Re: [PATCH 3/4] selftests/sysctl: Fix to load test_sysctl module

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri May 29 2020 - 01:57:47 EST


On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:52:26PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Fix to load test_sysctl.ko module correctly.
>
> sysctl.sh checks whether the test module is embedded (or loaded
> already) or not at first, and if not, it returns skip error
> instead of trying modprobe. Thus, there is no chance to load the
> test_sysctl test module.
>
> Instead, this removes that module embedded check and returns
> skip error only if it ensures that there is no embedded test
> module *and* no loadable test module.
>
> This also avoid referring config file since that is not
> installed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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