The sysctl tests for vm.memfd_noexec rely on the kernel to support PID namespaces (i.e. the kernel is built with CONFIG_PID_NS=y). If the kernel the test runs on does not support PID namespaces, the first sysctl test will fail when attempting to spawn a new thread in a new PID namespace, abort the test, preventing the remaining tests from being run.
This is not desirable, as not all kernels need PID namespaces, but can still use the other features provided by memfd. Therefore, only run the sysctl tests if the kernel supports PID namespaces. Otherwise, skip those tests and emit an informative message to let the user know why the sysctl tests are not being run.
Fixes: 11f75a01448f ("selftests/memfd: add tests for MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL MFD_EXEC") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.6+ Cc: Jeff Xu jeffxu@google.com Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan surenb@google.com Cc: Kalesh Singh kaleshsingh@google.com Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres isaacmanjarres@google.com --- tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c index 95af2d78fd31..0a0b55516028 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #include <fcntl.h> #include <linux/memfd.h> #include <sched.h> +#include <stdbool.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <signal.h> @@ -1557,6 +1558,11 @@ static void test_share_fork(char *banner, char *b_suffix) close(fd); }
+static bool pid_ns_supported(void) +{ + return access("/proc/self/ns/pid", F_OK) == 0; +} + int main(int argc, char **argv) { pid_t pid; @@ -1591,8 +1597,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) test_seal_grow(); test_seal_resize();
- test_sysctl_simple(); - test_sysctl_nested(); + if (pid_ns_supported()) { + test_sysctl_simple(); + test_sysctl_nested(); + } else { + printf("PID namespaces are not supported; skipping sysctl tests\n"); + }
test_share_dup("SHARE-DUP", ""); test_share_mmap("SHARE-MMAP", "");
On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 11:29 AM Isaac J. Manjarres isaacmanjarres@google.com wrote:
The sysctl tests for vm.memfd_noexec rely on the kernel to support PID namespaces (i.e. the kernel is built with CONFIG_PID_NS=y). If the kernel the test runs on does not support PID namespaces, the first sysctl test will fail when attempting to spawn a new thread in a new PID namespace, abort the test, preventing the remaining tests from being run.
This is not desirable, as not all kernels need PID namespaces, but can still use the other features provided by memfd. Therefore, only run the sysctl tests if the kernel supports PID namespaces. Otherwise, skip those tests and emit an informative message to let the user know why the sysctl tests are not being run.
Thanks for fixing this.
Fixes: 11f75a01448f ("selftests/memfd: add tests for MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL MFD_EXEC") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.6+ Cc: Jeff Xu jeffxu@google.com Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan surenb@google.com Cc: Kalesh Singh kaleshsingh@google.com Signed-off-by: Isaac J. Manjarres isaacmanjarres@google.com
tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c index 95af2d78fd31..0a0b55516028 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #include <fcntl.h> #include <linux/memfd.h> #include <sched.h> +#include <stdbool.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <signal.h> @@ -1557,6 +1558,11 @@ static void test_share_fork(char *banner, char *b_suffix) close(fd); }
+static bool pid_ns_supported(void) +{
return access("/proc/self/ns/pid", F_OK) == 0;
+}
int main(int argc, char **argv) { pid_t pid; @@ -1591,8 +1597,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) test_seal_grow(); test_seal_resize();
test_sysctl_simple();
test_sysctl_nested();
if (pid_ns_supported()) {
test_sysctl_simple();
test_sysctl_nested();
} else {
printf("PID namespaces are not supported; skipping sysctl tests\n");
} test_share_dup("SHARE-DUP", ""); test_share_mmap("SHARE-MMAP", "");
-- 2.47.0.338.g60cca15819-goog
Reviewed-by: Jeff Xu jeffxu@google.com
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