The patch titled
Subject: tools: msgque improve error handling when not running as root
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
tools-msgque-improve-error-handling-when-not-running-as-root.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/tools-msgque-improve-error-handling-when-not-running-as-root.patch
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From: Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: tools: msgque improve error handling when not running as root
The test fails in the middle when it is not run as root while accessing
/proc/sys/kernel/msg_next_id. Changed it to check for root at the
beginning of the test and exit if not root.
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@xxxxxx>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff -puN tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c~tools-msgque-improve-error-handling-when-not-running-as-root tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c~tools-msgque-improve-error-handling-when-not-running-as-root
+++ a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
int msg, pid, err;
struct msgque_data msgque;
+ if (getuid() != 0) {
+ printf("Please run the test as root - Exiting.\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
msgque.key = ftok(argv[0], 822155650);
if (msgque.key == -1) {
printf("Can't make key\n");
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from shuah.kh@xxxxxxxxxxx are
tools-cpu-hotplug-fix-unexpected-operator-error.patch
tools-memory-hotplug-fix-unexpected-operator-error.patch
tools-msgque-improve-error-handling-when-not-running-as-root.patch
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