From: Luis Henriques <luis@igalia.com>
To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>,
Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>,
Chen Linxuan <me@black-desk.cn>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: fuse-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Matt Harvey <mharvey@jumptrading.com>,
kernel-dev@igalia.com, Luis Henriques <luis@igalia.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 7/8] selftests/fuse: add fuse symlink caching test
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 11:39:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904103920.4471-8-luis@igalia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260904103920.4471-1-luis@igalia.com>
This patch adds a simple test that allows to verify that, when resolving a
symlink, user-space is called only the first time when caching is enabled
or, if caching is disabled, every time the symlink resolution is requested.
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis@igalia.com>
---
.../selftests/filesystems/fuse/.gitignore | 1 +
.../selftests/filesystems/fuse/Makefile | 2 +
.../fuse/fuse_symlink_cache_test.c | 167 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 170 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/fuse_symlink_cache_test.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/.gitignore
index f7f3dd345a50..ebfe7133d811 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ fuse_mnt
fusectl_test
write_extend_eof_test
fuse_acl_cache_test
+fuse_symlink_cache_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/Makefile
index 7744f796eb06..3a5a557dde7a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -g $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
TEST_GEN_PROGS := fusectl_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS += write_extend_eof_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS += fuse_acl_cache_test
+TEST_GEN_PROGS += fuse_symlink_cache_test
TEST_GEN_FILES := fuse_mnt
include ../../lib.mk
@@ -28,5 +29,6 @@ $(OUTPUT)/fuse_mnt: CFLAGS += $(VAR_CFLAGS)
$(OUTPUT)/fuse_mnt: LDLIBS += $(VAR_LDLIBS)
$(OUTPUT)/fuse_acl_cache_test: fuse_common.c fuse_acl_cache_test.c
+$(OUTPUT)/fuse_symlink_cache_test: fuse_common.c fuse_symlink_cache_test.c
EXTRA_CLEAN := fuse_common.o
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/fuse_symlink_cache_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/fuse_symlink_cache_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca3c5cdaf578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fuse/fuse_symlink_cache_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Simple filesystem to test FUSE symlink cache
+ *
+ * This is a simple FUSE filesystem that contains two objects: a file named
+ * 'file' and a symlink to that file named 'link'. If symlink caching is
+ * disabled (i.e. FUSE_CAP_CACHE_SYMLINKS is reset during FUSE_INIT), whenever
+ * the ->readlink() is executed to resolve 'link' a counter will be incremented.
+ *
+ * If symlink caching is enabled (i.e. FUSE_CAP_CACHE_SYMLINKS is set during
+ * FUSE_INIT), resolving a symlink will only call into user-space the first
+ * time.
+ */
+
+#define FUSE_USE_VERSION 31
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <fuse_lowlevel.h>
+
+#include "kselftest_harness.h"
+
+#include "fuse_common.h"
+
+#define FILENAME "file"
+#define FILE_INO 42
+
+#define LINKNAME "link"
+#define LINK_INO 43
+
+#define TIMEOUT 86400.0f
+
+struct test_state {
+ pthread_mutex_t lock;
+ bool cache;
+ int readlink_counter;
+} test_state = {
+ .lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
+};
+
+static void fs_init(void *userdata, struct fuse_conn_info *conn)
+{
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&test_state.lock);
+ if (test_state.cache)
+ fuse_set_feature_flag(conn, FUSE_CAP_CACHE_SYMLINKS);
+ else
+ fuse_unset_feature_flag(conn, FUSE_CAP_CACHE_SYMLINKS);
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&test_state.lock);
+}
+
+static void fs_lookup(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t parent, const char *name)
+{
+ struct fuse_entry_param e = {};
+
+ if (parent != FUSE_ROOT_ID ||
+ (!strcmp(name, FILENAME) && !(strcmp(name, LINKNAME))))
+ fuse_reply_err(req, ENOENT);
+ else {
+ if (!strcmp(name, FILENAME)) {
+ e.ino = FILE_INO;
+ e.attr.st_mode = S_IFREG | 0444;
+ e.attr.st_nlink = 2;
