From: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
To: Jan Polensky <japo@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Linux Test Project <ltp@lists.linux.it>
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH v2 2/2] setxattr02: Adapt test for kernel 7.1.0+ socket xattr support
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:56:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260316075637.GA283115@pevik> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260314151304.82136-3-japo@linux.ibm.com>
Hi Jan,
> Starting with kernel 7.1.0, sockets support extended attributes in the
> user.* namespace. This behavior was enabled by dc0876b9846d ("xattr:
> support extended attributes on sockets"), which permits user.* xattrs on
> S_IFSOCK inodes (previously rejected with -EPERM).
> Adapts the test to expect success (exp_err = 0) instead of EPERM when
> testing setxattr(2) on sockets with kernel 7.1.0+.
> Signed-off-by: Jan Polensky <japo@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c
> index 9f5f998da9ba..c905f42dbb9e 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
> * - EPERM - set attribute to a FIFO
> * - EPERM - set attribute to a char special file
> * - EPERM - set attribute to a block special file
> - * - EPERM - set attribute to a UNIX domain socket
> + * - EPERM/SUCCEED - set attribute to a UNIX domain socket (commit dc0876b9846d)
> */
> #include "config.h"
> @@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ static void verify_setxattr(unsigned int i)
> if (TST_RET == -1 && TST_ERR == EOPNOTSUPP)
> tst_brk(TCONF, "setxattr(2) not supported");
> + /* consider kernels with commit dc0876b9846d */
> + if ((tst_kvercmp(7, 1, 0) >= 0) && (strncmp(tc[i].fname, SOCK, strlen(SOCK)) == 0))
> + tc[i].exp_err = 0;
I'm sorry I haven't pointed out it on v1.
1) Kernel detection should be in the setup function (otherwise kernel detection
is done 7x, but needed only 1x, and when run more times with -i1000 it's even
more time wasted), result stored into static variable, see:
testcases/kernel/syscalls/userfaultfd/userfaultfd01.c
2) While checking file name works, we usually try to somehow move the check into
struct test_case.
testcases/kernel/syscalls/finit_module/finit_module02.c
function pointer to in the test struct, function fixes the errno, code run in
the setup.
In this case when a single case requires it, I would combine these 2 approaches:
1) detect kver in the setup
#define BEFORE_7_1 1
#define AFTER_7_1 2
static int kver;
static void setup(void)
{
...
if (tst_kvercmp(7, 1, 0) >= 0)
kver = AFTER_7_1;
else
kver = BEFORE_7_1;
}
2) custom function
struct test_case {
...
void (*fix_errno)(struct test_case *tc);
};
static void fix_sock(struct tcase *tc)
{
/* dc0876b9846d ("xattr: support extended attributes on sockets") */
if (kver == AFTER_7_1)
tc[i].exp_err = 0;
}
static void verify_setxattr(unsigned int i)
{
if (tc[i].fix_errno)
tc[i].fix_errno(&tc[i]);
...
}
Also, it helps reviewing when your cover letter contains changelog.
On single patch it can be added under --- (so that it's not part of the commit
message.
Kind regards,
Petr
> +
> /* success */
> if (!tc[i].exp_err) {
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-16 7:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-14 15:13 [LTP] [PATCH v2 0/2] LTP: adjust socket xattr tests for kernel 7.1.0+ Jan Polensky
2026-03-14 15:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH v2 1/2] fsetxattr02: Adapt test for kernel 7.1.0+ socket xattr support Jan Polensky
2026-03-14 15:13 ` [LTP] [PATCH v2 2/2] setxattr02: " Jan Polensky
2026-03-16 7:56 ` Petr Vorel [this message]
2026-03-16 9:07 ` Jan Polensky
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