[LTP] [PATCH v5] Refactor fork14 using new LTP API

Andrea Cervesato andrea.cervesato@suse.com
Fri May 3 10:08:07 CEST 2024


Hi Martin,

thanks for the review. I'm going to fix it

On 5/2/24 15:20, Martin Doucha wrote:
> Hi,
> there's a stale pointer issue in memvec if you run the test with 
> multiple iterations. See below.
>
> On 22. 03. 24 10:04, Andrea Cervesato wrote:
>> From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
>> ---
>> .skip_in_compat usage
>> Fixed typos
>> Fixed license
>>
>>   testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/fork14.c | 205 +++++++++++-------------
>>   1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/fork14.c 
>> b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/fork14.c
>> index 93af2ebac..421f2caa3 100644
>> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/fork14.c
>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fork/fork14.c
>> @@ -1,143 +1,122 @@
>> -/*********************************************************************
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>> +/*
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>> - * 02110-1301, USA.
>> + * Copyright (C) 2023 SUSE LLC Andrea Cervesato 
>> <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
>> + */
>> +
>> +/*\
>> + * [Description]
>>    *
>>    * This test is a reporducer for this patch:
>> - *              https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/24/328
>> + * 
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1335289853-2923-1-git-send-email-siddhesh.poyarekar@gmail.com/
>>    * Since vma length in dup_mmap is calculated and stored in a unsigned
>>    * int, it will overflow when length of mmaped memory > 16 TB. When
>> - * overflow occur, fork will  incorrectly succeed. The patch above
>> - * fixed it.
>> - ********************************************************************/
>> + * overflow occurs, fork will incorrectly succeed. The patch above 
>> fixed it.
>> + */
>>   -#include <sys/mman.h>
>> +#include "tst_test.h"
>> +#include <stdlib.h>
>>   #include <sys/wait.h>
>> -#include <stdio.h>
>> -#include <unistd.h>
>> -#include "test.h"
>> -#include "safe_macros.h"
>> -#include "lapi/abisize.h"
>> -
>> -char *TCID = "fork14";
>> -int TST_TOTAL = 1;
>>   -#define GB        (1024 * 1024 * 1024L)
>> -
>> -/* set mmap threshold to 16TB */
>>   #define LARGE        (16 * 1024)
>>   #define EXTENT        (16 * 1024 + 10)
>>   -static char **pointer_vec;
>> -
>> -static void setup(void);
>> -static void cleanup(void);
>> -static int  fork_test(void);
>> +static char **memvec;
>>   -int main(int ac, char **av)
>> +static void run(void)
>>   {
>> -    int lc, reproduced;
>> +    int i, j, ret;
>> +    pid_t pid;
>> +    void *mem;
>> +    int prev_failed = 0;
>> +    int passed = 1;
>> +    int failures = 0;
>>   -    tst_parse_opts(ac, av, NULL, NULL);
>> -/*
>> - * Tested on ppc64/x86_64/i386/s390x. And only 64bit has this issue.
>> - * Since a 32bit program can't mmap so many memory.
>> - */
>> -#ifdef TST_ABI32
>> -    tst_brkm(TCONF, NULL, "This test is only for 64bit.");
>> -#endif
>> -    setup();
>> -    for (lc = 0; TEST_LOOPING(lc); lc++) {
>> -        tst_count = 0;
>> -
>> -        reproduced = fork_test();
>> -        if (reproduced == 0)
>> -            tst_resm(TPASS, "fork failed as expected.");
>> -    }
>> -    cleanup();
>> -    tst_exit();
>> -}
>> +    for (i = 0; i < EXTENT; i++) {
>> +        mem = mmap(NULL, 1 * TST_GB,
>> +            PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
>> +            MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS,
>> +            0, 0);
>>   -static void setup(void)
>> -{
>> -    tst_sig(FORK, DEF_HANDLER, cleanup);
>> -    TEST_PAUSE;
>> +        if (mem == MAP_FAILED) {
>> +            failures++;
>>   -    pointer_vec = SAFE_MALLOC(cleanup, EXTENT * sizeof(char *));
>> -}
>> +            tst_res(TINFO, "mmap() failed");
>>   -static void cleanup(void)
>> -{
>> -    free(pointer_vec);
>> -}
>> +            if (failures > 10) {
