From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
To: Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH v4 1/8] fs/acl: Add ACL_USER_OBJ permissions test
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 13:12:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aiKvHTvjmBjVD5V3@yuki.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f280507d-41d9-4496-a90d-49ecc7fff8dd@linux.ibm.com>
Hi!
> This is an excellent suggestion. This will avoid userspace
> username-to-UID lookups
> and libacl dependency. It simplifies tests while maintaining full
> coverage of kernel
> ACL functionality.
>
> The existing create_file_as() helper already demonstrates the
> fork+setuid pattern
> needed for testing with arbitrary UIDs.
>
> The logic can be:
> - Use setxattr(path, "system.posix_acl_access", buf, size, 0) to set
> ACLs directly
> - Build xattr buffers with raw UID/GID values (no username lookups needed)
> - Fork child processes that call setuid(uid) + setgid(gid) to match ACL
> entries
> - Test file access in child to validate kernel ACL enforcement
>
> Let me know if this approach is acceptable.
Sounds good.
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Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-05 11:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-04 6:54 [LTP] [PATCH v4 0/8] Convert shell-based ACL test (tacl_xattr.sh) to C Sachin Sant
2026-06-04 6:54 ` [LTP] [PATCH v4 1/8] fs/acl: Add ACL_USER_OBJ permissions test Sachin Sant
2026-06-04 7:20 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-06-04 10:31 ` [LTP] [PATCH v4 1/8] " Cyril Hrubis
2026-06-05 6:19 ` Sachin Sant
2026-06-05 11:12 ` Cyril Hrubis [this message]
2026-06-05 9:31 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-06-04 6:54 ` [LTP] [PATCH v2 2/8] fs/acl: Add ACL mask interaction tests Sachin Sant
2026-06-04 6:54 ` [LTP] [PATCH v2 3/8] fs/acl: Add ACL_OTHER permissions test Sachin Sant
2026-06-04 6:54 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 4/8] fs/acl: Add default ACL inheritance test Sachin Sant
2026-06-04 6:54 ` [LTP] [PATCH v2 5/8] fs/acl: Add chmod/chown ACL interaction tests Sachin Sant
2026-06-04 6:54 ` [LTP] [PATCH v4 6/8] fs/acl: Add symlink ACL operations test Sachin Sant
2026-06-04 6:54 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 7/8] fs/acl: Add extended attributes test Sachin Sant
2026-06-04 6:54 ` [LTP] [PATCH v1 8/8] fs/acl: Remove old shell-based ACL test Sachin Sant
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