The mmap() respects rlimit only for normal users. This test should be run as normal user, without root privileges. Also add back the sudo -u nobody as run_vmtests.sh is run as root most of the times. Skip the test instead if sudo isn't present to lower the privileges. Fixes: b6221771d468 ("selftests/mm: run_vmtests: remove sudo and conform to tap") Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Please fold this patch in the Fixes patch if needed. --- tools/testing/selftests/mm/on-fault-limit.c | 6 +++--- tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/on-fault-limit.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/on-fault-limit.c index 0ea98ffab3589..431c1277d83a1 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/on-fault-limit.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/on-fault-limit.c @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static void test_limit(void) map = mmap(NULL, 2 * lims.rlim_max, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_POPULATE, -1, 0); - ksft_test_result(map == MAP_FAILED, "Failed mmap\n"); + ksft_test_result(map == MAP_FAILED, "The map failed respecting mlock limits\n"); if (map != MAP_FAILED) munmap(map, 2 * lims.rlim_max); @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) ksft_print_header(); ksft_set_plan(1); - if (getuid()) - ksft_test_result_skip("Require root privileges to run\n"); + if (!getuid()) + ksft_test_result_skip("The test must be run from a normal user\n"); else test_limit(); diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh index 55898d64e2ebf..edd73f871c79a 100755 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh @@ -303,7 +303,12 @@ echo "$nr_hugepgs" > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages CATEGORY="compaction" run_test ./compaction_test -CATEGORY="mlock" run_test ./on-fault-limit +if command -v sudo &> /dev/null; +then + CATEGORY="mlock" run_test sudo -u nobody ./on-fault-limit +else + echo "# SKIP ./on-fault-limit" +fi CATEGORY="mmap" run_test ./map_populate -- 2.42.0