Not all shells define a variable UID. This is a bash and zsh feature only. In other shells, the UID variable is not defined, so here test command expands to [ != 0 ] which is a syntax error. Without this patch: root@HGH1000007090:/opt/work/linux/tools/testing/selftests/zram# sh zram.sh zram.sh: 8: [: !=: unexpected operator zram.sh : No zram.ko module or /dev/zram0 device file not found zram.sh : CONFIG_ZRAM is not set With this patch: root@HGH1000007090:/opt/work/linux/tools/testing/selftests/zram# sh ./zram.sh zram.sh : No zram.ko module or /dev/zram0 device file not found zram.sh : CONFIG_ZRAM is not set Signed-off-by: Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/zram/zram.sh | 10 +--------- tools/testing/selftests/zram/zram_lib.sh | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/zram/zram.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/zram/zram.sh index 20de9a7..683a292 100755 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/zram/zram.sh +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/zram/zram.sh @@ -1,15 +1,7 @@ #!/bin/bash TCID="zram.sh" -check_prereqs() -{ - local msg="skip all tests:" - - if [ $UID != 0 ]; then - echo $msg must be run as root >&2 - exit 0 - fi -} +. ./zram_lib.sh run_zram () { echo "--------------------" diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/zram/zram_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/zram/zram_lib.sh index 424e68e..f561a17 100755 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/zram/zram_lib.sh +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/zram/zram_lib.sh @@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ trap INT check_prereqs() { local msg="skip all tests:" + local uid=$(id -u) - if [ $UID != 0 ]; then + if [ $uid -ne 0 ]; then echo $msg must be run as root >&2 exit 0 fi -- 1.9.1 . -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html