From: ahiliation@gmail.com (Jeffrin Jose T) Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 03:33:39 +0530 Subject: [RESEND PATCH] selftests: intel_pstate: notification about privilege required to run intel_pstate testing script Message-ID: <20180530220339.6107-1-ahiliation@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <20180530220339.KDKSbXbYqjKAPvf67XmILqsVJ6G33CUq-6viRssDBGs@z> The intel_pstate related testing script need root level privileges when trying to access certain file for the successful execution of the script.But this is not the case always like when using evaluation only mode, which only require user level privilege. This patch is to notify the user about the privilege the script demands for the successful execution of the test. Signed-off-by: Jeffrin Jose T (Rajagiri SET) --- tools/testing/selftests/intel_pstate/run.sh | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/intel_pstate/run.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/intel_pstate/run.sh index 8576f6564307..e7008f614ad7 100755 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/intel_pstate/run.sh +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/intel_pstate/run.sh @@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ if ! uname -m | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/ | grep -q x86; then exit $ksft_skip fi +msg="skip all tests:" +if [ $UID != 0 ] && [ $EVALUATE_ONLY == 0 ]; then + echo $msg please run this as root >&2 + exit $ksft_skip +fi + max_cpus=$(($(nproc)-1)) function run_test () { -- 2.17.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kselftest" in the body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html