From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
To: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH v3 1/2] shmctl03: Fix shmmax clamped to INT_MAX in 32bit compat mode
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:25:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <atoO3dl4iBFOAWpb@yuki.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260925082840.2408504-2-pvorel@suse.cz>
Hi!
> Kernel clamped shmmax returned from shmctl(IPC_INFO) in 32bit compat
> mode to INT_MAX due to a change in kernel v2.6.22 in commit
> af7c693f14606 ("Cap shmmax at INT_MAX in compat shminfo").
> Reflect that.
>
> This fixes error:
>
> shmctl03.c:33: TFAIL: /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax != 2147483647 got 4294967295
>
> Reported-by: Wei Gao <wegao@suse.com>
> Suggested-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
> ---
> testcases/kernel/syscalls/shmctl/shmctl03.c | 8 +++++++-
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shmctl/shmctl03.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shmctl/shmctl03.c
> index 9e1c2f0990..f2b735dc85 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shmctl/shmctl03.c
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/shmctl/shmctl03.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
> static void verify_ipcinfo(void)
> {
> struct shminfo info;
> + unsigned long shmmax;
>
> TEST(shmctl(0, IPC_INFO, (struct shmid_ds *)&info));
>
> @@ -30,7 +31,12 @@ static void verify_ipcinfo(void)
> else
> tst_res(TPASS, "shmmin = 1");
>
> - TST_ASSERT_ULONG(PATH_KERN_SHMMAX, info.shmmax);
> + SAFE_FILE_SCANF(PATH_KERN_SHMMAX, "%lu", &shmmax);
> + if (tst_is_compat_mode() && info.shmmax == INT_MAX)
> + TST_EXP_LE_LU(INT_MAX, shmmax);
> + else
> + TST_EXP_EQ_LU(info.shmmax, shmmax);
> +
Looks to me.
Reviewed-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
> TST_ASSERT_ULONG(PATH_KERN_SHMMNI, info.shmmni);
> TST_ASSERT_ULONG(PATH_KERN_SHMALL, info.shmall);
> }
> --
> 2.55.0
>
--
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-22 13:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-25 8:28 [LTP] [PATCH v3 0/2] shmctl03: Fix shmmax clamped to INT_MAX in 32bit compat mode Petr Vorel
2026-09-25 8:28 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 1/2] " Petr Vorel
2026-09-25 11:21 ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-10-22 13:25 ` Cyril Hrubis [this message]
2026-10-22 13:43 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 1/2] " Cyril Hrubis
2026-09-25 8:28 ` [LTP] [PATCH v3 2/2] shmctl03: Use test macros Petr Vorel
2026-10-22 13:27 ` Cyril Hrubis
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