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From: Darren Chang via ltp <ltp@lists.linux.it>
To: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH v3] syscalls/xattr: Add runtime probe for socket xattr backports
Date: Mon,  1 Jun 2026 16:53:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601165331.4077251-1-chihsheng@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260601101302.3858362-1-chihsheng@google.com>

Upstream commit dc0876b9846d ("xattr: support extended attributes on
sockets") was merged in v7.1. Currently, setxattr02 and fsetxattr02
strictly expect EPERM for sockets on kernels < 7.1.

However, downstream kernels (e.g., Android mainline branches) often
backport this feature to older kernel versions (such as 7.0). On
these kernels, the strict version check causes a false positive failure:
"passed unexpectedly".

This patch introduces a runtime probe in setup() for both tests to
detect if older kernels have the backported feature. If the xattr
syscalls succeed on a socket during setup, we assume the patch is
present and adjust the expected result to pass.

Signed-off-by: Darren Chang <chihsheng@google.com>
---
 .../kernel/syscalls/fsetxattr/fsetxattr02.c   | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c     | 14 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fsetxattr/fsetxattr02.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fsetxattr/fsetxattr02.c
index 2a48b7da7..1b4f8e819 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fsetxattr/fsetxattr02.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fsetxattr/fsetxattr02.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ static void verify_fsetxattr(unsigned int i)
 static void setup(void)
 {
 	size_t i = 0;
+	int socket_idx = -1;
 	struct sockaddr_un sun;
 
 	dev_t dev = makedev(1, 3);
@@ -245,6 +246,31 @@ static void setup(void)
 	}
 
 	socket_xattr_supported = tst_kvercmp(7, 1, 0) >= 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Commit dc0876b9846d "xattr: support extended attributes on sockets"
+	 * merged in 7.1 mainline, but might be backported.
+	 * Try to set xattr on socket to detect support.
+	 */
+	if (!socket_xattr_supported) {
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tc); i++) {
+			if (tc[i].issocket) {
+				socket_idx = i;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (socket_idx != -1) {
+			if (fsetxattr(tc[socket_idx].fd, tc[socket_idx].key,
+				      tc[socket_idx].value, tc[socket_idx].size,
+				      tc[socket_idx].flags) == 0) {
+				tst_res(TINFO, "Socket xattr support detected (backport)");
+				socket_xattr_supported = true;
+
+				SAFE_FREMOVEXATTR(tc[socket_idx].fd, tc[socket_idx].key);
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static void cleanup(void)
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c
index 994ab655d..167e068cf 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c
@@ -196,6 +196,20 @@ static void setup(void)
 	SAFE_MKNOD(SOCK, S_IFSOCK | 0777, 0);
 
 	socket_xattr_supported = tst_kvercmp(7, 1, 0) >= 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Commit dc0876b9846d "xattr: support extended attributes on sockets"
+	 * merged in 7.1 mainline, but might be backported.
+	 * Try to set xattr on socket to detect support.
+	 */
+	if (!socket_xattr_supported) {
+		if (setxattr(SOCK, XATTR_TEST_KEY, XATTR_TEST_VALUE,
+			     XATTR_TEST_VALUE_SIZE, XATTR_CREATE) == 0) {
+			tst_res(TINFO, "Socket xattr support detected (backport)");
+			socket_xattr_supported = true;
+			SAFE_REMOVEXATTR(SOCK, XATTR_TEST_KEY);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static struct tst_test test = {
-- 
2.54.0.1013.g208068f2d8-goog


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-01 16:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-01 10:13 [LTP] [PATCH] syscalls/xattr: Add runtime probe for socket xattr backports Darren Chang via ltp
2026-06-01 13:35 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-06-01 15:14 ` [LTP] [PATCH v2] " Darren Chang via ltp
2026-06-01 16:03   ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-06-01 16:53 ` Darren Chang via ltp [this message]
2026-06-01 20:26   ` linuxtestproject.agent
2026-06-02  1:07   ` [LTP] [PATCH v4] " Darren Chang via ltp
2026-06-02  4:06     ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-06-03 10:34     ` [LTP] [PATCH v4] " Cyril Hrubis

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