tstest: add RequireRoot helper

Start using a common helper for tests to declare that they require root.

This is step 1. A later step will then make this helper track which tests were
skipped so a subsequent pass will run these test as root.

Updates tailscale/corp#40007

Change-Id: I4979e1def0fa3691d38c83f48c89aaa443e7f62e
Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>
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Brad Fitzpatrick
2026-04-10 14:35:50 +00:00
committed by Brad Fitzpatrick
parent 399f048332
commit 5e81840b57
4 changed files with 15 additions and 18 deletions
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@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ func Parallel(t *testing.T) {
}
}
// RequireRoot skips the test if the current user is not root.
func RequireRoot(tb testing.TB) {
tb.Helper()
if os.Getuid() != 0 {
tb.Skip("skipping test; requires root")
}
}
// SkipOnKernelVersions skips the test if the current
// kernel version is in the specified list.
func SkipOnKernelVersions(t testing.TB, issue string, versions ...string) {