Thanks Casper. Used macro 'PATH_KSM' and removed braces. And tested the same. ksm03, ksm03_1: Before patch: ... ksm03 0 TINFO : KSM merging... ksm03 1 TBROK : open: errno=ENOENT(2): No such file or directory ksm03 2 TBROK : Remaining cases broken ksm03 0 TINFO : child 1 stops. ksm03 1 TBROK : unexpected signal 1 received (pid = 46142). ksm03 2 TBROK : Remaining cases broken ... After patch: ... ksm03 1 TCONF : KSM configuration is not enabled ksm03 2 TCONF : Remaining cases not appropriate for configuration ... Signed-off-by: Nageswara R Sastry -- Regards R.Nageswara Sastry