diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/Makefile
index b3c33e071f10..95c320b354e8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 # No binaries, but make sure arg-less "make" doesn't trigger "run_tests".
 all:
 
-TEST_PROGS := run_numerictests run_stringtests
-TEST_FILES := common_tests
+TEST_PROGS := sysctl.sh
 
 include ../lib.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/common_tests b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/common_tests
deleted file mode 100644
index 17d534b1b7b4..000000000000
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/common_tests
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-TEST_FILE=$(mktemp)
-
-echo "== Testing sysctl behavior against ${TARGET} =="
-
-set_orig()
-{
-	echo "${ORIG}" > "${TARGET}"
-}
-
-set_test()
-{
-	echo "${TEST_STR}" > "${TARGET}"
-}
-
-verify()
-{
-	local seen
-	seen=$(cat "$1")
-	if [ "${seen}" != "${TEST_STR}" ]; then
-		return 1
-	fi
-	return 0
-}
-
-trap 'set_orig; rm -f "${TEST_FILE}"' EXIT
-
-rc=0
-
-echo -n "Writing test file ... "
-echo "${TEST_STR}" > "${TEST_FILE}"
-if ! verify "${TEST_FILE}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	exit 1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Checking sysctl is not set to test value ... "
-if verify "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	exit 1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Writing sysctl from shell ... "
-set_test
-if ! verify "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	exit 1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Resetting sysctl to original value ... "
-set_orig
-if verify "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	exit 1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-# Now that we've validated the sanity of "set_test" and "set_orig",
-# we can use those functions to set starting states before running
-# specific behavioral tests.
-
-echo -n "Writing entire sysctl in single write ... "
-set_orig
-dd if="${TEST_FILE}" of="${TARGET}" bs=4096 2>/dev/null
-if ! verify "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	rc=1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Writing middle of sysctl after synchronized seek ... "
-set_test
-dd if="${TEST_FILE}" of="${TARGET}" bs=1 seek=1 skip=1 2>/dev/null
-if ! verify "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	rc=1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Writing beyond end of sysctl ... "
-set_orig
-dd if="${TEST_FILE}" of="${TARGET}" bs=20 seek=2 2>/dev/null
-if verify "${TARGET}"; then
-        echo "FAIL" >&2
-        rc=1
-else
-        echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Writing sysctl with multiple long writes ... "
-set_orig
-(perl -e 'print "A" x 50;'; echo "${TEST_STR}") | \
-	dd of="${TARGET}" bs=50 2>/dev/null
-if verify "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	rc=1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests
deleted file mode 100755
index cdfeef96568c..000000000000
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-SYSCTL="/proc/sys/debug/test_sysctl/"
-TARGET="${SYSCTL}/int_0001"
-ORIG=$(cat "${TARGET}")
-TEST_STR=$(( $ORIG + 1 ))
-
-. ./common_tests
-
-exit $rc
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests
deleted file mode 100755
index 15a646b2c527..000000000000
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-SYSCTL="/proc/sys/debug/test_sysctl/"
-TARGET="${SYSCTL}/string_0001"
-ORIG=$(cat "${TARGET}")
-TEST_STR="Testing sysctl"
-
-. ./common_tests
-
-# Only string sysctls support seeking/appending.
