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[1/2] selftest: rtc: Add to check rtc alarm status for alarm related test

Message ID 20240524013807.154338-2-jjang@nvidia.com
State New
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Series selftest: rtc: Add rtc feature detection and rtc file check | expand

Commit Message

Joseph Jang May 24, 2024, 1:38 a.m. UTC
In alarm_wkalm_set and alarm_wkalm_set_minute test, they use different
ioctl (RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET) for alarm feature detection. They will
skip testing if RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET ioctl returns an EINVAL error
code. This design may miss detecting real problems when the
efi.set_wakeup_time() return errors and then RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET
ioctl returns an EINVAL error code with RTC_FEATURE_ALARM enabled.

In order to make rtctest more explicit and robust, we propose to use
RTC_PARAM_GET ioctl interface to check rtc alarm feature state before
running alarm related tests. If the kernel does not support RTC_PARAM_GET
ioctl interface, we will fallback to check the error number of
(RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET) ioctl call for alarm feature detection.

Requires commit 101ca8d05913b ("rtc: efi: Enable SET/GET WAKEUP services
as optional")

Reviewed-by: Koba Ko <kobak@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew R. Ochs <mochs@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Joseph Jang <jjang@nvidia.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile  |  2 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Alexandre Belloni June 20, 2024, 7:36 p.m. UTC | #1
On 23/05/2024 18:38:06-0700, Joseph Jang wrote:
> In alarm_wkalm_set and alarm_wkalm_set_minute test, they use different
> ioctl (RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET) for alarm feature detection. They will
> skip testing if RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET ioctl returns an EINVAL error
> code. This design may miss detecting real problems when the
> efi.set_wakeup_time() return errors and then RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET
> ioctl returns an EINVAL error code with RTC_FEATURE_ALARM enabled.
> 
> In order to make rtctest more explicit and robust, we propose to use
> RTC_PARAM_GET ioctl interface to check rtc alarm feature state before
> running alarm related tests. If the kernel does not support RTC_PARAM_GET
> ioctl interface, we will fallback to check the error number of
> (RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET) ioctl call for alarm feature detection.
> 
> Requires commit 101ca8d05913b ("rtc: efi: Enable SET/GET WAKEUP services
> as optional")
> 
> Reviewed-by: Koba Ko <kobak@nvidia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Matthew R. Ochs <mochs@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Joseph Jang <jjang@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile  |  2 +-
>  tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
> index 55198ecc04db..6e3a98fb24ba 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall
> +CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall -I../../../../usr/include/

Is this change actually needed?

