[PATCH 3/3] userfaultfd/selftests: Hint the test runner on required privilege

From: Peter Xu
Date: Mon Dec 07 2020 - 21:48:45 EST


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.

Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
index f0647bfda366..27a1709099d0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -755,7 +755,8 @@ 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) {
--
2.26.2