sched
+	test "events/sched" $original_group
+	for d in "." "events/sched/sched_switch" "events/sched/sched_switch/enable" $canary; do
+		test "$d" $other_group
+	done
+
+	chgrp $original_group events/sched/sched_switch
+	test "events/sched/sched_switch" $original_group
+	for d in "." "events/sched/sched_switch/enable" $canary; do
+		test "$d" $other_group
+	done
+
+	chgrp $original_group events/sched/sched_switch/enable
+	test "events/sched/sched_switch/enable" $original_group
+	for d in "." $canary; do
+		test "$d" $other_group
+	done
+}
+
+mount -o remount,"$new_options" .
+
+run_tests
+
+mount -o remount,"$mount_options" .
+
+for d in "." "events" "events/sched" "events/sched/sched_switch" "events/sched/sched_switch/enable" $canary; do
+	test "$d" $original_group
+done
+
+# check instances as well
+
+chgrp $other_group instances
+
+instance="$(mktemp -u test-XXXXXX)"
+
+mkdir instances/$instance
+
+cd instances/$instance
+
+run_tests
+
+cd ../..
+
+rmdir instances/$instance
+
+chgrp $original_group instances
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c
index 3bc5e0e09eb9..562f707ba771 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #define CHANGE_NAME "changename"
 #define EMPTY_NAME ""
 #define TASK_COMM_LEN 16
+#define MAX_PATH_LEN 50
 
 int set_name(char *name)
 {
@@ -47,6 +48,35 @@ int check_null_pointer(char *check_name)
 	return res;
 }
 
+int check_name(void)
+{
+
+	int pid;
+
+	pid = getpid();
+	FILE *fptr = NULL;
+	char path[MAX_PATH_LEN] = {};
+	char name[TASK_COMM_LEN] = {};
+	char output[TASK_COMM_LEN] = {};
+	int j;
+
+	j = snprintf(path, MAX_PATH_LEN, "/proc/self/task/%d/comm", pid);
+	fptr = fopen(path, "r");
+	if (!fptr)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	fscanf(fptr, "%s", output);
+	if (ferror(fptr))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	int res = prctl(PR_GET_NAME, name, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+	if (res < 0)
+		return -errno;
+
+	return !strcmp(output, name);
+}
+
 TEST(rename_process) {
 
 	EXPECT_GE(set_name(CHANGE_NAME), 0);
@@ -57,6 +87,8 @@ TEST(rename_process) {
 
 	EXPECT_GE(set_name(CHANGE_NAME), 0);
 	EXPECT_LT(check_null_pointer(CHANGE_NAME), 0);
+
+	EXPECT_TRUE(check_name());
 }
 
 TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sched/cs_prctl_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/sched/cs_prctl_test.c
index 3e1619b6bf2d..7ba057154343 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sched/cs_prctl_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sched/cs_prctl_test.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct child_args {
 
 static struct child_args procs[MAX_PROCESSES];
 static int num_processes = 2;
-static int need_cleanup = 0;
+static int need_cleanup;
 
 static int _prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3, unsigned long arg4,
 		  unsigned long arg5)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test_abi.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test_abi.c
index 883ca85424bc..96d32fd65b42 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test_abi.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test_abi.c
@@ -33,9 +33,20 @@ typedef long (*vdso_clock_gettime_t)(clockid_t clk_id, struct timespec *ts);
 typedef long (*vdso_clock_getres_t)(clockid_t clk_id, struct timespec *ts);
 typedef time_t (*vdso_time_t)(time_t *t);
 
-#define VDSO_TEST_PASS_MSG()	"\n%s(): PASS\n", __func__
-#define VDSO_TEST_FAIL_MSG(x)	"\n%s(): %s FAIL\n", __func__, x
-#define VDSO_TEST_SKIP_MSG(x)	"\n%s(): SKIP: Could not find %s\n", __func__, x
+const char *vdso_clock_name[12] = {
+	"CLOCK_REALTIME",
+	"CLOCK_MONOTONIC",
+	"CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID",
+	"CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID",
+	"CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW",
+	"CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE",
+	"CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE",
+	"CLOCK_BOOTTIME",
+	"CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM",
+	"CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM",
+	"CLOCK_SGI_CYCLE",
+	"CLOCK_TAI",
+};
 
 static void vdso_test_gettimeofday(void)
 {
@@ -44,7 +55,8 @@ static void vdso_test_gettimeofday(void)
 		(vdso_gettimeofday_t)vdso_sym(version, name[0]);
 
 	if (!vdso_gettimeofday) {
-		ksft_test_result_skip(VDSO_TEST_SKIP_MSG(name[0]));
+		ksft_print_msg("Couldn't find %s\n", name[0]);
+		ksft_test_result_skip("%s\n", name[0]);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -54,9 +66,9 @@ static void vdso_test_gettimeofday(void)
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ksft_print_msg("The time is %lld.%06lld\n",
 			       (long long)tv.tv_sec, (long long)tv.tv_usec);
-		ksft_test_result_pass(VDSO_TEST_PASS_MSG());
+		ksft_test_result_pass("%s\n", name[0]);
 	} else {
-		ksft_test_result_fail(VDSO_TEST_FAIL_MSG(name[0]));
+		ksft_test_result_fail("%s\n", name[0]);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -67,7 +79,9 @@ static void vdso_test_clock_gettime(clockid_t clk_id)
 		(vdso_clock_gettime_t)vdso_sym(version, name[1]);
 
