Now userfaultfd test program requires either root or ptrace privilege due to the signal/event tests. When UFFDIO_API failed, hint the test runner about this fact verbosely. Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c index f0647bfda366..27a1709099d0 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c @@ -755,7 +755,8 @@ static int userfaultfd_open(int features) uffdio_api.api = UFFD_API; uffdio_api.features = features; if (ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_API, &uffdio_api)) { - fprintf(stderr, "UFFDIO_API\n"); + fprintf(stderr, "UFFDIO_API failed.\nPlease make sure to " + "run with either root or ptrace capability.\n"); return 1; } if (uffdio_api.api != UFFD_API) { -- 2.26.2