Originally introduced to sysctl-test.c by commit b5ffbd139688 ("sysctl: move the extra1/2 boundary check of u8 to sysctl_check_table_array"), it has been shown to lead to a panic under certain conditions related to a dangling registration.
This series moves the u8 test to lib/test_sysctl.c where the registration calls are kept and correctly removed on module exit. An additional 0012 test is added to selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh in order to visualize the registration calls done in test_sysctl.c.
Very much related to adding tests to sysctl, the last two patches of this series reduce the places that need to be changed when tests are added by managing the initialization and closing of sysctl tables with a for loop.
Comments are greatly appreciated
Signed-off-by: Joel Granados joel.granados@kernel.org --- Joel Granados (4): sysctl: move u8 register test to lib/test_sysctl.c sysctl: Add 0012 to test the u8 range check sysctl: call sysctl tests with a for loop sysctl: Close test ctl_headers with a for loop
kernel/sysctl-test.c | 49 ------------ lib/test_sysctl.c | 133 +++++++++++++++++++++---------- tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/sysctl.sh | 30 +++++++ 3 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 7eb172143d5508b4da468ed59ee857c6e5e01da6 change-id: 20250321-jag-test_extra_val-40954050a1f6
Best regards,