From: lepillai@linux.ibm.com
To: ltp@lists.linux.it
Cc: lekshmi-cpillai <lekshmi@ktes.isst.tadn.ibm.com>
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH] Added new_behavior flag to detect kernel version Kernel >= 6.11: Tests that creat() succeeds (write to executed file allowed)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 05:33:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408053355.3816672-1-lepillai@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
From: lekshmi-cpillai <lekshmi@ktes.isst.tadn.ibm.com>
---
testcases/kernel/syscalls/creat/creat07.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/creat/creat07.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/creat/creat07.c
index c7b85ee69..762022301 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/creat/creat07.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/creat/creat07.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
#define TEST_APP "creat07_child"
+static int new_behavior;
+
static void verify_creat(void)
{
pid_t pid;
@@ -33,16 +35,26 @@ static void verify_creat(void)
TEST(creat(TEST_APP, O_WRONLY));
- if (TST_RET != -1) {
- tst_res(TFAIL, "creat() succeeded unexpectedly");
- return;
+ if (new_behavior) {
+ /* Kernel >= 6.11: write to executed file is allowed */
+ if (TST_RET != -1) {
+ SAFE_CLOSE(TST_RET);
+ tst_res(TPASS, "creat() succeeded as expected (new behavior)");
+ } else {
+ tst_res(TFAIL | TTERRNO, "creat() failed unexpectedly");
+ }
+ } else {
+ /* Kernel < 6.11: write to executed file returns ETXTBSY */
+ if (TST_RET != -1) {
+ tst_res(TFAIL, "creat() succeeded unexpectedly");
+ SAFE_CLOSE(TST_RET);
+ } else if (TST_ERR == ETXTBSY) {
+ tst_res(TPASS, "creat() received ETXTBSY");
+ } else {
+ tst_res(TFAIL | TTERRNO, "creat() failed unexpectedly");
+ }
}
- if (TST_ERR == ETXTBSY)
- tst_res(TPASS, "creat() received EXTBSY");
- else
- tst_res(TFAIL | TTERRNO, "creat() failed unexpectedly");
-
SAFE_KILL(pid, SIGKILL);
SAFE_WAITPID(pid, NULL, 0);
}
@@ -50,9 +62,13 @@ static void verify_creat(void)
static void setup(void)
{
if ((tst_kvercmp(6, 11, 0)) >= 0) {
- tst_brk(TCONF, "Skipping test, write to executed file is "
- "allowed since 6.11-rc1.\n"
- "2a010c412853 (\"fs: don't block i_writecount during exec\")");
+ new_behavior = 1;
+ tst_res(TINFO, "Testing new behavior: write to executed file is "
+ "allowed since 6.11-rc1 (2a010c412853)");
+ } else {
+ new_behavior = 0;
+ tst_res(TINFO, "Testing old behavior: write to executed file "
+ "returns ETXTBSY");
}
}
--
2.39.1
--
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2026-04-08 5:33 lepillai [this message]
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2026-04-08 5:36 [LTP] [PATCH] Added new_behavior flag to detect kernel version Kernel >= 6.11: Tests that creat() succeeds (write to executed file allowed) lepillai
2026-04-08 10:10 ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-04-21 5:02 ` lepillai
2026-04-28 8:46 ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
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