diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/README b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/README
index b8631f03e754..182e76fa4b82 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/README
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/README
@@ -38,6 +38,43 @@ extension) and rewrite the test description line.
  * The test cases should run on dash (busybox shell) for testing on
    minimal cross-build environments.
 
+ * Note that the tests are run with "set -e" (errexit) option. If any
+   command fails, the test will be terminated immediately.
+
+ * The tests can return some result codes instead of pass or fail by
+   using exit_unresolved, exit_untested, exit_unsupported and exit_xfail.
+
+Result code
+===========
+
+Ftracetest supports following result codes.
+
+ * PASS: The test succeeded as expected. The test which exits with 0 is
+         counted as passed test.
+
+ * FAIL: The test failed, but was expected to succeed. The test which exits
+         with !0 is counted as failed test.
+
+ * UNRESOLVED: The test produced unclear or intermidiate results.
+             for example, the test was interrupted
+                       or the test depends on a previous test, which failed.
+                       or the test was set up incorrectly
+             The test which is in above situation, must call exit_unresolved.
+
+ * UNTESTED: The test was not run, currently just a placeholder.
+             In this case, the test must call exit_untested.
+
+ * UNSUPPORTED: The test failed because of lack of feature.
+               In this case, the test must call exit_unsupported.
+
+ * XFAIL: The test failed, and was expected to fail.
+          To return XFAIL, call exit_xfail from the test.
+
+There are some sample test scripts for result code under samples/.
+You can also run samples as below:
+
+  # ./ftracetest samples/
+
 TODO
 ====
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index 4c6c2fad2cda..a8f81c782856 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -114,22 +114,106 @@ prlog "=== Ftrace unit tests ==="
 
 
 # Testcase management
+# Test result codes - Dejagnu extended code
+PASS=0	# The test succeeded.
+FAIL=1	# The test failed, but was expected to succeed.
+UNRESOLVED=2  # The test produced indeterminate results. (e.g. interrupted)
+UNTESTED=3    # The test was not run, currently just a placeholder.
+UNSUPPORTED=4 # The test failed because of lack of feature.
+XFAIL=5	# The test failed, and was expected to fail.
+
+# Accumulations
 PASSED_CASES=
 FAILED_CASES=
+UNRESOLVED_CASES=
+UNTESTED_CASES=
+UNSUPPORTED_CASES=
+XFAILED_CASES=
+UNDEFINED_CASES=
+TOTAL_RESULT=0
+
 CASENO=0
 testcase() { # testfile
   CASENO=$((CASENO+1))
   prlog -n "[$CASENO]"`grep "^#[ \t]*description:" $1 | cut -f2 -d:`
 }
-failed() {
-  prlog "	[FAIL]"
-  FAILED_CASES="$FAILED_CASES $CASENO"
-}
-passed() {
-  prlog "	[PASS]"
-  PASSED_CASES="$PASSED_CASES $CASENO"
+
+eval_result() { # retval sigval
+  local retval=$2
+  if [ $2 -eq 0 ]; then
+    test $1 -ne 0 && retval=$FAIL
+  fi
+  case $retval in
+    $PASS)
+      prlog "	[PASS]"
+      PASSED_CASES="$PASSED_CASES $CASENO"
+      return 0
+    ;;
+    $FAIL)
+      prlog "	[FAIL]"
+      FAILED_CASES="$FAILED_CASES $CASENO"
+      return 1 # this is a bug.
+    ;;
+    $UNRESOLVED)
+      prlog "	[UNRESOLVED]"
+      UNRESOLVED_CASES="$UNRESOLVED_CASES $CASENO"
+      return 1 # this is a kind of bug.. something happened.
+    ;;
+    $UNTESTED)
+      prlog "	[UNTESTED]"
+      UNTESTED_CASES="$UNTESTED_CASES $CASENO"
+      return 0
+    ;;
+    $UNSUPPORTED)
+      prlog "	[UNSUPPORTED]"
+      UNSUPPORTED_CASES="$UNSUPPORTED_CASES $CASENO"
+      return 1 # this is not a bug, but the result should be reported.
+    ;;
+    $XFAIL)
+      prlog "	[XFAIL]"
+      XFAILED_CASES="$XFAILED_CASES $CASENO"
+      return 0
+    ;;
+    *)
+      prlog "	[UNDEFINED]"
+      UNDEFINED_CASES="$UNDEFINED_CASES $CASENO"
+      return 1 # this must be a test bug
+    ;;
+  esac
 }
 
+# Signal handling for result codes
+SIG_RESULT=
+SIG_BASE=36	# Use realtime signals
+SIG_PID=$$
+
+SIG_UNRESOLVED=$((SIG_BASE + UNRESOLVED))
+exit_unresolved () {
+  kill -s $SIG_UNRESOLVED $SIG_PID
+  exit 0
+}
+trap 'SIG_RESULT=$UNRESOLVED' $SIG_UNRESOLVED
+
+SIG_UNTESTED=$((SIG_BASE + UNTESTED))
+exit_untested () {
+  kill -s $SIG_UNTESTED $SIG_PID
+  exit 0
+}
+trap 'SIG_RESULT=$UNTESTED' $SIG_UNTESTED
+
+SIG_UNSUPPORTED=$((SIG_BASE + UNSUPPORTED))
+exit_unsupported () {
+  kill -s $SIG_UNSUPPORTED $SIG_PID
+  exit 0
+}
+trap 'SIG_RESULT=$UNSUPPORTED' $SIG_UNSUPPORTED
+
+SIG_XFAIL=$((SIG_BASE + XFAIL))
+exit_xfail () {
+  kill -s $SIG_XFAIL $SIG_PID
+  exit 0
+}
+trap 'SIG_RESULT=$XFAIL' $SIG_XFAIL
 
