[patch 184/200] userfaultfd/selftests: hint the test runner on required privilege

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From: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: userfaultfd/selftests: hint the test runner on required privilege

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.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201208024709.7701-4-peterx@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c~userfaultfd-selftests-hint-the-test-runner-on-required-privilege
+++ a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -794,7 +794,8 @@ 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) {
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