>  LDLIBS += -lrt -lpthread -lm
>  
>  TEST_GEN_PROGS = rtctest
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
> index 63ce02d1d5cc..2b12497eb30d 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
>  
>  static char *rtc_file = "/dev/rtc0";
>  
> +enum rtc_alarm_state {
> +	RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN,
> +	RTC_ALARM_ENABLED,
> +	RTC_ALARM_DISABLED,
> +};
> +
>  FIXTURE(rtc) {
>  	int fd;
>  };
> @@ -82,6 +88,24 @@ static void nanosleep_with_retries(long ns)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static enum rtc_alarm_state get_rtc_alarm_state(int fd)
> +{
> +	struct rtc_param param = { 0 };
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	/* Validate kernel reflects unsupported RTC alarm state */
> +	param.param = RTC_PARAM_FEATURES;
> +	param.index = 0;
> +	rc = ioctl(fd, RTC_PARAM_GET, &param);
> +	if (rc < 0)
> +		return RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN;
> +
> +	if ((param.uvalue & _BITUL(RTC_FEATURE_ALARM)) == 0)
> +		return RTC_ALARM_DISABLED;
> +
> +	return RTC_ALARM_ENABLED;
> +}
> +
>  TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, date_read_loop, READ_LOOP_DURATION_SEC + 2) {
>  	int rc;
>  	long iter_count = 0;
> @@ -197,11 +221,16 @@ TEST_F(rtc, alarm_alm_set) {
>  	fd_set readfds;
>  	time_t secs, new;
>  	int rc;
> +	enum rtc_alarm_state alarm_state = RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN;
>  
>  	if (self->fd == -1 && errno == ENOENT)
>  		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since %s does not exist", rtc_file);
>  	ASSERT_NE(-1, self->fd);
>  
> +	alarm_state = get_rtc_alarm_state(self->fd);
> +	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_DISABLED)
> +		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms are not supported.");
> +
>  	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &tm);
>  	ASSERT_NE(-1, rc);
>  
> @@ -210,6 +239,11 @@ TEST_F(rtc, alarm_alm_set) {
>  
>  	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_ALM_SET, &tm);
>  	if (rc == -1) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Report error if rtc alarm was enabled. Fallback to check ioctl
> +		 * error number if rtc alarm state is unknown.
> +		 */
> +		ASSERT_EQ(RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN, alarm_state);
>  		ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
>  		TH_LOG("skip alarms are not supported.");
>  		return;
> @@ -255,11 +289,16 @@ TEST_F(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set) {
>  	fd_set readfds;
>  	time_t secs, new;
>  	int rc;
> +	enum rtc_alarm_state alarm_state = RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN;
>  
>  	if (self->fd == -1 && errno == ENOENT)
>  		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since %s does not exist", rtc_file);
>  	ASSERT_NE(-1, self->fd);
>  
> +	alarm_state = get_rtc_alarm_state(self->fd);
> +	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_DISABLED)
> +		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms are not supported.");
> +
>  	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &alarm.time);
>  	ASSERT_NE(-1, rc);
>  
> @@ -270,6 +309,11 @@ TEST_F(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set) {
>  
>  	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_WKALM_SET, &alarm);
>  	if (rc == -1) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Report error if rtc alarm was enabled. Fallback to check ioctl
> +		 * error number if rtc alarm state is unknown.
> +		 */
> +		ASSERT_EQ(RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN, alarm_state);
>  		ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
>  		TH_LOG("skip alarms are not supported.");
>  		return;
> @@ -307,11 +351,16 @@ TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, alarm_alm_set_minute, 65) {
>  	fd_set readfds;
>  	time_t secs, new;
>  	int rc;
> +	enum rtc_alarm_state alarm_state = RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN;
>  
>  	if (self->fd == -1 && errno == ENOENT)
>  		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since %s does not exist", rtc_file);
>  	ASSERT_NE(-1, self->fd);
>  
> +	alarm_state = get_rtc_alarm_state(self->fd);
> +	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_DISABLED)
> +		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms are not supported.");
> +
>  	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &tm);
>  	ASSERT_NE(-1, rc);
>  
> @@ -320,6 +369,11 @@ TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, alarm_alm_set_minute, 65) {
>  
>  	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_ALM_SET, &tm);
>  	if (rc == -1) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Report error if rtc alarm was enabled. Fallback to check ioctl
> +		 * error number if rtc alarm state is unknown.
> +		 */
> +		ASSERT_EQ(RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN, alarm_state);
>  		ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
>  		TH_LOG("skip alarms are not supported.");
>  		return;
> @@ -365,11 +419,16 @@ TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set_minute, 65) {
>  	fd_set readfds;
>  	time_t secs, new;
>  	int rc;
> +	enum rtc_alarm_state alarm_state = RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN;
>  
>  	if (self->fd == -1 && errno == ENOENT)
>  		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since %s does not exist", rtc_file);
>  	ASSERT_NE(-1, self->fd);
>  
> +	alarm_state = get_rtc_alarm_state(self->fd);
> +	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_DISABLED)
> +		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms are not supported.");
> +
>  	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &alarm.time);
>  	ASSERT_NE(-1, rc);
>  
> @@ -380,6 +439,11 @@ TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set_minute, 65) {
>  
>  	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_WKALM_SET, &alarm);
>  	if (rc == -1) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Report error if rtc alarm was enabled. Fallback to check ioctl
> +		 * error number if rtc alarm state is unknown.
> +		 */
> +		ASSERT_EQ(RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN, alarm_state);
>  		ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
>  		TH_LOG("skip alarms are not supported.");
>  		return;
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>
Joseph Jang June 24, 2024, 1:35 a.m. UTC | #2
On 2024/6/21 3:36 AM, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 23/05/2024 18:38:06-0700, Joseph Jang wrote:
>> In alarm_wkalm_set and alarm_wkalm_set_minute test, they use different
>> ioctl (RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET) for alarm feature detection. They will
>> skip testing if RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET ioctl returns an EINVAL error
>> code. This design may miss detecting real problems when the
>> efi.set_wakeup_time() return errors and then RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET
>> ioctl returns an EINVAL error code with RTC_FEATURE_ALARM enabled.
>>
>> In order to make rtctest more explicit and robust, we propose to use
>> RTC_PARAM_GET ioctl interface to check rtc alarm feature state before
>> running alarm related tests. If the kernel does not support RTC_PARAM_GET
>> ioctl interface, we will fallback to check the error number of
>> (RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET) ioctl call for alarm feature detection.
>>
>> Requires commit 101ca8d05913b ("rtc: efi: Enable SET/GET WAKEUP services
>> as optional")
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Koba Ko <kobak@nvidia.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Matthew R. Ochs <mochs@nvidia.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Joseph Jang <jjang@nvidia.com>
>> ---
>>   tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile  |  2 +-
>>   tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
>> index 55198ecc04db..6e3a98fb24ba 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
>> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>>   # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> -CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall
>> +CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall -I../../../../usr/include/
> 
> Is this change actually needed?