 # Run one test case
 run_test() { # testfile
@@ -137,14 +221,17 @@ run_test() { # testfile
   local testlog=`mktemp --tmpdir=$LOG_DIR ${testname}-XXXXXX.log`
   testcase $1
   echo "execute: "$1 > $testlog
-  (cd $TRACING_DIR; set -x ; . $1) >> $testlog 2>&1
-  ret=$?
-  if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
-    failed
-    catlog $testlog
-  else
-    passed
+  SIG_RESULT=0
+  # setup PID and PPID, $$ is not updated.
+  (cd $TRACING_DIR; read PID _ < /proc/self/stat ;
+   set -e; set -x; . $1) >> $testlog 2>&1
+  eval_result $? $SIG_RESULT
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    # Remove test log if the test was done as it was expected.
     [ $KEEP_LOG -eq 0 ] && rm $testlog
+  else
+    catlog $testlog
+    TOTAL_RESULT=1
   fi
 }
 
@@ -152,8 +239,15 @@ run_test() { # testfile
 for t in $TEST_CASES; do
   run_test $t
 done
+
 prlog ""
 prlog "# of passed: " `echo $PASSED_CASES | wc -w`
 prlog "# of failed: " `echo $FAILED_CASES | wc -w`
+prlog "# of unresolved: " `echo $UNRESOLVED_CASES | wc -w`
+prlog "# of untested: " `echo $UNTESTED_CASES | wc -w`
+prlog "# of unsupported: " `echo $UNSUPPORTED_CASES | wc -w`
+prlog "# of xfailed: " `echo $XFAILED_CASES | wc -w`
+prlog "# of undefined(test bug): " `echo $UNDEFINED_CASES | wc -w`
 
-test -z "$FAILED_CASES" # if no error, return 0
+# if no error, return 0
+exit $TOTAL_RESULT
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/fail.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/fail.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..15e35b956e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/fail.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: failure-case example
+cat non-exist-file
+echo "this is not executed"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/pass.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/pass.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d01549370041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/pass.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: pass-case example
+return 0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/unresolved.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/unresolved.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41e99d3358d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/unresolved.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: unresolved-case example
+trap exit_unresolved INT
+kill -INT $PID
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/unsupported.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/unsupported.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45910ff13328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/unsupported.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: unsupported-case example
+exit_unsupported
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/untested.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/untested.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..35a45946ec60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/untested.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: untested-case example
+exit_untested
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/xfail.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/xfail.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9dd395323259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/samples/xfail.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: xfail-case example
+cat non-exist-file || exit_xfail
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic2.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic2.tc
index b04f30df0db3..bf9a7b037924 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic2.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic2.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: Basic test for tracers
+test -f available_tracers
 for t in `cat available_tracers`; do
-  echo $t > current_tracer || exit 1
+  echo $t > current_tracer
 done
 echo nop > current_tracer
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic3.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic3.tc
index 0c1a3a207636..bde6625d9785 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic3.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic3.tc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: Basic trace clock test
-[ -f trace_clock ] || exit 1
+test -f trace_clock
 for c in `cat trace_clock | tr  -d \[\]`; do
-  echo $c > trace_clock || exit 1
-  grep '\['$c'\]' trace_clock || exit 1
+  echo $c > trace_clock
+  grep '\['$c'\]' trace_clock
 done
 echo local > trace_clock
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc
index 5ddfb476eceb..1b8b665ab2b3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: Kprobe dynamic event - adding and removing
 
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit 1
+[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
 
-echo 0 > events/enable || exit 1
-echo > kprobe_events || exit 1
-echo p:myevent do_fork > kprobe_events || exit 1
-grep myevent kprobe_events || exit 1
-[ -d events/kprobes/myevent ] || exit 1
+echo 0 > events/enable
+echo > kprobe_events
+echo p:myevent do_fork > kprobe_events
+grep myevent kprobe_events
+test -d events/kprobes/myevent
 echo > kprobe_events
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc
index 588fde97e93f..b55c84003587 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: Kprobe dynamic event - busy event check
 
-[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit 1
+[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported
 
-echo 0 > events/enable || exit 1
-echo > kprobe_events || exit 1
-echo p:myevent do_fork > kprobe_events || exit 1
-[ -d events/kprobes/myevent ] || exit 1
-echo 1 > events/kprobes/myevent/enable || exit 1
+echo 0 > events/enable
+echo > kprobe_events
+echo p:myevent do_fork > kprobe_events
+test -d events/kprobes/myevent
+echo 1 > events/kprobes/myevent/enable
 echo > kprobe_events && exit 1 # this must fail
-echo 0 > events/kprobes/myevent/enable || exit 1
+echo 0 > events/kprobes/myevent/enable
 echo > kprobe_events # this must succeed
-
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template
index ce5f735b2e65..5448f7abad5f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/template
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: %HERE DESCRIBE WHAT THIS DOES%
 # you have to add ".tc" extention for your testcase file
+# Note that all tests are run with "errexit" option.
+
 exit 0 # Return 0 if the test is passed, otherwise return !0
+# If the test could not run because of lack of feature, call exit_unsupported
+# If the test returned unclear results, call exit_unresolved
+# If the test is a dummy, or a placeholder, call exit_untested