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-rw-r--r--tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
index 6e290874b70e..e029e2017280 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
@@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
fd = open("/dev/watchdog", O_WRONLY);
if (fd == -1) {
- printf("Watchdog device not enabled.\n");
+ if (errno == ENOENT)
+ printf("Watchdog device not enabled.\n");
+ else if (errno == EACCES)
+ printf("Run watchdog as root.\n");
+ else
+ printf("Watchdog device open failed %s\n",
+ strerror(errno));
exit(-1);
}
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