Hi everyone, Any idea on the latest test failure?
By the way, is the failure critical? Can I start doing packaging work for guix? Cheers, Alex 2015-09-09 18:02 GMT+08:00, Alex Vong <[email protected]>: > Hi Dave, > > It appears that the patch doesn't quite work, now 20 tests failed > instead of 2. The log files are attached as a tar ball. I have tried > running the tests on the old source as well as on fresh new git clone. > In any case, 20 tests failed. I wonder why this happens. > > Cheers, > Alex > > 2015-09-08 3:42 GMT+08:00, Thompson, David <[email protected]>: >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Alex Vong <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Dave, >>> >>> I have searched the internet according to the information you provided, >>> I find this bug report <https://github.com/lxc/lxc/issues/250> provides >>> useful information. >>> I have written an example program after going through the clone(2) man >>> page. >>> It demonstrates the problem and is inlined below. >>> >>> First, compile the program as `a.out'. >>> >>> Consider shell session 1: >>> >>> root# echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone >>> user$ ./a.out >>> I am your parent >>> Start cloning... >>> Cannot clone! >>> >>> Consider shell session 2: >>> >>> root# echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone >>> user$ ./a.out >>> I am your parent >>> Start cloning... >>> Cloned! >>> I am your child >>> >>> Any idea what's happenning? >>> I don't know Linux much, for instance I don't know what is container and >>> namespace in Linux. >> >> It seems that the kernel you are using has disabled the use of >> unprivileged user namespaces by default. After doing that echo as >> root, you should be able to run the tests successfully. Could you >> apply the attached patch and let me know if 'make check >> TESTS=tests/syscalls.scm' and 'make check TESTS=tests/containers.scm' >> pass in both when unprivileged user namespaces are disabled and when >> they are enabled? >> >> Thank you! >> >> - Dave >> >
