From: Wei Gao via ltp <ltp@lists.linux.it>
To: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: [LTP] [PATCH v17 1/3] lib: New library function tst_get_free_uid
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 02:48:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261027024906.31789-2-wegao@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261027024906.31789-1-wegao@suse.com>
Add tst_get_free_uid() to dynamically find unused UIDs for tests.
Some tests need a completely unassigned, unused UID. This is used by
open16 to verify restricted O_CREAT in sticky directories by running
as a sandboxed user with no file ownership or privileges.
Signed-off-by: Wei Gao <wegao@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
---
v16->v17:
- Align with tst_get_free_gid_() pattern: set errno = 0 before the loop
and combine the check (ret == skip || getpwuid(ret)).
- Add TERRNO flag (TINFO | TERRNO) when reporting unused UID.
- Add Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>.
include/tst_uid.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
lib/tst_uid.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/tst_uid.h b/include/tst_uid.h
index 2237ddcbf..03f9dc073 100644
--- a/include/tst_uid.h
+++ b/include/tst_uid.h
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@
#include <sys/types.h>
+uid_t tst_get_free_uid_(const char *file, const int lineno, uid_t skip);
+
+/**
+ * tst_get_free_uid() - Find a UID not assigned to any user.
+ * @skip: UID value to skip (pass 0 to skip none).
+ *
+ * Scans the password database for the first unused UID starting
+ * from 1, skipping @skip. Calls tst_brk(TBROK) if no free UID
+ * is found or a lookup error occurs.
+ *
+ * Return: An unused uid_t value.
+ */
+#define tst_get_free_uid(skip) tst_get_free_uid_(__FILE__, __LINE__, (skip))
+
/*
* Find unassigned gid. The skip argument can be used to ignore e.g. the main
* group of a specific user in case it's not listed in the group file. If you
diff --git a/lib/tst_uid.c b/lib/tst_uid.c
index af4ef8cf7..09a1450ca 100644
--- a/lib/tst_uid.c
+++ b/lib/tst_uid.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <grp.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#define TST_NO_DEFAULT_MAIN
@@ -12,6 +13,31 @@
#include "tst_uid.h"
#define MAX_GID 32767
+#define MAX_UID 32767
+
+uid_t tst_get_free_uid_(const char *file, const int lineno, uid_t skip)
+{
+ uid_t ret;
+
+ errno = 0;
+
+ for (ret = 1; ret < MAX_UID; ret++) {
+ if (ret == skip || getpwuid(ret))
+ continue;
+
+ if (errno == 0 || errno == ENOENT || errno == ESRCH) {
+ tst_res_(file, lineno, TINFO | TERRNO,
+ "Found unused UID %d", (int)ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ tst_brk_(file, lineno, TBROK | TERRNO, "User ID lookup failed");
+ return (uid_t)-1;
+ }
+
+ tst_brk_(file, lineno, TBROK, "No free user ID found");
+ return (uid_t)-1;
+}
gid_t tst_get_free_gid_(const char *file, const int lineno, gid_t skip)
{
--
2.55.0
--
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-27 2:48 [LTP] [PATCH v17 0/3] open16: allow restricted O_CREAT of FIFOs and regular files Wei Gao via ltp
2026-10-27 2:48 ` Wei Gao via ltp [this message]
2026-10-27 7:26 ` [LTP] lib: New library function tst_get_free_uid linuxtestproject.agent
2026-10-27 2:49 ` [LTP] [PATCH v17 2/3] lib: Add PATH_FS_PROTECTED_REGULAR and PATH_FS_PROTECTED_FIFOS Wei Gao via ltp
2026-10-27 2:49 ` [LTP] [PATCH v17 3/3] open16: allow restricted O_CREAT of FIFOs and regular files Wei Gao via ltp
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