[LTP] [PATCH] waitid10: Set the core dump file location to temporary directory

[Mina Chou]

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 06:22:48PM +0100, Cyril Hrubis wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> > Reference to madvise08, set the core dump file location to
> > temporary directory, and restore default value after testing.
> >
> >  # ./waitid10
> >  tst_buffers.c:56: TINFO: Test is using guarded buffers
> >  tst_test.c:1709: TINFO: LTP version: 20240129-45-g69537563d16a
> >  tst_test.c:1593: TINFO: Timeout per run is 0h 05m 00s
> >  waitid10.c:60: TINFO: Temporary core pattern is '/tmp/LTP_waiTF0QR3/core'
> >  waitid10.c:73: TINFO: Raising RLIMIT_CORE rlim_cur=0 -> 0
> >  waitid10.c:38: TPASS: waitid(P_ALL, 0, infop, WEXITED) passed
> >  waitid10.c:39: TPASS: infop->si_pid == pidchild (304)
> >  waitid10.c:40: TPASS: infop->si_status == SIGFPE (8)
> >  waitid10.c:41: TPASS: infop->si_signo == SIGCHLD (17)
> >  waitid10.c:44: TPASS: infop->si_code == CLD_DUMPED (3)
> 
> This description is missing the main point, that is why is this change
> needed.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Hui Min Mina Chou <minachou@andestech.com>
> > ---
> >  testcases/kernel/syscalls/waitid/waitid10.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/waitid/waitid10.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/waitid/waitid10.c
> > index e55e88c2325e..3e48f52d0ea8 100644
> > --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/waitid/waitid10.c
> > +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/waitid/waitid10.c
> > @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
> >  #include <sys/prctl.h>
> >  #include "tst_test.h"
> >
> > +#define CORE_PATTERN "/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern"
> > +
> >  static siginfo_t *infop;
> >  static int core_dumps = 1;
> >
> > @@ -48,9 +50,16 @@ static void setup(void)
> >  {
> >       struct rlimit rlim;
> >       char c;
> > +     char cwd[1024];
> > +     char tmpcpattern[1048];
> >
> >       SAFE_GETRLIMIT(RLIMIT_CORE, &rlim);
> > -     SAFE_FILE_SCANF("/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern", "%c", &c);
> > +
> > +     SAFE_GETCWD(cwd, sizeof(cwd));
> > +     snprintf(tmpcpattern, sizeof(tmpcpattern), "%s/core", cwd);
> > +     tst_res(TINFO, "Temporary core pattern is '%s'", tmpcpattern);
> > +     SAFE_FILE_PRINTF(CORE_PATTERN, "%s", tmpcpattern);
> > +     SAFE_FILE_SCANF(CORE_PATTERN, "%c", &c);
> 
> Also why has to be the pattern absolute path?
> 
> If this is really needed we can as well do:
> 
>         .needs_tmpdir = 1,
>         .save_restore = (const struct tst_path_val[]) {
>                 {CORE_PATTERN, "./core", TST_SR_TCONF},
>                 {}
>         },
> 
> And be done with it.
> 
> --
> Cyril Hrubis

Hi Cyril,

Thank you for your suggestions. I'll submit another patch with more explanations.

Thanks,
Mina