>> +                tst_brk(TCONF, "mmap() fails too many "
>> +                    "times, so it's almost impossible to "
>> +                    "get a vm_area_struct sized 16TB.");
>> +            }
>>   -static int fork_test(void)
>> -{
>> -    int i, j, prev_failed = 0, fails = 0, cnt = 0;
>> -    int reproduced = 0;
>> -    void *addr;
>> +            continue;
>> +        }
>>   -    for (i = 0; i < EXTENT; i++) {
>> -        addr = mmap(NULL, 1 * GB, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
>> -                MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0);
>> -        if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
>> -            pointer_vec[i] = NULL;
>> -            fails++;
>> -            /*
>> -             * EXTENT is "16*1024+10", if fails count exceeds 10,
>> -             * we are almost impossible to get an vm_area_struct
>> -             * sized 16TB
>> +        memvec[i] = mem;
>> +
>> +        pid = fork();
>> +
>> +        if (pid == -1) {
>> +            /* keep track of the failed fork() and verify that next one
>> +             * is failing as well.
>>                */
>> -            if (fails == 11) {
>> -                tst_brkm(TCONF, cleanup, "mmap() fails too many"
>> -                     "times, so we are almost impossible to"
>> -                     " get an vm_area_struct sized 16TB.");
>> -            }
>> -        } else {
>> -            pointer_vec[i] = addr;
>> +            prev_failed = 1;
>> +            continue;
>>           }
>> -        cnt++;
>>   -        switch (tst_fork()) {
>> -        case -1:
>> -            prev_failed = 1;
>> -        break;
>> -        case 0:
>> +        if (!pid)
>>               exit(0);
>> -        default:
>> -            SAFE_WAITPID(cleanup, -1, NULL, 0);
>>   -            if (prev_failed > 0 && i >= LARGE) {
>> -                tst_resm(TFAIL, "Fork succeeds incorrectly");
>> -                reproduced = 1;
>> -                goto clear_memory_map;
>> -            }
>> +        ret = waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
>> +        if (ret == -1 && errno != ECHILD)
>> +            tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "waitpid() error");
>> +
>> +        if (prev_failed && i >= LARGE) {
>> +            passed = 0;
>> +            break;
>>           }
>> +
>> +        prev_failed = 0;
>> +
>> +        tst_res(TINFO, "fork() passed at %d attempt", i);
>>       }
>>   -clear_memory_map:
>> -    for (j = 0; j < cnt; j++) {
>> -        if (pointer_vec[j])
>> -            SAFE_MUNMAP(cleanup, pointer_vec[j], 1 * GB);
>> +    for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
>> +        if (memvec[j])
>> +            SAFE_MUNMAP(memvec[j], 1 * TST_GB);
>
> The memvec array never gets cleared after setup() so if you run the 
> test with multiple iterations (e.g. -i 5), non-NULL pointers will 
> accumulate in memvec between test iterations and you may end up 
> unmapping an address range that was reused by libc.
>
>>       }
>>   -    return reproduced;
>> +    if (passed)
>> +        tst_res(TPASS, "fork() failed as expected");
>> +    else
>> +        tst_res(TFAIL, "fork() succeeded incorrectly");
>>   }
>> +
>> +static void setup(void)
>> +{
>> +    memvec = SAFE_MALLOC(EXTENT * sizeof(char *));
>> +    memset(memvec, 0, EXTENT);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void cleanup(void)
>> +{
>> +    for (long i = 0; i < EXTENT; i++) {
>> +        if (memvec && memvec[i])
>> +            SAFE_MUNMAP(memvec[i], 1 * TST_GB);
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    if (memvec)
>> +        free(memvec);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static struct tst_test test = {
>> +    .test_all = run,
>> +    .setup = setup,
>> +    .cleanup = cleanup,
>> +    .forks_child = 1,
>> +    .skip_in_compat = 1,
>> +    .tags = (const struct tst_tag[]) {
>> +        {"linux-git", "7edc8b0ac16c"},
>> +        {}
>> +    }
>> +};
>
Andrea



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