From: "André Almeida" <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
willy@infradead.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@gmail.com>,
andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com, arnaldo.melo@gmail.com,
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-dev@igalia.com,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"André Almeida" <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:23:05 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260827-tonyk-long_name-v5-6-5fa843782a00@igalia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260827-tonyk-long_name-v5-0-5fa843782a00@igalia.com>
Add tests for the new interface to set and get long thread names. The
kernel should accept the LONG_NAME and returning it accordingly. For the
old PR_GET_NAME interface, the kernel should truncate the name up to 16
chars. /proc/<task>/comm should return the same string ad PR_GET_NAME.
Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c
index 3f7b146d36df..951319d60656 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@
#include "kselftest_harness.h"
+#ifndef PR_SET_EXT_NAME
+# define PR_SET_EXT_NAME 17
+# define PR_GET_EXT_NAME 18
+#endif
+
#define CHANGE_NAME "changename"
+#define LONG_NAME "change_to_very_long_extended_name"
+#define LONG_NAME_CAP "change_to_very_"
#define EMPTY_NAME ""
#define TASK_COMM_LEN 16
+#define TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN 64
#define MAX_PATH_LEN 50
int set_name(char *name)
@@ -25,6 +33,17 @@ int set_name(char *name)
return res;
}
+int set_ext_name(char *name)
+{
+ int res;
+
+ res = prctl(PR_SET_EXT_NAME, name, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+ if (res < 0)
+ return -errno;
+ return res;
+}
+
int check_is_name_correct(char *check_name)
{
char name[TASK_COMM_LEN];
@@ -38,6 +57,19 @@ int check_is_name_correct(char *check_name)
return !strcmp(name, check_name);
}
+int check_is_ext_name_correct(char *check_name)
+{
+ char name[TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN];
+ int res;
+
+ res = prctl(PR_GET_EXT_NAME, name, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+ if (res < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ return !strcmp(name, check_name);
+}
+
int check_null_pointer(char *check_name)
{
char *name = NULL;
@@ -82,6 +114,11 @@ TEST(rename_process) {
EXPECT_GE(set_name(CHANGE_NAME), 0);
EXPECT_TRUE(check_is_name_correct(CHANGE_NAME));
+ EXPECT_GE(set_ext_name(LONG_NAME), 0);
+ EXPECT_TRUE(check_is_ext_name_correct(LONG_NAME));
+ EXPECT_TRUE(check_is_name_correct(LONG_NAME_CAP));
+ EXPECT_TRUE(check_name());
+
EXPECT_GE(set_name(EMPTY_NAME), 0);
EXPECT_TRUE(check_is_name_correct(EMPTY_NAME));
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-27 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-27 18:22 [PATCH v5 0/6] sched: Add support for long task name André Almeida
2026-08-27 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] treewide: Get rid of get_task_comm() André Almeida
2026-08-27 18:40 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-27 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] treewide: Replace memcpy(..., current->comm) with copy_task_comm() André Almeida
2026-08-27 18:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-27 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] lib/string_kunit: Add test for copy_task_comm() André Almeida
2026-08-27 18:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-27 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] sched: Extend task command name with TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN André Almeida
2026-08-27 19:05 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-27 18:23 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] prctl: Add support for long user thread names André Almeida
2026-08-27 19:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-27 18:23 ` André Almeida [this message]
2026-08-27 19:14 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long " sashiko-bot
2026-08-30 21:24 ` kernel test robot
2026-08-30 22:55 ` kernel test robot
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