[PATCH v2 libdrm 5/7] tegra: Add helper library for tests

Erik Faye-Lund kusmabite at gmail.com
Fri May 2 08:18:33 PDT 2014


On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Thierry Reding <thierry.reding at gmail.com> wrote:
> +int drm_open(const char *path)
> +{
> +       int fd, err;
> +
> +       fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
> +       if (fd < 0)
> +               return -errno;
> +
> +       err = drmSetMaster(fd);
> +       if (err < 0) {
> +               close(fd);
> +               return -errno;
> +       }

Could we make this opt-in? Otherwise "make check" needs to be run as
root to pass, which is a bit iffy IMO as it also invokes the compiler
and all tools as root. I'd prefer not having to give my dev-tools (and
potentially buggy in-tree scripts) that much privilege...


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