-MAXLEN=65
-
-echo -n "Writing entire sysctl in short writes ... "
-set_orig
-dd if="${TEST_FILE}" of="${TARGET}" bs=1 2>/dev/null
-if ! verify "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	rc=1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Writing middle of sysctl after unsynchronized seek ... "
-set_test
-dd if="${TEST_FILE}" of="${TARGET}" bs=1 seek=1 2>/dev/null
-if verify "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	rc=1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Checking sysctl maxlen is at least $MAXLEN ... "
-set_orig
-perl -e 'print "A" x ('"${MAXLEN}"'-2), "B";' | \
-	dd of="${TARGET}" bs="${MAXLEN}" 2>/dev/null
-if ! grep -q B "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	rc=1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Checking sysctl keeps original string on overflow append ... "
-set_orig
-perl -e 'print "A" x ('"${MAXLEN}"'-1), "B";' | \
-	dd of="${TARGET}" bs=$(( MAXLEN - 1 )) 2>/dev/null
-if grep -q B "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	rc=1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Checking sysctl stays NULL terminated on write ... "
-set_orig
-perl -e 'print "A" x ('"${MAXLEN}"'-1), "B";' | \
-	dd of="${TARGET}" bs="${MAXLEN}" 2>/dev/null
-if grep -q B "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	rc=1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-echo -n "Checking sysctl stays NULL terminated on overwrite ... "
-set_orig
-perl -e 'print "A" x ('"${MAXLEN}"'-1), "BB";' | \
-	dd of="${TARGET}" bs=$(( $MAXLEN + 1 )) 2>/dev/null
-if grep -q B "${TARGET}"; then
-	echo "FAIL" >&2
-	rc=1
-else
-	echo "ok"
-fi
-
-exit $rc
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..5d811c938920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,466 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or at your option any
+# later version; or, when distributed separately from the Linux kernel or
+# when incorporated into other software packages, subject to the following
+# license:
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of copyleft-next (version 0.3.1 or later) as published
+# at http://copyleft-next.org/.
+
+# This performs a series tests against the proc sysctl interface.
+
+TEST_NAME="sysctl"
+TEST_DRIVER="test_${TEST_NAME}"
+TEST_DIR=$(dirname $0)
+TEST_FILE=$(mktemp)
+
+# This represents
+#
+# TEST_ID:TEST_COUNT:ENABLED
+#
+# TEST_ID: is the test id number
+# TEST_COUNT: number of times we should run the test
+# ENABLED: 1 if enabled, 0 otherwise
+#
+# Once these are enabled please leave them as-is. Write your own test,
+# we have tons of space.
+ALL_TESTS="0001:1:1"
+ALL_TESTS="$ALL_TESTS 0002:1:1"
+
+test_modprobe()
+{
+       if [ ! -d $DIR ]; then
+               echo "$0: $DIR not present" >&2
+               echo "You must have the following enabled in your kernel:" >&2
+               cat $TEST_DIR/config >&2
+               exit 1
+       fi
+}
+
+function allow_user_defaults()
+{
+	if [ -z $DIR ]; then
+		DIR="/sys/module/test_sysctl/"
+	fi
+	if [ -z $DEFAULT_NUM_TESTS ]; then
+		DEFAULT_NUM_TESTS=50
+	fi
+	if [ -z $SYSCTL ]; then
+		SYSCTL="/proc/sys/debug/test_sysctl"
+	fi
+}
+
+test_reqs()
+{
+	uid=$(id -u)
+	if [ $uid -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo $msg must be run as root >&2
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	if ! which perl 2> /dev/null > /dev/null; then
+		echo "$0: You need perl installed"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+function load_req_mod()
+{
+	trap "test_modprobe" EXIT
+
+	if [ ! -d $DIR ]; then
+		modprobe $TEST_DRIVER
+		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+			exit
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+set_orig()
+{
+	if [ ! -z $TARGET ]; then
+		echo "${ORIG}" > "${TARGET}"
+	fi
+}
+
+set_test()
+{
+	echo "${TEST_STR}" > "${TARGET}"
+}
+
+verify()
+{
+	local seen
+	seen=$(cat "$1")
+	if [ "${seen}" != "${TEST_STR}" ]; then
+		return 1
+	fi
+	return 0
+}
+
+test_rc()
+{
+	if [[ $rc != 0 ]]; then
+		echo "Failed test, return value: $rc" >&2
+		exit $rc
+	fi
+}
+
+test_finish()
+{
+	set_orig
+	rm -f "${TEST_FILE}"
+}
+
+run_numerictests()
+{
+	echo "== Testing sysctl behavior against ${TARGET} =="
+
+	rc=0
+
+	echo -n "Writing test file ... "
+	echo "${TEST_STR}" > "${TEST_FILE}"
+	if ! verify "${TEST_FILE}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		exit 1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Checking sysctl is not set to test value ... "
+	if verify "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		exit 1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Writing sysctl from shell ... "
+	set_test
+	if ! verify "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		exit 1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Resetting sysctl to original value ... "
+	set_orig
+	if verify "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		exit 1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	# Now that we've validated the sanity of "set_test" and "set_orig",
+	# we can use those functions to set starting states before running
+	# specific behavioral tests.
