From: Stephen Bertram via ltp <ltp@lists.linux.it>
To: ltp@lists.linux.it
Cc: Stephen Bertram <sbertram@redhat.com>, fdarocha@redhat.com
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH v5] semctl01: tolerate SEM_STAT races under parallel LTP runs
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:55:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260721135530.2882066-1-sbertram@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260720235649.2783420-1-sbertram@redhat.com>
When multiple LTP workers run IPC tests concurrently, SEM_STAT can fail
with EIDRM/EINVAL because the index from IPC_INFO can disappear before
SEM_STAT runs. Retry a few times instead of treating that as TBROK.
The test remains single-threaded; shared globals are intentional.
Test: ./kirk -w 4 -f syscalls_32 -p semctl01 -i 1000
Results summary before:
runtime: 997.690s
passed 415980
failed 0
broken 10
skipped 0
warnings 0
Results summary after:
runtime: 998.593s
passed 416000
failed 0
broken 0
skipped 0
warnings 0
Assisted-by: Cursor
Signed-off-by: Stephen Bertram <sbertram@redhat.com>
---
testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c | 84 +++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c
index 5bd675ab6..c0e9e8f41 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
#define SEMUN_CAST (union semun)
static int sem_id = -1;
-static int sem_index;
static struct semid_ds buf;
static struct seminfo ipc_buf;
static unsigned short array[PSEMS];
@@ -211,10 +210,8 @@ static void func_rmid(void)
static void func_iinfo(int hidx)
{
if (hidx >= 0) {
- sem_index = hidx;
tst_res(TPASS, "the highest index is correct");
} else {
- sem_index = 0;
tst_res(TFAIL, "the highest index is incorrect");
}
}
@@ -236,28 +233,51 @@ static void func_sstat(int semidx)
}
static struct tcases {
- int *semid;
int semnum;
int cmd;
void (*func_test) ();
union semun arg;
void (*func_setup) ();
} tests[] = {
- {&sem_id, 0, IPC_STAT, func_stat, SEMUN_CAST & buf, NULL},
- {&sem_id, 0, IPC_SET, func_set, SEMUN_CAST & buf, set_setup},
- {&sem_id, 0, GETALL, func_gall, SEMUN_CAST array, NULL},
- {&sem_id, 4, GETNCNT, func_cnt, SEMUN_CAST & buf, cnt_setup},
- {&sem_id, 2, GETPID, func_pid, SEMUN_CAST & buf, pid_setup},
- {&sem_id, 2, GETVAL, func_gval, SEMUN_CAST & buf, NULL},
- {&sem_id, 4, GETZCNT, func_cnt, SEMUN_CAST & buf, cnt_setup},
- {&sem_id, 0, SETALL, func_sall, SEMUN_CAST array, sall_setup},
- {&sem_id, 4, SETVAL, func_sval, SEMUN_CAST INCVAL, NULL},
- {&sem_id, 0, IPC_INFO, func_iinfo, SEMUN_CAST & ipc_buf, NULL},
- {&sem_id, 0, SEM_INFO, func_sinfo, SEMUN_CAST & ipc_buf, NULL},
- {&sem_index, 0, SEM_STAT, func_sstat, SEMUN_CAST & buf, NULL},
- {&sem_id, 0, IPC_RMID, func_rmid, SEMUN_CAST & buf, NULL},
+ {0, IPC_STAT, func_stat, SEMUN_CAST & buf, NULL},
+ {0, IPC_SET, func_set, SEMUN_CAST & buf, set_setup},
+ {0, GETALL, func_gall, SEMUN_CAST array, NULL},
+ {4, GETNCNT, func_cnt, SEMUN_CAST & buf, cnt_setup},
+ {2, GETPID, func_pid, SEMUN_CAST & buf, pid_setup},
+ {2, GETVAL, func_gval, SEMUN_CAST & buf, NULL},
+ {4, GETZCNT, func_cnt, SEMUN_CAST & buf, cnt_setup},
+ {0, SETALL, func_sall, SEMUN_CAST array, sall_setup},
+ {4, SETVAL, func_sval, SEMUN_CAST INCVAL, NULL},
+ {0, IPC_INFO, func_iinfo, SEMUN_CAST & ipc_buf, NULL},
+ {0, SEM_INFO, func_sinfo, SEMUN_CAST & ipc_buf, NULL},
+ {0, SEM_STAT, func_sstat, SEMUN_CAST & buf, NULL},
+ {0, IPC_RMID, func_rmid, SEMUN_CAST & buf, NULL},
};
+/*
+ * SEM_STAT takes an ipc idr index. Under parallel IPC tests that index can
+ * vanish between IPC_INFO and SEM_STAT (EIDRM/EINVAL). Refresh and retry.
+ */
+static int do_sem_stat(union semun arg)
+{
+ int idx;
+ unsigned int retries = 5;
+
+ do {
+ int info_id = 0;
+
+ idx = SAFE_SEMCTL(info_id, 0, IPC_INFO, (union semun)&ipc_buf);
+ TEST(semctl(idx, 0, SEM_STAT, arg));
+ if (TST_RET >= 0)
+ return TST_RET;
+ if (TST_ERR != EIDRM && TST_ERR != EINVAL)
+ tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "semctl(SEM_STAT)");
+ } while (--retries);
+
+ tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "semctl(SEM_STAT) still failing after retries");
+ return -1;
+}
+
static void verify_semctl(unsigned int n)
{
struct tcases *tc = &tests[n];
@@ -265,6 +285,7 @@ static void verify_semctl(unsigned int n)
if (sem_id == -1)
sem_id = SAFE_SEMGET(IPC_PRIVATE, PSEMS, IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | SEM_RA);
+
if (tc->func_setup) {
switch (tc->cmd) {
case GETNCNT:
@@ -279,21 +300,24 @@ static void verify_semctl(unsigned int n)
}
}
- rval = SAFE_SEMCTL(*(tc->semid), tc->semnum, tc->cmd, tc->arg);
- switch (tc->cmd) {
- case GETNCNT:
- case GETZCNT:
- case GETPID:
- case GETVAL:
- case IPC_INFO:
- case SEM_STAT:
+ if (tc->cmd == SEM_STAT) {
+ rval = do_sem_stat(tc->arg);
tc->func_test(rval);
- break;
- default:
- tc->func_test();
- break;
+ } else {
+ rval = SAFE_SEMCTL(sem_id, tc->semnum, tc->cmd, tc->arg);
+ switch (tc->cmd) {
+ case GETNCNT:
+ case GETZCNT:
+ case GETPID:
+ case GETVAL:
+ case IPC_INFO:
+ tc->func_test(rval);
+ break;
+ default:
+ tc->func_test();
+ break;
+ }
}
-
if (tc->cmd == GETNCNT || tc->cmd == GETZCNT)
kill_all_children();
}
--
2.55.0
--
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-14 16:49 [LTP] [PATCH v2] semctl: updates for multi worker testing Stephen Bertram via ltp
2026-04-14 17:15 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-07-20 22:49 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3] semctl01: tolerate SEM_STAT races under parallel LTP runs Stephen Bertram via ltp
2026-07-20 23:13 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-07-20 23:56 ` [LTP] [PATCH v4] " Stephen Bertram via ltp
2026-07-21 2:38 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-07-21 13:55 ` Stephen Bertram via ltp [this message]
2026-07-21 14:40 ` linuxtestproject.agent
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