From: Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
To: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH v8 5/8] fs/acl: Add chmod/chown ACL interaction tests
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:35:40 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260613090543.78643-6-sachinp@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260613090543.78643-1-sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
Add acl_file_ops01 test to verify that standard file operations
(chmod, chown) interact correctly with POSIX ACLs using direct
xattr manipulation.
Test coverage:
- chmod updates ACL_USER_OBJ, ACL_GROUP_OBJ, and ACL_OTHER entries
- chown changes file owner/group without affecting ACL permissions
- ACL permissions are preserved after ownership changes
The test uses arbitrary UIDs without creating actual users, testing
only the kernel ACL implementation. It runs on ext2/ext3/ext4 (with
acl mount option), XFS, and Btrfs filesystems.
Suggested-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
---
V8 changes:
- Use RST manpage documentation format for syscalls
- remove forks_child since it is not required.
- v7 link https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20260612171930.11964-1-sachinp@linux.ibm.com/T/#t
V7 changes:
- No change
V6 changes:
- Added HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H guard
- Removed redundant error checking, relying on library functions
- Updated algorithm documentation with correct format
- v5 link https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20260608092200.92827-1-sachinp@linux.ibm.com/T/#t
V5 changes:
- Switch to kernel only test validation to remove dependency on libacl
and useradd/del commands.
- v3 link https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20260604065417.25924-1-sachinp@linux.ibm.com/T/#t
V4 changes:
- No change
V3 changes:
- Updated copyright header as per LTP format.
- v1 link https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20260602121958.27494-1-sachinp@linux.ibm.com/T/#t
V2 changes:
- No change
V1 changes:
- Use HAVE_LIBACL guards in .c code
- Report TCONF when libacl is not available
- rfc link https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/477836fd-80c8-4168-bfe6-00b374bb2534@linux.ibm.com/T/#t
---
runtest/fs | 1 +
testcases/kernel/fs/acl/.gitignore | 1 +
testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_file_ops01.c | 256 +++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 258 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_file_ops01.c
diff --git a/runtest/fs b/runtest/fs
index fd295edc7..f1eea055b 100644
--- a/runtest/fs
+++ b/runtest/fs
@@ -93,3 +93,4 @@ acl_user_obj01 acl_user_obj01
acl_mask01 acl_mask01
acl_other01 acl_other01
acl_inherit01 acl_inherit01
+acl_file_ops01 acl_file_ops01
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/fs/acl/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/fs/acl/.gitignore
index bc03ba1fd..eb4b4a227 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/fs/acl/.gitignore
+++ b/testcases/kernel/fs/acl/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
/acl_mask01
/acl_other01
/acl_inherit01
+/acl_file_ops01
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_file_ops01.c b/testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_file_ops01.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..323090497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_file_ops01.c
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 IBM
+ *
+ * Original shell test by Kai Zhao (ltcd3@cn.ibm.com)
+ * Converted to C by Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
+ */
+
+/*\
+ * Test :manpage:`chmod(2)` and :manpage:`chown(2)` interaction
+ * with ACLs using direct xattr manipulation.
+ *
+ * Verify that standard file operations interact correctly
+ * with ACLs:
+ * - :manpage:`chmod(2)` should update ACL_USER_OBJ, ACL_GROUP_OBJ,
+ * and ACL_OTHER entries
+ * - :manpage:`chown(2)` should change file owner/group without
+ * affecting ACL entries
+ * - ACL permissions should be preserved after ownership changes
+ *
+ * This test uses arbitrary UIDs without creating actual users, testing
+ * only the kernel ACL implementation.
+ *
+ * [Algorithm]
+ *
+ * Test 1 - :manpage:`chmod(2)` interaction:
+ * - Create file with read-only ACL entries
+ * - Use :manpage:`chmod(2)` to set permissions to 0777
+ * - Verify ACL entries are updated to rwx for user, group, and other
+ *
+ * Test 2 - :manpage:`chown(2)` interaction:
+ * - Create file with specific ACL entries (rw for user, r for group/other)
+ * - Use :manpage:`chown(2)` to change owner and group
+ * - Verify ownership changed correctly
+ * - Verify ACL entries preserved their permissions after
+ * :manpage:`chown(2)`
+ */
+
+#include "acl_lib.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H
+
+#define TEST_UID 1000
+#define TEST_GID 1000
+#define USER2_UID 2000
+#define USER2_GID 2000
+
+/*
+ * Test chmod interaction with ACLs.