 	if (!vdso_clock_gettime) {
-		ksft_test_result_skip(VDSO_TEST_SKIP_MSG(name[1]));
+		ksft_print_msg("Couldn't find %s\n", name[1]);
+		ksft_test_result_skip("%s %s\n", name[1],
+				      vdso_clock_name[clk_id]);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -77,9 +91,11 @@ static void vdso_test_clock_gettime(clockid_t clk_id)
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ksft_print_msg("The time is %lld.%06lld\n",
 			       (long long)ts.tv_sec, (long long)ts.tv_nsec);
-		ksft_test_result_pass(VDSO_TEST_PASS_MSG());
+		ksft_test_result_pass("%s %s\n", name[1],
+				      vdso_clock_name[clk_id]);
 	} else {
-		ksft_test_result_fail(VDSO_TEST_FAIL_MSG(name[1]));
+		ksft_test_result_fail("%s %s\n", name[1],
+				      vdso_clock_name[clk_id]);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +106,8 @@ static void vdso_test_time(void)
 		(vdso_time_t)vdso_sym(version, name[2]);
 
 	if (!vdso_time) {
-		ksft_test_result_skip(VDSO_TEST_SKIP_MSG(name[2]));
+		ksft_print_msg("Couldn't find %s\n", name[2]);
+		ksft_test_result_skip("%s\n", name[2]);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -99,9 +116,9 @@ static void vdso_test_time(void)
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		ksft_print_msg("The time in hours since January 1, 1970 is %lld\n",
 				(long long)(ret / 3600));
-		ksft_test_result_pass(VDSO_TEST_PASS_MSG());
+		ksft_test_result_pass("%s\n", name[2]);
 	} else {
-		ksft_test_result_fail(VDSO_TEST_FAIL_MSG(name[2]));
+		ksft_test_result_fail("%s\n", name[2]);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +131,9 @@ static void vdso_test_clock_getres(clockid_t clk_id)
 		(vdso_clock_getres_t)vdso_sym(version, name[3]);
 
 	if (!vdso_clock_getres) {
-		ksft_test_result_skip(VDSO_TEST_SKIP_MSG(name[3]));
+		ksft_print_msg("Couldn't find %s\n", name[3]);
+		ksft_test_result_skip("%s %s\n", name[3],
+				      vdso_clock_name[clk_id]);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -137,34 +156,21 @@ static void vdso_test_clock_getres(clockid_t clk_id)
 		clock_getres_fail++;
 
 	if (clock_getres_fail > 0) {
-		ksft_test_result_fail(VDSO_TEST_FAIL_MSG(name[3]));
+		ksft_test_result_fail("%s %s\n", name[3],
+				      vdso_clock_name[clk_id]);
 	} else {
-		ksft_test_result_pass(VDSO_TEST_PASS_MSG());
+		ksft_test_result_pass("%s %s\n", name[3],
+				      vdso_clock_name[clk_id]);
 	}
 }
 
-const char *vdso_clock_name[12] = {
-	"CLOCK_REALTIME",
-	"CLOCK_MONOTONIC",
-	"CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID",
-	"CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID",
-	"CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW",
-	"CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE",
-	"CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE",
-	"CLOCK_BOOTTIME",
-	"CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM",
-	"CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM",
-	"CLOCK_SGI_CYCLE",
-	"CLOCK_TAI",
-};
-
 /*
  * This function calls vdso_test_clock_gettime and vdso_test_clock_getres
  * with different values for clock_id.
  */
 static inline void vdso_test_clock(clockid_t clock_id)
 {
-	ksft_print_msg("\nclock_id: %s\n", vdso_clock_name[clock_id]);
+	ksft_print_msg("clock_id: %s\n", vdso_clock_name[clock_id]);
 
 	vdso_test_clock_gettime(clock_id);
 
@@ -181,14 +187,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	ksft_set_plan(VDSO_TEST_PLAN);
 
 	if (!sysinfo_ehdr) {
-		printf("AT_SYSINFO_EHDR is not present!\n");
+		ksft_print_msg("AT_SYSINFO_EHDR is not present!\n");
 		return KSFT_SKIP;
 	}
 
 	version = versions[VDSO_VERSION];
 	name = (const char **)&names[VDSO_NAMES];
 
-	printf("[vDSO kselftest] VDSO_VERSION: %s\n", version);
+	ksft_print_msg("[vDSO kselftest] VDSO_VERSION: %s\n", version);
 
 	vdso_init_from_sysinfo_ehdr(getauxval(AT_SYSINFO_EHDR));
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/lam.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/lam.c
index 8f9b06d9ce03..215b8150b7cc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/lam.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/lam.c
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static void run_test(struct testcases *test, int count)
 
 		/* return 3 is not support LA57, the case should be skipped */
 		if (ret == 3) {
-			ksft_test_result_skip(t->msg);
+			ksft_test_result_skip("%s", t->msg);
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static void run_test(struct testcases *test, int count)
 		else
 			ret = !(t->expected);
 
-		ksft_test_result(ret, t->msg);
+		ksft_test_result(ret, "%s", t->msg);
 	}
 }