On 05/30/2018 04:03 PM, Jeffrin Jose T wrote:
> 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) <[email protected]>
> ---
I will take this patch and apply it to linux-kselftest next for 4.18-rc1.
For next time, this patch should have been tagged v2 not RESEND. Also please
include changes made since the last version in this spot after the Signed-off-by
line.
> 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 () {
>
thanks,
-- Shuah