+
+	echo -n "Writing entire sysctl in single write ... "
+	set_orig
+	dd if="${TEST_FILE}" of="${TARGET}" bs=4096 2>/dev/null
+	if ! verify "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		rc=1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Writing middle of sysctl after synchronized seek ... "
+	set_test
+	dd if="${TEST_FILE}" of="${TARGET}" bs=1 seek=1 skip=1 2>/dev/null
+	if ! verify "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		rc=1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Writing beyond end of sysctl ... "
+	set_orig
+	dd if="${TEST_FILE}" of="${TARGET}" bs=20 seek=2 2>/dev/null
+	if verify "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		rc=1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Writing sysctl with multiple long writes ... "
+	set_orig
+	(perl -e 'print "A" x 50;'; echo "${TEST_STR}") | \
+		dd of="${TARGET}" bs=50 2>/dev/null
+	if verify "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		rc=1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	test_rc
+}
+
+run_stringtests()
+{
+	echo -n "Writing entire sysctl in short writes ... "
+	set_orig
+	dd if="${TEST_FILE}" of="${TARGET}" bs=1 2>/dev/null
+	if ! verify "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		rc=1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Writing middle of sysctl after unsynchronized seek ... "
+	set_test
+	dd if="${TEST_FILE}" of="${TARGET}" bs=1 seek=1 2>/dev/null
+	if verify "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		rc=1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Checking sysctl maxlen is at least $MAXLEN ... "
+	set_orig
+	perl -e 'print "A" x ('"${MAXLEN}"'-2), "B";' | \
+		dd of="${TARGET}" bs="${MAXLEN}" 2>/dev/null
+	if ! grep -q B "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		rc=1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Checking sysctl keeps original string on overflow append ... "
+	set_orig
+	perl -e 'print "A" x ('"${MAXLEN}"'-1), "B";' | \
+		dd of="${TARGET}" bs=$(( MAXLEN - 1 )) 2>/dev/null
+	if grep -q B "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		rc=1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Checking sysctl stays NULL terminated on write ... "
+	set_orig
+	perl -e 'print "A" x ('"${MAXLEN}"'-1), "B";' | \
+		dd of="${TARGET}" bs="${MAXLEN}" 2>/dev/null
+	if grep -q B "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		rc=1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	echo -n "Checking sysctl stays NULL terminated on overwrite ... "
+	set_orig
+	perl -e 'print "A" x ('"${MAXLEN}"'-1), "BB";' | \
+		dd of="${TARGET}" bs=$(( $MAXLEN + 1 )) 2>/dev/null
+	if grep -q B "${TARGET}"; then
+		echo "FAIL" >&2
+		rc=1
+	else
+		echo "ok"
+	fi
+
+	test_rc
+}
+
+sysctl_test_0001()
+{
+	TARGET="${SYSCTL}/int_0001"
+	ORIG=$(cat "${TARGET}")
+	TEST_STR=$(( $ORIG + 1 ))
+
+	run_numerictests
+}
+
+sysctl_test_0002()
+{
+	TARGET="${SYSCTL}/string_0001"
+	ORIG=$(cat "${TARGET}")
+	TEST_STR="Testing sysctl"
+	# Only string sysctls support seeking/appending.
+	MAXLEN=65
+
+	run_numerictests
+	run_stringtests
+}
+
+list_tests()
+{
+	echo "Test ID list:"
+	echo
+	echo "TEST_ID x NUM_TEST"
+	echo "TEST_ID:   Test ID"
+	echo "NUM_TESTS: Number of recommended times to run the test"
+	echo
+	echo "0001 x $(get_test_count 0001) - tests proc_dointvec_minmax()"
+	echo "0002 x $(get_test_count 0002) - tests proc_dostring()"
+}
+
+test_reqs
+
+usage()
+{
+	NUM_TESTS=$(grep -o ' ' <<<"$ALL_TESTS" | grep -c .)
