> On Jul 28, 2023, at 2:41 PM, Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 7/28/23 15:21, Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
>>> On Jul 28, 2023, at 12:44 PM, Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 7/28/23 13:06, Shuah Khan wrote:
>>>> On 7/28/23 12:10, Anjali Kulkarni wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 28, 2023, at 10:29 AM, Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> proc_filter test requires root privileges. Add root privilege check
>>>>>> and skip the test. Also fix argument parsing paths to skip in their
>>>>>> error legs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> tools/testing/selftests/connector/proc_filter.c | 9 +++++++--
>>>>>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/connector/proc_filter.c b/tools/testing/selftests/connector/proc_filter.c
>>>>>> index 4fe8c6763fd8..7b2081b98e5c 100644
>>>>>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/connector/proc_filter.c
>>>>>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/connector/proc_filter.c
>>>>>> @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if (argc > 2) {
>>>>>> printf("Expected 0(assume no-filter) or 1 argument(-f)\n");
>>>>>> - exit(1);
>>>>>> + exit(KSFT_SKIP);
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if (argc == 2) {
>>>>>> @@ -256,10 +256,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>>>>>> filter = 1;
>>>>>> } else {
>>>>>> printf("Valid option : -f (for filter feature)\n");
>>>>>> - exit(1);
>>>>>> + exit(KSFT_SKIP);
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> + if (geteuid()) {
>>>>>> + printf("Connector test requires root privileges.\n");
>>>>>> + exit(KSFT_SKIP);
>>>>>> + }
>>>>>> +
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure why you have added this check? proc_filter does not need root privilege to run.
>>>>>
>>>> It failed for me when I ran it saying it requires root privileges.
>>>> I had to run it as root.
>>>
>>> The following is what I see when I run the test as non-root
>>> user:
>>>
>>> bind failed: Operation not permitted
>>>
>> Yes, that’s expected on a kernel which does not have the kernel patches submitted with this selftest installed on it.
>> So this check for root needs to be removed.
>
> I will send v2 for this patch without root check. I should have
> split the argument error paths and root check anyway.
>
> However, what is strange is if the test run by root, bind() doesn't fail.
> This doesn't make sense to me based on what you said about bind() fails
> if kernel doesn't support the new feature.
>
I didn’t say that - part of the changes introduced by the patches is to remove the root check and add some features on top of existing code.
> That sounds like a problem if the test can be run by non-root user and
> it should fail if kernel doesn't have the feature included. I would
> think the bind() should fail for root and non-root users.
>
> The bind() failure should be skip if it is an indication of feature
> not being supported on the kernel.
>
> thanks,
> -- Shuah
