Re: [PATCH] selftests/kselftest/runner/run_one(): Allow running non-executable files

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 02:04:59PM +0000, SeongJae Park wrote:
> From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When running a test program, 'run_one()' checks if the program has the
> execution permission and fails if it doesn't.  However, it's easy to
> mistakenly missing the permission, as some common tools like 'diff'
> don't support the permission change well[1].  Compared to that, making
> mistakes in the test program's path would only rare, as those are
> explicitly listed in 'TEST_PROGS'.  Therefore, it might make more sense
> to resolve the situation on our own and run the program.
> 
> For the reason, this commit makes the test program runner function to
> still print the warning message but run the program after giving the
> execution permission in the case.  To make nothing corrupted, it also
> restores the permission after running it.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/mm-commits/YRJisBs9AunccCD4@xxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh | 18 +++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
> index cc9c846585f0..2eb31e945709 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
> @@ -65,15 +65,16 @@ run_one()
>  
>  	TEST_HDR_MSG="selftests: $DIR: $BASENAME_TEST"
>  	echo "# $TEST_HDR_MSG"
> -	if [ ! -x "$TEST" ]; then
> -		echo -n "# Warning: file $TEST is "
> -		if [ ! -e "$TEST" ]; then
> -			echo "missing!"
> -		else
> -			echo "not executable, correct this."
> -		fi
> +	if [ ! -e "$TEST" ]; then
> +		echo "# Warning: file $TEST is missing!"
>  		echo "not ok $test_num $TEST_HDR_MSG"
>  	else
> +		permission_added="false"
> +		if [ ! -x "$TEST" ]; then
> +			echo "# Warning: file $TEST is not executable"
> +			chmod u+x "$TEST"
> +			permission_added="true"

No, why would you change the permission of a test?  What happens if this
is on a read-only filesystem?  You should not be modifying it as it will
end up causing changes when not needed.

thanks,

greg k-h