If we didn't include "-I../../../../usr/include/" in rtctest Makefile,
we may encounter build errors like the following because rtctest default
look at the header file from /usr/include/linux/rtc.h which miss the
definition of struct rtc_param, RTC_PARAM_FEATURES and RTC_PARAM_GET.

rtctest.c: In function ‘get_rtc_alarm_state’:
rtctest.c:94:15: error: variable ‘param’ has initializer but incomplete
type
    94 |        struct rtc_param param = { 0 };
       |               ^~~~~~~~~
rtctest.c:94:35: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
    94 |        struct rtc_param param = { 0 };
       |                                   ^
rtctest.c:94:35: note: (near initialization for ‘param’)
rtctest.c:94:25: error: storage size of ‘param’ isn’t known
    94 |        struct rtc_param param = { 0 };
       |                         ^~~~~
rtctest.c:98:22: error: ‘RTC_PARAM_FEATURES’ undeclared (first use in
this function)
    98 |        param.param = RTC_PARAM_FEATURES;
       |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
rtctest.c:98:22: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once
for each function it appears in
rtctest.c:100:23: error: ‘RTC_PARAM_GET’ undeclared (first use in this
function); did you mean ‘RTC_ALM_SET’?
   100 |        rc = ioctl(fd, RTC_PARAM_GET, &param);
       |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
       |                       RTC_ALM_SET

After adding "-I../../../../usr/include/" in rtctest Makefile, the
rtctest will look at linux kernel source header files from
<Linux root directory>/usr/include/linux/rtc.h to find the definition of
struct rtc_param, RTC_PARAM_FEATURES and RTC_PARAM_GET and then fix the
rtctest build errors.


Thank you,
Joseph.
Joseph Jang June 24, 2024, 1:43 a.m. UTC | #3
On 2024/6/21 3:36 AM, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 23/05/2024 18:38:06-0700, Joseph Jang wrote:
>> In alarm_wkalm_set and alarm_wkalm_set_minute test, they use different
>> ioctl (RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET) for alarm feature detection. They will
>> skip testing if RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET ioctl returns an EINVAL error
>> code. This design may miss detecting real problems when the
>> efi.set_wakeup_time() return errors and then RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET
>> ioctl returns an EINVAL error code with RTC_FEATURE_ALARM enabled.
>>
>> In order to make rtctest more explicit and robust, we propose to use
>> RTC_PARAM_GET ioctl interface to check rtc alarm feature state before
>> running alarm related tests. If the kernel does not support RTC_PARAM_GET
>> ioctl interface, we will fallback to check the error number of
>> (RTC_ALM_SET/RTC_WKALM_SET) ioctl call for alarm feature detection.
>>
>> Requires commit 101ca8d05913b ("rtc: efi: Enable SET/GET WAKEUP services
>> as optional")
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Koba Ko <kobak@nvidia.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Matthew R. Ochs <mochs@nvidia.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Joseph Jang <jjang@nvidia.com>
>> ---
>>   tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile  |  2 +-
>>   tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
>> index 55198ecc04db..6e3a98fb24ba 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
>> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>>   # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> -CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall
>> +CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall -I../../../../usr/include/
> 
> Is this change actually needed?

