Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/audit: Convert powerpc to AUDIT_ARCH_COMPAT_GENERIC

[Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>]

On 03/07/26 4:19 am, Ricardo Robaina wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 10:28 AM Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM Venkat Rao Bagalkote
>>> <venkat88@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>> Current remaining issue:
>>>>
>>>> 1. amcast_joinpart
>>>> ------------------
>>>> Still fails due to a missing Perl dependency:
>>>>
>>>>       Can't locate Socket/Netlink.pm in @INC
>>>>
>>>> I searched the configured repositories and could not find a package
>>>> providing Socket::Netlink / Socket/Netlink.pm on this EL10 ppc64le system.
>>>>
>>>> Latest run summary:
>>>>
>>>> amcast_joinpart/test ................. Can't locate Socket/Netlink.pm in
>>>> @INC (you may need to install the Socket::Netlink module) (@INC entries
>>>> checked: /usr/local/lib64/perl5/5.40 /usr/local/share/perl5/5.40
>>>> /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl
>>>> /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 .) at amcast_joinpart/test line 10.
>>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at amcast_joinpart/test line 10.
>>>> amcast_joinpart/test ................. Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat
>>>> 512, 0x200)
>>>> Failed 7/7 subtests
>>>> backlog_wait_time_actual_reset/test .. ok
>>>> bpf/test ............................. ok
>>>> exec_execve/test ..................... ok
>>>> exec_name/test ....................... ok
>>>> fanotify/test ........................ ok
>>>> field_compare/test ................... ok
>>>> file_create/test ..................... ok
>>>> file_delete/test ..................... ok
>>>> file_permission/test ................. ok
>>>> file_rename/test ..................... ok
>>>> filter_exclude/test .................. ok
>>>> filter_exit/test ..................... ok
>>>> filter_saddr_fam/test ................ ok
>>>> filter_sessionid/test ................ ok
>>>> io_uring/test ........................ ok
>>>> login_tty/test ....................... ok
>>>> lost_reset/test ...................... ok
>>>> netfilter_pkt/test ................... ok
>>>> signal/test .......................... ok
>>>> syscalls_file/test ................... ok
>>>> syscall_module/test .................. ok
>>>> time_change/test ..................... ok
>>>> user_msg/test ........................ ok
>>>>
>>>> All tests now pass except amcast_joinpart, which is blocked by the
>>>> missing Socket::Netlink Perl module.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if there is a recommended package source for
>>>> Socket::Netlink on EL10 ppc64le.
>>> Thanks for following up on this Venkat.
>>>
>>> I'm adding your colleague Ricardo from the RH side of the house.
>>> Ricardo is very familiar with audit and should be able to help you
>>> with missing RHEL packages.
>> Thanks for looping me in,  Paul!
>>
>> Venkat, unfortunately, perl-Socket-Netlink is not packaged for RHEL-10
>> ppc64le. An alternative is to use CPAN[1] to install the
>> Socket::Netlink Perl module.
>>
>>   # dnf install cpan
>>   # cpan App::cpanminus
>>   # cpanm Socket::Netlink
>>
>> I'll reserve a ppc64le machine and run the tests locally as well. I'll
>> share the results shortly.
>>
>> [1] https://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html
>>
Thanks for the RPM's Ricardo.

I installed the missing dependencies (netcat, iptables, ip6tables) and 
rebuilt the kernel with arp_tables available as a module. I also 
installed Socket::Netlink using:

     cpanm --mirror https://cpan.metacpan.org --mirror-only Socket::Netlink

After these changes, I reran audit-testsuite and all tests are now passing:

     Files=24, Tests=279

     Result: PASS


amcast_joinpart/test ................. ok
backlog_wait_time_actual_reset/test .. ok
bpf/test ............................. ok
exec_execve/test ..................... ok
exec_name/test ....................... ok
fanotify/test ........................ ok
field_compare/test ................... ok
file_create/test ..................... ok
file_delete/test ..................... ok
file_permission/test ................. ok
file_rename/test ..................... ok
filter_exclude/test .................. ok
filter_exit/test ..................... ok
filter_saddr_fam/test ................ ok
filter_sessionid/test ................ ok
io_uring/test ........................ ok
login_tty/test ....................... ok
lost_reset/test ...................... ok
netfilter_pkt/test ................... ok
signal/test .......................... ok
syscalls_file/test ................... ok
syscall_module/test .................. ok
time_change/test ..................... ok
user_msg/test ........................ ok


Paul/Christophe/Maddy,

Hope we are good now. Please let me know, if anything else needs to be done.


Regards,

Venkat.

>>> --
>>> paul-moore.com
>>>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I built an RHEL-10 kernel with the patch applied and verified that
> audit-testsuite passes successfully on a ppc64le machine. Please find
> the logs below:
>
> Tested-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
>
> ---
> # uname -m
> ppc64le
>
> # uname -r
> 6.12.0-245.test.el10.ppc64le
>
> # make test
> ...
> chmod +x */test
> Running as   user    root
>          with context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
>          on   system  RHEL10
>
> amcast_joinpart/test ................. ok
> backlog_wait_time_actual_reset/test .. ok
> bpf/test ............................. ok
> coredump/test ........................ ok
> exec_execve/test ..................... ok
> exec_name/test ....................... ok
> fanotify/test ........................ ok
> field_compare/test ................... ok
> file_create/test ..................... ok
> file_delete/test ..................... ok
> file_permission/test ................. ok
> file_rename/test ..................... ok
> filter_device/test ................... ok
> filter_exclude/test .................. ok
> filter_exit/test ..................... ok
> filter_inode/test .................... ok
> filter_saddr_fam/test ................ ok
> filter_sessionid/test ................ ok
> io_uring/test ........................ ok
> login_tty/test ....................... ok
> lost_reset/test ...................... ok
> netfilter_pkt/test ................... ok
> signal/test .......................... ok
> syscalls_file/test ................... ok
> syscall_module/test .................. ok
> time_change/test ..................... ok
> user_msg/test ........................ ok
> All tests successful.
> Files=27, Tests=300, 252 wallclock secs ( 0.12 usr  0.01 sys + 54.34
> cusr  1.38 csys = 55.85 CPU)
> Result: PASS
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/rrobaina/audit-testsuite/tests'
> ---
>
> I hope it helps!
> -Ricardo
>
>