Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756542AbaFYVyr (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:54:47 -0400 Received: from qmta01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.16]:48643 "EHLO qmta01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753932AbaFYVyq (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:54:46 -0400 From: Shuah Khan To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, davidlohr@hp.com, colin.king@canonical.com Cc: Shuah Khan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2] tools: msgque improve error handling when not running as root Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:54:42 -0600 Message-Id: <1403733282-12379-1-git-send-email-shuah.kh@samsung.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 --- tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c index aa290c0..552f081 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"); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/