The "Sync framework" test doesn't work if the kernel has no support, obviously. Rather than reporting a failure, check for the kernel support by looking for /sys/kernel/debug/sync/sw_sync, and if not found skip the test. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c index 9ea08d9f0b13..62fa666e501a 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync_test.c @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ #include <unistd.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <sys/types.h> +#include <sys/stat.h> #include <sys/wait.h> #include "synctest.h" @@ -52,10 +53,22 @@ static int run_test(int (*test)(void), char *name) exit(test()); } +static int sync_api_supported(void) +{ + struct stat sbuf; + + return 0 == stat("/sys/kernel/debug/sync/sw_sync", &sbuf); +} + int main(void) { int err = 0; + if (!sync_api_supported()) { + printf("SKIP: Sync framework not supported by kernel\n"); + return 0; + } + printf("[RUN]\tTesting sync framework\n"); err += RUN_TEST(test_alloc_timeline); -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kselftest" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html