+	let NUM_TESTS=$NUM_TESTS+1
+	MAX_TEST=$(printf "%04d\n" $NUM_TESTS)
+	echo "Usage: $0 [ -t <4-number-digit> ] | [ -w <4-number-digit> ] |"
+	echo "		 [ -s <4-number-digit> ] | [ -c <4-number-digit> <test- count>"
+	echo "           [ all ] [ -h | --help ] [ -l ]"
+	echo ""
+	echo "Valid tests: 0001-$MAX_TEST"
+	echo ""
+	echo "    all     Runs all tests (default)"
+	echo "    -t      Run test ID the number amount of times is recommended"
+	echo "    -w      Watch test ID run until it runs into an error"
+	echo "    -c      Run test ID once"
+	echo "    -s      Run test ID x test-count number of times"
+	echo "    -l      List all test ID list"
+	echo " -h|--help  Help"
+	echo
+	echo "If an error every occurs execution will immediately terminate."
+	echo "If you are adding a new test try using -w <test-ID> first to"
+	echo "make sure the test passes a series of tests."
+	echo
+	echo Example uses:
+	echo
+	echo "$TEST_NAME.sh            -- executes all tests"
+	echo "$TEST_NAME.sh -t 0002    -- Executes test ID 0002 number of times is recomended"
+	echo "$TEST_NAME.sh -w 0002    -- Watch test ID 0002 run until an error occurs"
+	echo "$TEST_NAME.sh -s 0002    -- Run test ID 0002 once"
+	echo "$TEST_NAME.sh -c 0002 3  -- Run test ID 0002 three times"
+	echo
+	list_tests
+	exit 1
+}
+
+function test_num()
+{
+	re='^[0-9]+$'
+	if ! [[ $1 =~ $re ]]; then
+		usage
+	fi
+}
+
+function get_test_count()
+{
+	test_num $1
+	TEST_DATA=$(echo $ALL_TESTS | awk '{print $'$1'}')
+	LAST_TWO=${TEST_DATA#*:*}
+	echo ${LAST_TWO%:*}
+}
+
+function get_test_enabled()
+{
+	test_num $1
+	TEST_DATA=$(echo $ALL_TESTS | awk '{print $'$1'}')
+	echo ${TEST_DATA#*:*:}
+}
+
+function run_all_tests()
+{
+	for i in $ALL_TESTS ; do
+		TEST_ID=${i%:*:*}
+		ENABLED=$(get_test_enabled $TEST_ID)
+		TEST_COUNT=$(get_test_count $TEST_ID)
+		if [[ $ENABLED -eq "1" ]]; then
+			test_case $TEST_ID $TEST_COUNT
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+function watch_log()
+{
+	if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
+		clear
+	fi
+	date
+	echo "Running test: $2 - run #$1"
+}
+
+function watch_case()
+{
+	i=0
+	while [ 1 ]; do
+
+		if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+			test_num $1
+			watch_log $i ${TEST_NAME}_test_$1
+			${TEST_NAME}_test_$1
+		else
+			watch_log $i all
+			run_all_tests
+		fi
+		let i=$i+1
+	done
+}
+
+function test_case()
+{
+	NUM_TESTS=$DEFAULT_NUM_TESTS
+	if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
+		NUM_TESTS=$2
+	fi
+
+	i=0
+	while [ $i -lt $NUM_TESTS ]; do
+		test_num $1
+		watch_log $i ${TEST_NAME}_test_$1 noclear
+		RUN_TEST=${TEST_NAME}_test_$1
+		$RUN_TEST
+		let i=$i+1
+	done
+}
+
+function parse_args()
+{
+	if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+		run_all_tests
+	else
+		if [[ "$1" = "all" ]]; then
+			run_all_tests
+		elif [[ "$1" = "-w" ]]; then
+			shift
+			watch_case $@
+		elif [[ "$1" = "-t" ]]; then
+			shift
+			test_num $1
+			test_case $1 $(get_test_count $1)
+		elif [[ "$1" = "-c" ]]; then
+			shift
+			test_num $1
+			test_num $2
+			test_case $1 $2
+		elif [[ "$1" = "-s" ]]; then
+			shift
+			test_case $1 1
+		elif [[ "$1" = "-l" ]]; then
+			list_tests
+		elif [[ "$1" = "-h" || "$1" = "--help" ]]; then
+			usage
+		else
+			usage
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+test_reqs
+allow_user_defaults
+load_req_mod
+
+trap "test_finish" EXIT
+
+parse_args $@
+
+exit 0
