[LTP] [PATCH] syscalls/fork02: new test for fork()
zhaogongyi
zhaogongyi@huawei.com
Wed Nov 16 03:51:53 CET 2022
Hi!
>
> Hello,
>
> Zhao Gongyi via ltp <ltp@lists.linux.it> writes:
>
> > Verify that current workdir correctly inherited by child.
>
> I'm not convinced by Cyrils comments that this should be included. I doubt
> LTP would work if the CWD wasn't inherited by children. At least in the
> common case. The test needs to do something more IMO.
>
> Perhaps there has been a kernel bug involving fork and CWD? Perhaps
> relating to new file systems and mount options. I doubt we will see issues
> on a common setup. This isn't adding any test coverage in that case.
>
> Also the path to the CWD and the CWD are two different things. The
> kernel generates the path on each invocation of getcwd IIRC.
>
> Marking this as changes requested in patchwork. Although really, I think
> effort should be directed at clone3 which is lacking a lot of coverage.
>
> --
> Thank you,
> Richard.
the pwd is one member of fs_struct:
struct fs_struct {
int users;
spinlock_t lock;
seqcount_spinlock_t seq;
int umask;
int in_exec;
struct path root, pwd;
} __randomize_layout;
And fs_struct is one member of struct task_struct:
/* Filesystem information: */
struct fs_struct *fs;
In my opinion, the pwd will inherit from parent naturally if there is no a explicit change in fork.
Regards,
Gongyi
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