diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cachestat/test_cachestat.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cachestat/test_cachestat.c
index 632ab44737ec..e6233fae245e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cachestat/test_cachestat.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cachestat/test_cachestat.c
@@ -125,20 +125,27 @@ static int test_cachestat(const char *filename, bool write_random, bool create,
 	long syscall_ret;
 	struct cachestat cs;
 	struct cachestat_range cs_range = { 0, filesize };
-
+	
+	ksft_print_msg("Testing cachestat with:\n");
+	ksft_print_msg("pages [num_pages]: %d\n", num_pages);
+	ksft_print_msg("pagesize [PS]: %d\n", PS);
+	ksft_print_msg("file [filename]: %s\n", filename);
+	ksft_print_msg("filesize [filesize]: %d\n", filesize);
+	ksft_print_msg("[write_random]: %d\n", write_random);
+	
+	ksft_print_msg("Opening %s\n", filename);
 	int fd = open(filename, open_flags, open_mode);
 
 	if (fd == -1) {
-		ksft_print_msg("Unable to create/open file.\n");
+		ksft_print_msg("Unable to create/open file: %m\n");
 		ret = KSFT_FAIL;
 		goto out;
-	} else {
-		ksft_print_msg("Create/open %s\n", filename);
 	}
 
+
 	if (write_random) {
 		if (!write_exactly(fd, filesize)) {
-			ksft_print_msg("Unable to access urandom.\n");
+			ksft_print_msg("Unable to access urandom: \n");
 			ret = KSFT_FAIL;
 			goto out1;
 		}
@@ -147,9 +154,10 @@ static int test_cachestat(const char *filename, bool write_random, bool create,
 	syscall_ret = syscall(__NR_cachestat, fd, &cs_range, &cs, 0);
 
 	ksft_print_msg("Cachestat call returned %ld\n", syscall_ret);
+	ksft_print_msg("Cachestat range is now: %d + %d\n", cs_range.off, cs_range.len);
 
 	if (syscall_ret) {
-		ksft_print_msg("Cachestat returned non-zero.\n");
+		ksft_print_msg("Cachestat returned: %m\n");
 		ret = KSFT_FAIL;
 		goto out1;
 
@@ -157,6 +165,11 @@ static int test_cachestat(const char *filename, bool write_random, bool create,
 		print_cachestat(&cs);
 
 		if (write_random) {
+
+			ksft_print_msg("nr_cache is now: %d\n", cs.nr_cache);
+			ksft_print_msg("nr_evicted is now: %d\n", cs.nr_evicted);
+			ksft_print_msg("num_pages is now: %d\n", num_pages);
+
 			if (cs.nr_cache + cs.nr_evicted != num_pages) {
 				ksft_print_msg(
 					"Total number of cached and evicted pages is off.\n");