1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh
index a0bde6c79456..f962ba4cf68b 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/parse-console.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ title="$2"
 
 . functions.sh
 
+if grep -Pq '\x00' < $file
+then
+        print_warning Console output contains nul bytes, old qemu still running?
+fi
 egrep 'Badness|WARNING:|Warn|BUG|===========|Call Trace:|Oops:' < $file | grep -v 'ODEBUG: ' | grep -v 'Warning: unable to open an initial console' > $T
 if test -s $T
 then