The test depends on writing to nr_hugepages which isn't possible without root privileges. So skip the test in this case. Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c index 707b0809b717..656afba02dbc 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) ksft_print_header(); - if (prereq() != 0) + if (prereq() || geteuid()) return ksft_exit_pass(); ksft_set_plan(1); -- 2.42.0
