[PATCH] selftests/ftrace: Drop invalid top-level local in test_ownership

[PATCH] selftests/ftrace: Drop invalid top-level local in test_ownership

[CaoRuichuang]

From: Cao Ruichuang <create0818@163.com>

test_ownership.tc is sourced by ftracetest under /bin/sh.

The script currently declares mount_point with local at file scope,
which makes /bin/sh abort with "local: not in a function" before the
test can reach the eventfs ownership checks.

Replace the top-level local declaration with a normal shell variable so
kernels that support the gid= tracefs mount option can run the test at
all.

Signed-off-by: Cao Ruichuang <create0818@163.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc
index e71cc3ad0..6d00d3c0f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 original_group=`stat -c "%g" .`
 original_owner=`stat -c "%u" .`
 
-local mount_point=$(get_mount_point)
+mount_point=$(get_mount_point)
 
 mount_options=$(get_mnt_options "$mount_point")
 
-- 
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)

Re: [PATCH] selftests/ftrace: Drop invalid top-level local in test_ownership

[Steven Rostedt]

Shuah,

Care to take this through your tree. Probably could even add:

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 8b55572e51805 ("tracing/selftests: Add tracefs mount options test")

As well as:

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

-- Steve


On Tue,  7 Apr 2026 18:26:13 +0800
CaoRuichuang <create0818@163.com> wrote:

> From: Cao Ruichuang <create0818@163.com>
> 
> test_ownership.tc is sourced by ftracetest under /bin/sh.
> 
> The script currently declares mount_point with local at file scope,
> which makes /bin/sh abort with "local: not in a function" before the
> test can reach the eventfs ownership checks.
> 
> Replace the top-level local declaration with a normal shell variable so
> kernels that support the gid= tracefs mount option can run the test at
> all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cao Ruichuang <create0818@163.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc
> index e71cc3ad0..6d00d3c0f 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/test_ownership.tc
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
>  original_group=`stat -c "%g" .`
>  original_owner=`stat -c "%u" .`
>  
> -local mount_point=$(get_mount_point)
> +mount_point=$(get_mount_point)
>  
>  mount_options=$(get_mnt_options "$mount_point")
>