[LTP] [PATCH v2] mmap04.c: Avoid vma merging

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Wed Jan 24 18:05:47 CET 2024


Hi Avinesh, Martin,

> Hi,
> Reviewed-by: Martin Doucha <mdoucha@suse.cz>

> On 24. 01. 24 14:26, Avinesh Kumar wrote:
> > We hit a scenario where new mapping was merged with existing mapping of
> > same permission and the return address from the mmap was hidden in the
> > merged mapping in /proc/self/maps, causing the test to fail.
> > To avoid this, we first  create a 2-page mapping with the different
> > permissions, and then remap the 2nd page with the perms being tested.

> > Signed-off-by: Avinesh Kumar <akumar@suse.de>
> > Reported-by: Martin Doucha <mdoucha@suse.cz>
> > Signed-off-by: Avinesh Kumar <akumar@suse.de>
> > ---
> >   testcases/kernel/syscalls/mmap/mmap04.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++-------
> >   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

> > diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mmap/mmap04.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mmap/mmap04.c
> > index f6f4f7c98..fa85deed1 100644
> > --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mmap/mmap04.c
> > +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mmap/mmap04.c
> > @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
> >   #include "tst_test.h"
> >   #include <stdio.h>
> > -#define MMAPSIZE 1024
> > -static char *addr;
> > +static char *addr1;
> > +static char *addr2;
> >   static struct tcase {
> >   	int prot;
> > @@ -44,14 +44,23 @@ static struct tcase {
> >   static void run(unsigned int i)
> >   {
> >   	struct tcase *tc = &tcases[i];
> > -	char addr_str[20];
> >   	char perms[8];
> >   	char fmt[1024];
> > +	unsigned int pagesize;
> > +	int flag;
> > -	addr = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, MMAPSIZE, tc->prot, tc->flags, -1, 0);
> > +	pagesize = SAFE_SYSCONF(_SC_PAGESIZE);
> > -	sprintf(addr_str, "%" PRIxPTR, (uintptr_t)addr);
> > -	sprintf(fmt, "%s-%%*x %%s", addr_str);
> > +	/* To avoid new mapping getting merged with existing mappings, we first
> > +	 * create a 2-page mapping with the different permissions, and then remap
> > +	 * the 2nd page with the perms being tested.
> > +	 */
> > +	flag = (tc->flags & MAP_PRIVATE) ? MAP_SHARED : MAP_PRIVATE;
> > +	addr1 = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, pagesize * 2, PROT_NONE, MAP_ANONYMOUS | flag, -1, 0);
> > +
> > +	addr2 = SAFE_MMAP(addr1 + pagesize, pagesize, tc->prot, tc->flags | MAP_FIXED, -1, 0);
> > +
> > +	sprintf(fmt, "%" PRIxPTR "-%%*x %%s", (uintptr_t)addr2);
> >   	SAFE_FILE_LINES_SCANF("/proc/self/maps", fmt, perms);
> >   	if (!strcmp(perms, tc->exp_perms)) {
> > @@ -61,7 +70,7 @@ static void run(unsigned int i)
> >   						tc->exp_perms, perms);
> >   	}
> > -	SAFE_MUNMAP(addr, MMAPSIZE);
> > +	SAFE_MUNMAP(addr1, pagesize * 2);

Shouldn't there be also second munmap()?
SAFE_MUNMAP(addr2, pagesize);

Kind regards,
Petr

> >   }
> >   static struct tst_test test = {


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