+ * chmod should update ACL_USER_OBJ, ACL_GROUP_OBJ, and ACL_OTHER.
+ */
+static void test_chmod_acl(void)
+{
+ struct acl *acl;
+ int fd = -1;
+ int user_ok = 0, group_ok = 0, other_ok = 0;
+
+ tst_res(TINFO, "Testing chmod interaction with ACLs");
+ reset_test_path();
+
+ fd = SAFE_OPEN(TESTFILE, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, 0644);
+ SAFE_CLOSE(fd);
+
+ acl = acl_init();
+
+ acl_add_entry(acl, ACL_USER_OBJ, ACL_READ, 0);
+ acl_add_entry(acl, ACL_GROUP_OBJ, ACL_READ, 0);
+ acl_add_entry(acl, ACL_OTHER, ACL_READ, 0);
+
+ if (acl_set_file(TESTFILE, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl) < 0) {
+ if (errno == EOPNOTSUPP) {
+ acl_free(acl);
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ tst_brk(TCONF | TERRNO, "ACL not supported");
+ }
+ acl_free(acl);
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "ACL setup failed");
+ }
+
+ acl_free(acl);
+
+ SAFE_CHMOD(TESTFILE, 0777);
+
+ acl = acl_get_file(TESTFILE, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+ if (!acl) {
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "acl_get_file failed");
+ }
+
+ /* Check if all entries have rwx permissions */
+ for (int i = 0; i < acl->count; i++) {
+ struct acl_entry *entry = &acl->entries[i];
+
+ if (entry->tag == ACL_USER_OBJ) {
+ if (acl_entry_has_rwx(entry))
+ user_ok = 1;
+ } else if (entry->tag == ACL_GROUP_OBJ) {
+ if (acl_entry_has_rwx(entry))
+ group_ok = 1;
+ } else if (entry->tag == ACL_OTHER) {
+ if (acl_entry_has_rwx(entry))
+ other_ok = 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ acl_free(acl);
+ cleanup_testfile();
+
+ if (user_ok && group_ok && other_ok)
+ tst_res(TPASS, "chmod correctly updated ACL entries");
+ else
+ tst_res(TFAIL, "chmod did not update ACL entries correctly");
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test chown interaction with ACLs.
+ * chown should change file owner and group without affecting ACL entries.
+ */
+static void test_chown_acl(void)
+{
+ struct acl *acl;
+ struct stat st;
+ int fd = -1;
+ int found_user_obj = 0, found_group_obj = 0, found_other = 0;
+
+ tst_res(TINFO, "Testing chown interaction with ACLs");
+ reset_test_path();
+
+ fd = SAFE_OPEN(TESTFILE, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, 0644);
+ SAFE_CLOSE(fd);
+
+ acl = acl_init();
+
+ acl_add_entry(acl, ACL_USER_OBJ, ACL_READ | ACL_WRITE, 0);
+ acl_add_entry(acl, ACL_GROUP_OBJ, ACL_READ, 0);
+ acl_add_entry(acl, ACL_OTHER, ACL_READ, 0);
+
+ if (acl_set_file(TESTFILE, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, acl) < 0) {
+ acl_free(acl);
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ if (errno == EOPNOTSUPP)
+ tst_brk(TCONF | TERRNO, "ACL not supported");
+ tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "acl_set_file failed");
+ }
+
+ acl_free(acl);
+
+ SAFE_CHOWN(TESTFILE, USER2_UID, USER2_GID);
+
+ SAFE_STAT(TESTFILE, &st);
+
+ if (st.st_uid != USER2_UID || st.st_gid != USER2_GID) {
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ tst_res(TFAIL, "chown did not change owner/group correctly");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* Verify ACL entries are preserved after chown */