If we didn't include "-I../../../../usr/include/" in rtctest Makefile,
we may encounter build errors like the following because rtctest default
look at the header file from /usr/include/linux/rtc.h which miss the
definition of struct rtc_param, RTC_PARAM_FEATURES and RTC_PARAM_GET.

rtctest.c: In function ‘get_rtc_alarm_state’:
rtctest.c:94:15: error: variable ‘param’ has initializer but incomplete
type
    94 |        struct rtc_param param = { 0 };
       |               ^~~~~~~~~
rtctest.c:94:35: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
    94 |        struct rtc_param param = { 0 };
       |                                   ^
rtctest.c:94:35: note: (near initialization for ‘param’)
rtctest.c:94:25: error: storage size of ‘param’ isn’t known
    94 |        struct rtc_param param = { 0 };
       |                         ^~~~~
rtctest.c:98:22: error: ‘RTC_PARAM_FEATURES’ undeclared (first use in
this function)
    98 |        param.param = RTC_PARAM_FEATURES;
       |                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
rtctest.c:98:22: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once
for each function it appears in
rtctest.c:100:23: error: ‘RTC_PARAM_GET’ undeclared (first use in this
function); did you mean ‘RTC_ALM_SET’?
   100 |        rc = ioctl(fd, RTC_PARAM_GET, &param);
       |                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
       |                       RTC_ALM_SET

After adding "-I../../../../usr/include/", the rtctest will look at 
linux kernel source header files from
<Linux root directory>/usr/include/linux/rtc.h to find the definition of
struct rtc_param, RTC_PARAM_FEATURES and RTC_PARAM_GET and fix the
rtctest build errors.


Thank you,
Joseph.
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Patch

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
index 55198ecc04db..6e3a98fb24ba 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall
+CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall -I../../../../usr/include/
 LDLIBS += -lrt -lpthread -lm
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS = rtctest
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
index 63ce02d1d5cc..2b12497eb30d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/rtctest.c
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ 
 
 static char *rtc_file = "/dev/rtc0";
 
+enum rtc_alarm_state {
+	RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN,
+	RTC_ALARM_ENABLED,
+	RTC_ALARM_DISABLED,
+};
+
 FIXTURE(rtc) {
 	int fd;
 };
@@ -82,6 +88,24 @@  static void nanosleep_with_retries(long ns)
 	}
 }
 
+static enum rtc_alarm_state get_rtc_alarm_state(int fd)
+{
+	struct rtc_param param = { 0 };
+	int rc;
+
+	/* Validate kernel reflects unsupported RTC alarm state */
+	param.param = RTC_PARAM_FEATURES;
+	param.index = 0;
+	rc = ioctl(fd, RTC_PARAM_GET, &param);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN;
+
+	if ((param.uvalue & _BITUL(RTC_FEATURE_ALARM)) == 0)
+		return RTC_ALARM_DISABLED;
+
+	return RTC_ALARM_ENABLED;
+}
+
 TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, date_read_loop, READ_LOOP_DURATION_SEC + 2) {
 	int rc;
 	long iter_count = 0;
@@ -197,11 +221,16 @@  TEST_F(rtc, alarm_alm_set) {
 	fd_set readfds;
 	time_t secs, new;
 	int rc;
+	enum rtc_alarm_state alarm_state = RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN;
 
 	if (self->fd == -1 && errno == ENOENT)
 		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since %s does not exist", rtc_file);
 	ASSERT_NE(-1, self->fd);
 
