+ lib-test_sysctl-support-testing-of-sysctl-boot-parameter-fix.patch added to -mm tree

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: lib-test_sysctl-support-testing-of-sysctl-boot-parameter-fix
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     lib-test_sysctl-support-testing-of-sysctl-boot-parameter-fix.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-test_sysctl-support-testing-of-sysctl-boot-parameter-fix.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-test_sysctl-support-testing-of-sysctl-boot-parameter-fix.patch

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From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Subject: lib-test_sysctl-support-testing-of-sysctl-boot-parameter-fix

Skip the new test if boot_int sysctl is not present, otherwise, per Luis,
"This would fail if someone uses this script to test an older kernel, and
the scripts in selftests are supposed to work with older kernels."

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/305af605-1e60-cf84-fada-6ce1ca37c102@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Suggested-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh |    8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh~lib-test_sysctl-support-testing-of-sysctl-boot-parameter-fix
+++ a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh
@@ -756,10 +756,15 @@ sysctl_test_0006()
 sysctl_test_0007()
 {
 	TARGET="${SYSCTL}/boot_int"
+	if [ ! -f $TARGET ]; then
+		echo "Skipping test for $TARGET as it is not present ..."
+		return $ksft_skip
+	fi
+
 	if [ -d $DIR ]; then
 		echo "Boot param test only possible sysctl_test is built-in, not module:"
 		cat $TEST_DIR/config >&2
-		return 0
+		return $ksft_skip
 	fi
 
 	echo -n "Testing if $TARGET is set to 1 ..."
@@ -785,6 +790,7 @@ sysctl_test_0007()
 
 	echo "Skipping test, expected kernel parameter missing."
 	echo "To perform this test, make sure kernel is booted with parameter: sysctl.debug.test_sysctl.boot_int=1"
+	return $ksft_skip
 }
 
 list_tests()
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from vbabka@suse.cz are

usercopy-mark-dma-kmalloc-caches-as-usercopy-caches.patch
mm-dump_page-do-not-crash-with-invalid-mapping-pointer.patch
kernel-sysctl-support-setting-sysctl-parameters-from-kernel-command-line.patch
kernel-sysctl-support-handling-command-line-aliases.patch
kernel-hung_task-convert-hung_task_panic-boot-parameter-to-sysctl.patch
tools-testing-selftests-sysctl-sysctlsh-support-config_test_sysctl=y.patch
lib-test_sysctl-support-testing-of-sysctl-boot-parameter.patch
lib-test_sysctl-support-testing-of-sysctl-boot-parameter-fix.patch