Calling get_system_loc_code before checking devfd and errno - fails the test when the device is not available, expected a SKIP. Change the order of 'SKIP_IF_MSG' correctly SKIP when the /dev/papr-vpd device is not available. with out patch: Test FAILED on line 271 with patch: [SKIP] Test skipped on line 266: /dev/papr-vpd not present Signed-off-by: R Nageswara Sastry <rnsastry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/papr_vpd.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/papr_vpd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/papr_vpd.c index 98cbb9109ee6..505294da1b9f 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/papr_vpd.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/papr_vpd/papr_vpd.c @@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ static int papr_vpd_system_loc_code(void) off_t size; int fd; - SKIP_IF_MSG(get_system_loc_code(&lc), - "Cannot determine system location code"); SKIP_IF_MSG(devfd < 0 && errno == ENOENT, DEVPATH " not present"); + SKIP_IF_MSG(get_system_loc_code(&lc), + "Cannot determine system location code"); FAIL_IF(devfd < 0); -- 2.37.1 (Apple Git-137.1)