Re: [PATCH v2] selftests/harness: Prevent infinite loop due to Assert in FIXTURE_TEARDOWN

[Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>]

On 3/26/24 15:13, Shengyu Li wrote:
> This patch addresses an issue in the selftests/harness where an
> assertion within FIXTURE_TEARDOWN could trigger an infinite loop.
> The problem arises because the teardown procedure is meant to
> execute once, but the presence of failing assertions (ASSERT_EQ(0, 1))
> leads to repeated attempts to execute teardown due to
> the long jump mechanism used by the harness for handling assertions.
> 
> To resolve this, the patch ensures that the teardown process
> runs only once, regardless of assertion outcomes, preventing
> the infinite loop and allowing tests to fail.
> 
> A simple test demo(test.c):
>   #include "kselftest_harness.h"
> 
> FIXTURE(f)
> {
> 	int fd;
> };
> 
> FIXTURE_SETUP(f)
> {
> 	self->fd = 0;
> }
> 
> FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(f)
> {
> 	TH_LOG("TEARDOWN");
> 	ASSERT_EQ(0, 1);
> 	self->fd = -1;
> }
> 
> TEST_F(f, open_close)
> {
> 	ASSERT_NE(self->fd, 1);
> }
> 
> TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
> 
> will always output the following output due to a dead loop until timeout:
>   # test.c:15:open_close:TEARDOWN
>   # test.c:16:open_close:Expected 0 (0) == 1 (1)
>   # test.c:15:open_close:TEARDOWN
>   # test.c:16:open_close:Expected 0 (0) == 1 (1)
>   ...
> 
> But here's what we should and expect to get:
>   TAP version 13
>   1..1
>   # Starting 1 tests from 2 test cases.
>   #  RUN           f.open_close ...
>   # test.c:15:open_close:TEARDOWN
>   # test.c:16:open_close:Expected 0 (0) == 1 (1)
>   # open_close: Test terminated by assertion
>   #          FAIL  f.open_close
>   not ok 1 f.open_close
>   # FAILED: 0 / 1 tests passed.
>   # Totals: pass:0 fail:1 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
> 
> also this is related to the issue mentioned in this patch
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-kselftest/patch/e2ba3f8c-80e6-477d-9cea-1c9af820e0ed@alu.unizg.hr/
> 

Adding people who participated in the above thread discussion.
Please try this patch out to see if this fixes the problem
with iommu test.

> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shengyu Li <shengyu.li.evgeny@gmail.com>

Than you for finding and fixing this. Applied now to linux-kselftes fixes
branch for the next rc.

thanks,
-- Shuah