[LTP] [PATCH] splice07: require kernel version 5.10

[Petr Vorel]

Hi Changwei,

> On Linux kernel 5.9, the splice07 test fails as follows:

>   Running tests.......
>   tst_fd.c:260: TCONF: Skipping memfd secret: ENOSYS (38)
>   splice07.c:64: TINFO: directory -> ...
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on directory -> file : EINVAL (22)
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on directory -> O_PATH file : EBADF (9)
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on directory -> directory : EBADF (9)
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on directory -> /dev/zero : EBADF (9)
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on directory -> /proc/self/maps : EBADF (9)
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on directory -> pipe read end : EBADF (9)
>   splice07.c:56: TFAIL: splice() on directory -> pipe write end expected EBADF, EINVAL: EISDIR (21)
>   ...
>   splice07.c:64: TINFO: pipe read end -> ...
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on pipe read end -> O_PATH file : EBADF (9)
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on pipe read end -> directory : EBADF (9)
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on pipe read end -> /dev/zero : EBADF (9)
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on pipe read end -> /proc/self/maps : EBADF (9)
>   splice07.c:56: TPASS: splice() on pipe read end -> pipe read end : EBADF (9)
>   Test timeouted, sending SIGKILL!
>   tst_test.c:1918: TINFO: If you are running on slow machine, try exporting LTP_TIMEOUT_MUL > 1
>   tst_test.c:1920: TBROK: Test killed! (timeout?)

>   Summary:
>   passed   121
>   failed   1
>   broken   1
>   skipped  5
>   warnings 0
>   INFO: ltp-pan reported some tests FAIL
>   LTP Version: 20250930-60-gb446dd4ed

> This test passes on kernel versions 5.10 and later.

IMHO this is wrong. Older kernels are broken, and this would hide they are
buggy. That's the reason why the related issue was closed [1].
The correct way in ideal world would be to fix the kernel (but that would
require nontrivial backports).

FYI we have rule "Do not work around kernel bugs" (the doc is not yet
merged [2], but will be soon to be visible in docs [3]) and this would violate
it.

Kind regards,
Petr

[1] https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/issues/1156
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20251209120246.18435-1-chrubis@suse.cz/
[3] https://linux-test-project.readthedocs.io/

> Signed-off-by: Changwei Zou <changwei.zou@canonical.com>
> ---
>  testcases/kernel/syscalls/splice/splice07.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/splice/splice07.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/splice/splice07.c
> index c750a14bf..10206514f 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/splice/splice07.c
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/splice/splice07.c
> @@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ static void verify_splice(void)

>  static struct tst_test test = {
>  	.test_all = verify_splice,
> +	.min_kver = "5.10",
>  };