+ } else if (!strcmp(name, LINKNAME)) {
+ e.ino = LINK_INO;
+ e.attr.st_mode = S_IFLNK | 0444;
+ e.attr.st_nlink = 1;
+ e.attr.st_size = strlen(FILENAME);
+ } else {
+ e.ino = FUSE_ROOT_ID;
+ e.attr.st_mode = S_IFDIR | 0755;
+ e.attr.st_nlink = 2;
+ }
+ e.attr_timeout = TIMEOUT;
+ e.entry_timeout = TIMEOUT;
+ fuse_reply_entry(req, &e);
+ }
+}
+
+static void fs_readlink(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino)
+{
+ char buf[PATH_MAX];
+ size_t sz = strlen(FILENAME);
+
+ if (ino != LINK_INO) {
+ fuse_reply_err(req, ENOENT);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(buf, FILENAME, sz);
+ buf[sz] = '\0';
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&test_state.lock);
+ test_state.readlink_counter++;
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&test_state.lock);
+
+ fuse_reply_readlink(req, buf);
+}
+
+static const struct fuse_lowlevel_ops fs_ops = {
+ .init = fs_init,
+ .lookup = fs_lookup,
+ .readlink = fs_readlink,
+};
+
+FIXTURE(symlink_cache)
+{
+ struct fuse_session *se;
+ char mountpoint[MOUNTPOINT_SZ];
+ pthread_t thread;
+};
+FIXTURE_VARIANT(symlink_cache)
+{
+ const bool cache;
+};
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(symlink_cache, symlinks_nocache)
+{
+ /* Variant with symlink cache disabled */
+ .cache = false,
+};
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(symlink_cache, symlinks_cache)
+{
+ /* Variant with symlink cache enabled */
+ .cache = true,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(symlink_cache)
+{
+ char err[MAX_ERR_MSG];
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&test_state.lock);
+ test_state.readlink_counter = 0;
+ test_state.cache = variant->cache;
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&test_state.lock);
+
+ if (fs_setup(&self->se, self->mountpoint, &fs_ops, &self->thread, err))
+ SKIP(return, err);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(symlink_cache)
+{
+ fs_teardown(self->se, self->thread, self->mountpoint);
+}
+
+TEST_F(symlink_cache, test_symlink_cache)
+{
+ char pathname[PATH_MAX];
+ char buf[PATH_MAX];
+ ssize_t sz;
+ int counter;
+ int i;
+
+ sprintf(pathname, "%s/%s", self->mountpoint, LINKNAME);
+ for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+ sz = readlink(pathname, buf, PATH_MAX);
+ ASSERT_NE(sz, -1);
+ }
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&test_state.lock);
+ counter = test_state.readlink_counter;
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&test_state.lock);
+
+ if (variant->cache) {
+ ASSERT_EQ(counter, 1);
+ } else {
+ ASSERT_EQ(counter, 100);
+ }
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-04 10:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-04 10:39 [RFC PATCH v3 0/8] fuse: caches documentation and testing Luis Henriques
2026-09-04 10:39 ` [RFC PATCH v3 1/8] Documentation: fuse: add document on caches being used by FUSE Luis Henriques
2026-09-05 21:04 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-09-07 10:38 ` Luis Henriques
2026-09-04 10:39 ` [RFC PATCH v3 2/8] selftests/fuse: convert fusectl test to fuse3 Luis Henriques
2026-09-04 10:39 ` [RFC PATCH v3 3/8] selftests/fuse: check that fusectlfs is mounted Luis Henriques
2026-09-05 13:59 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-09-04 10:39 ` [RFC PATCH v3 4/8] selftests/fuse: factor-out test fixture setup/teardown Luis Henriques
2026-09-05 12:45 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-09-07 10:44 ` Luis Henriques
2026-09-07 11:38 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-09-04 10:39 ` [RFC PATCH v3 5/8] selftests/fuse: use dynamically allocated memory to store ACLs Luis Henriques
2026-09-05 14:00 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-09-04 10:39 ` [RFC PATCH v3 6/8] selftests/fuse: add some extra ACL caching tests Luis Henriques
2026-09-05 12:38 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-09-07 10:48 ` Luis Henriques
2026-09-04 10:39 ` Luis Henriques [this message]
2026-09-05 12:32 ` [RFC PATCH v3 7/8] selftests/fuse: add fuse symlink caching test Amir Goldstein
2026-09-07 10:58 ` Luis Henriques
2026-09-04 10:39 ` [RFC PATCH v3 8/8] selftests/fuse: add fuse readdir " Luis Henriques
2026-09-05 14:11 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-09-07 10:55 ` Luis Henriques
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