+	alarm_state = get_rtc_alarm_state(self->fd);
+	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_DISABLED)
+		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms are not supported.");
+
 	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &tm);
 	ASSERT_NE(-1, rc);
 
@@ -210,6 +239,11 @@  TEST_F(rtc, alarm_alm_set) {
 
 	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_ALM_SET, &tm);
 	if (rc == -1) {
+		/*
+		 * Report error if rtc alarm was enabled. Fallback to check ioctl
+		 * error number if rtc alarm state is unknown.
+		 */
+		ASSERT_EQ(RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN, alarm_state);
 		ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
 		TH_LOG("skip alarms are not supported.");
 		return;
@@ -255,11 +289,16 @@  TEST_F(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set) {
 	fd_set readfds;
 	time_t secs, new;
 	int rc;
+	enum rtc_alarm_state alarm_state = RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN;
 
 	if (self->fd == -1 && errno == ENOENT)
 		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since %s does not exist", rtc_file);
 	ASSERT_NE(-1, self->fd);
 
+	alarm_state = get_rtc_alarm_state(self->fd);
+	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_DISABLED)
+		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms are not supported.");
+
 	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &alarm.time);
 	ASSERT_NE(-1, rc);
 
@@ -270,6 +309,11 @@  TEST_F(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set) {
 
 	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_WKALM_SET, &alarm);
 	if (rc == -1) {
+		/*
+		 * Report error if rtc alarm was enabled. Fallback to check ioctl
+		 * error number if rtc alarm state is unknown.
+		 */
+		ASSERT_EQ(RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN, alarm_state);
 		ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
 		TH_LOG("skip alarms are not supported.");
 		return;
@@ -307,11 +351,16 @@  TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, alarm_alm_set_minute, 65) {
 	fd_set readfds;
 	time_t secs, new;
 	int rc;
+	enum rtc_alarm_state alarm_state = RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN;
 
 	if (self->fd == -1 && errno == ENOENT)
 		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since %s does not exist", rtc_file);
 	ASSERT_NE(-1, self->fd);
 
+	alarm_state = get_rtc_alarm_state(self->fd);
+	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_DISABLED)
+		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms are not supported.");
+
 	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &tm);
 	ASSERT_NE(-1, rc);
 
@@ -320,6 +369,11 @@  TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, alarm_alm_set_minute, 65) {
 
 	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_ALM_SET, &tm);
 	if (rc == -1) {
+		/*
+		 * Report error if rtc alarm was enabled. Fallback to check ioctl
+		 * error number if rtc alarm state is unknown.
+		 */
+		ASSERT_EQ(RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN, alarm_state);
 		ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
 		TH_LOG("skip alarms are not supported.");
 		return;
@@ -365,11 +419,16 @@  TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set_minute, 65) {
 	fd_set readfds;
 	time_t secs, new;
 	int rc;
+	enum rtc_alarm_state alarm_state = RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN;
 
 	if (self->fd == -1 && errno == ENOENT)
 		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since %s does not exist", rtc_file);
 	ASSERT_NE(-1, self->fd);
 
+	alarm_state = get_rtc_alarm_state(self->fd);
+	if (alarm_state == RTC_ALARM_DISABLED)
+		SKIP(return, "Skipping test since alarms are not supported.");
+
 	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_RD_TIME, &alarm.time);
 	ASSERT_NE(-1, rc);
 
@@ -380,6 +439,11 @@  TEST_F_TIMEOUT(rtc, alarm_wkalm_set_minute, 65) {
 
 	rc = ioctl(self->fd, RTC_WKALM_SET, &alarm);
 	if (rc == -1) {
+		/*
+		 * Report error if rtc alarm was enabled. Fallback to check ioctl
+		 * error number if rtc alarm state is unknown.
+		 */
+		ASSERT_EQ(RTC_ALARM_UNKNOWN, alarm_state);
 		ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
 		TH_LOG("skip alarms are not supported.");
 		return;