In kselftest framework, if a sub test can not run by some reasons, the test result should be marked as SKIP rather than FAIL. Return KSFT_SKIP(4) instead of KSFT_FAIL(1) if resctrl_tests is not run as root or it is run on a test environment which does not support resctrl. - ksft_exit_fail_msg(): returns KSFT_FAIL(1) - ksft_exit_skip(): returns KSFT_SKIP(4) Signed-off-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Some important feedbacks from v1&v2 are addressed as follows: - It is important to highlight that a skipped test is marked as successful to not unnecessarily report a feature failure when there actually is a failure in the test environment. => I highligted this content in changelog as follows. "In kselftest framework, if a test is not run by some reason, the test result is marked as SKIP rather than FAIL." - The subject line can be made more succinct while the details are moved to the commit message. => I made subject line succinct and moved the details to changelog. - How changing ksft_exit_fail_msg() to ksft_exit_skip() accomplishes the goal of unifying the return code. => In changelog, I explained why return code KSFT_SKIP(4) is needed in kselftest framework and the return code of each function. tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c index 973f09a66e1e..3be0895c492b 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) * 2. We execute perf commands */ if (geteuid() != 0) - return ksft_exit_fail_msg("Not running as root, abort testing.\n"); + return ksft_exit_skip("Not running as root, abort testing.\n"); /* Detect AMD vendor */ detect_amd(); @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) sprintf(bm_type, "fill_buf"); if (!check_resctrlfs_support()) - return ksft_exit_fail_msg("resctrl FS does not exist\n"); + return ksft_exit_skip("resctrl FS does not exist\n"); filter_dmesg(); -- 2.27.0