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| author | Shuah Khan | 2014-07-02 15:22:37 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds | 2014-07-03 09:21:54 -0700 |
| commit | e84f1ab33c76157fd061352b56c4fac9e0f2e8e1 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ce5b5f98587aa48b747e77a0d6a2afdcc39ba89 | |
| parent | 058504edd02667eef8fac9be27ab3ea74332e9b4 (diff) | |
tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c: 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@samsung.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c index aa290c0de6f5..552f0810bffb 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c +++ b/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"); |