+ acl = acl_get_file(TESTFILE, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS);
+ if (!acl) {
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "acl_get_file failed");
+ }
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < acl->count; i++) {
+ struct acl_entry *entry = &acl->entries[i];
+
+ if (entry->tag == ACL_USER_OBJ) {
+ found_user_obj = 1;
+ if (!acl_entry_has_perm(entry, ACL_READ) ||
+ !acl_entry_has_perm(entry, ACL_WRITE)) {
+ acl_free(acl);
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ tst_res(TFAIL,
+ "ACL_USER_OBJ perms changed after chown");
+ return;
+ }
+ } else if (entry->tag == ACL_GROUP_OBJ) {
+ found_group_obj = 1;
+ if (!acl_entry_has_perm(entry, ACL_READ) ||
+ acl_entry_has_perm(entry, ACL_WRITE)) {
+ acl_free(acl);
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ tst_res(TFAIL,
+ "ACL_GROUP_OBJ perms changed after chown");
+ return;
+ }
+ } else if (entry->tag == ACL_OTHER) {
+ found_other = 1;
+ if (!acl_entry_has_perm(entry, ACL_READ) ||
+ acl_entry_has_perm(entry, ACL_WRITE)) {
+ acl_free(acl);
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ tst_res(TFAIL,
+ "ACL_OTHER perms changed after chown");
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ acl_free(acl);
+
+ if (!found_user_obj || !found_group_obj || !found_other) {
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ tst_res(TFAIL, "ACL entries missing after chown");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ cleanup_testfile();
+ tst_res(TPASS, "chown preserved ACL entries correctly");
+}
+
+static void setup(void)
+{
+ reset_test_path();
+}
+
+static void cleanup(void)
+{
+ cleanup_test_paths();
+}
+
+static void run(unsigned int n)
+{
+ switch (n) {
+ case 0:
+ test_chmod_acl();
+ break;
+ case 1:
+ test_chown_acl();
+ break;
+ }
+}
+
+static struct tst_test test = {
+ .test = run,
+ .tcnt = 2,
+ .setup = setup,
+ .cleanup = cleanup,
+ .needs_root = 1,
+ .mount_device = 1,
+ .mntpoint = MNTPOINT,
+ .filesystems = (struct tst_fs[]) {
+ {.type = "ext2", .mnt_data = "acl"},
+ {.type = "ext3", .mnt_data = "acl"},
+ {.type = "ext4", .mnt_data = "acl"},
+ {.type = "xfs"},
+ {.type = "btrfs"},
+ {}
+ }
+};
+
+#else
+ TST_TEST_TCONF("sys/xattr.h is not available");
+#endif
--
2.39.1
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-13 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-13 9:05 [LTP] [PATCH v8 0/8] Convert shell-based ACL test (tacl_xattr.sh) to C Sachin Sant
2026-06-13 9:05 ` [LTP] [PATCH v8 1/8] fs/acl: Add ACL_USER_OBJ permission test Sachin Sant
2026-06-13 10:36 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-06-13 9:05 ` [LTP] [PATCH v8 2/8] fs/acl: Add ACL mask interaction tests Sachin Sant
2026-06-13 9:05 ` [LTP] [PATCH v8 3/8] fs/acl: Add ACL_OTHER permission test Sachin Sant
2026-06-13 9:05 ` [LTP] [PATCH v8 4/8] fs/acl: Add default ACL inheritance test Sachin Sant
2026-06-13 9:05 ` Sachin Sant [this message]
2026-06-13 9:05 ` [LTP] [PATCH v8 6/8] fs/acl: Add ACL symlink operations test Sachin Sant
2026-06-13 9:05 ` [LTP] [PATCH v8 7/8] fs/acl: Add extended attributes test Sachin Sant
2026-06-13 9:05 ` [LTP] [PATCH v8 8/8] fs/acl: Remove old shell-based ACL test Sachin Sant
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