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>> + >> + if (!access(path, R_OK | W_OK)) >> + return true; >> + if (errno == ENOENT) >> + return false; >> + >> + ksft_exit_fail_msg("Unable to read and write %s: %s\n", path, >> + strerror(errno)); >> +} > > If prerequistites for the test aren't available I'd expect this to be a > skip rather than a fail. You're right. Access to the attribute is a prerequisite rather than the behavior under test, so I'll report access failures as KSFT_SKIP. -- Thanks, Usama -- Thanks, Usama