[LTP] [PATCH v2 2/2] Add clock_settime04 test

Martin Doucha mdoucha@suse.cz
Fri Jul 11 18:30:20 CEST 2025


Hi,
the parent changes CLOCK_REALTIME. If the child sleeps on 
CLOCK_MONOTONIC, the testcase makes no sense. You should use 
CLOCK_MONOTONIC to measure the length of child sleep but the child has 
to sleep on CLOCK_REALTIME.

On 30. 06. 25 13:56, Andrea Cervesato wrote:
> From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> 
> Test that changing the value of the CLOCK_MONOTONIC clock via
> clock_settime(2) shall have no effect on a thread that is blocked
> on a relative/absolute clock_nanosleep().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> ---
>   runtest/syscalls                                   |   1 +
>   testcases/kernel/syscalls/clock_settime/.gitignore |   1 +
>   .../syscalls/clock_settime/clock_settime04.c       | 153 +++++++++++++++++++++
>   3 files changed, 155 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/runtest/syscalls b/runtest/syscalls
> index d5582ca8da01f11adba75a56d22cb6e5c4996c68..2dc734c5537f1d5477f4c98d08b9717fb89ac05c 100644
> --- a/runtest/syscalls
> +++ b/runtest/syscalls
> @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ leapsec01 leapsec01
>   clock_settime01 clock_settime01
>   clock_settime02 clock_settime02
>   clock_settime03 clock_settime03
> +clock_settime04 clock_settime04
>   
>   clone01 clone01
>   clone02 clone02
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/clock_settime/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/clock_settime/.gitignore
> index b66169b3eb7b4d8c8ea95e9e689b612d8da37b11..8bcc83d6fc9162087e99193a00b8d3d784d4737d 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/clock_settime/.gitignore
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/clock_settime/.gitignore
> @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
>   clock_settime01
>   clock_settime02
>   clock_settime03
> +clock_settime04
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/clock_settime/clock_settime04.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/clock_settime/clock_settime04.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bea42dd8d75a83b346952fc7d54d19e811ac742e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/clock_settime/clock_settime04.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) 2025 Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> + */
> +
> +/*\
> + * Verify that changing the value of the CLOCK_MONOTONIC clock via
> + * clock_settime() shall have no effect on a thread that is blocked on
> + * absolute/relative clock_nanosleep().
> + */
> +
> +#include "tst_test.h"
> +#include "tst_timer.h"
> +#include "tst_safe_clocks.h"
> +#include "time64_variants.h"
> +
> +#define SEC_TO_US(x)     (x * 1000 * 1000)
> +
> +#define CHILD_SLEEP_US   SEC_TO_US(5)
> +#define PARENT_SLEEP_US  SEC_TO_US(2)
> +#define DELTA_US         SEC_TO_US(1)
> +
> +static struct tst_ts *begin, *sleep_child, *sleep_parent, *end;
> +
> +static struct time64_variants variants[] = {
> +	{
> +		.clock_gettime = libc_clock_gettime,
> +		.clock_settime = libc_clock_settime,
> +		.clock_nanosleep = libc_clock_nanosleep,
> +		.ts_type = TST_LIBC_TIMESPEC,
> +		.desc = "vDSO or syscall with libc spec"
> +	},
> +
> +#if (__NR_clock_nanosleep != __LTP__NR_INVALID_SYSCALL)
> +	{
> +		.clock_gettime = sys_clock_gettime,
> +		.clock_settime = sys_clock_settime,
> +		.clock_nanosleep = sys_clock_nanosleep,
> +		.ts_type = TST_KERN_OLD_TIMESPEC,
> +		.desc = "syscall with old kernel spec"
> +	},
> +#endif
> +
> +#if (__NR_clock_nanosleep_time64 != __LTP__NR_INVALID_SYSCALL)
> +	{
> +		.clock_gettime = sys_clock_gettime64,
> +		.clock_settime = sys_clock_settime64,
> +		.clock_nanosleep = sys_clock_nanosleep64,
> +		.ts_type = TST_KERN_TIMESPEC,
> +		.desc = "syscall time64 with kernel spec"
> +	},
> +#endif
> +};
> +
> +static void child_nanosleep(struct time64_variants *tv, const int flags)
> +{
> +	long long delta;
> +
> +	TEST(tv->clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, tst_ts_get(begin)));
> +	if (TST_RET)
> +		tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "clock_gettime() error");
> +
> +	if (flags & TIMER_ABSTIME) {
> +		tst_res(TINFO, "Using absolute time sleep");
> +
> +		*sleep_child = tst_ts_add_us(*begin, CHILD_SLEEP_US);
> +	} else {
> +		tst_res(TINFO, "Using relative time sleep");
> +
> +		tst_ts_set_sec(sleep_child, 0);
> +		tst_ts_set_nsec(sleep_child, 0);
> +
> +		*sleep_child = tst_ts_add_us(*sleep_child, CHILD_SLEEP_US);
> +	}
> +
> +	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE(0);
> +
> +	TEST(tv->clock_nanosleep(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, flags, tst_ts_get(sleep_child), NULL));
> +	if (TST_RET)
> +		tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "clock_nanosleep() error");
> +
> +	TEST(tv->clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, tst_ts_get(end)));
> +	if (TST_RET)
> +		tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "clock_gettime() error");
> +
> +	if (tst_ts_lt(*end, *begin)) {
> +		tst_res(TFAIL, "clock_settime() didn't sleep enough. "
> +			"begin: %lld ms >= end: %lld ms",
> +			tst_ts_to_ms(*begin),
> +			tst_ts_to_ms(*end));
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	delta = tst_ts_abs_diff_us(*begin, *end) - CHILD_SLEEP_US;
> +	if (delta > DELTA_US) {
> +		tst_res(TFAIL, "parent clock_settime() affected child sleep. "
> +			"begin: %lld ms, end: %lld ms",
> +			tst_ts_to_ms(*begin),
> +			tst_ts_to_ms(*end));
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	tst_res(TPASS, "parent clock_settime() didn't affect child sleep "
> +		"(delta time: %lld us)", delta);
> +}
> +
> +static void run(unsigned int tc_index)
> +{
> +	struct time64_variants *tv = &variants[tst_variant];
> +
> +	if (!SAFE_FORK()) {
> +		child_nanosleep(tv, tc_index ? TIMER_ABSTIME : 0);
> +		exit(0);
> +	}
> +
> +	SAFE_CLOCK_GETTIME(CLOCK_REALTIME, tst_ts_get(begin));
> +
> +	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAIT(0);
> +
> +	SAFE_CLOCK_NANOSLEEP(CLOCK_REALTIME, 0, tst_ts_get(sleep_parent), NULL);
> +	SAFE_CLOCK_SETTIME(CLOCK_REALTIME, tst_ts_get(begin));
> +}
> +
> +static void setup(void)
> +{
> +	begin->type = end->type = sleep_child->type = sleep_parent->type =
> +		variants[tst_variant].ts_type;
> +
> +	tst_ts_set_sec(sleep_parent, 0);
> +	tst_ts_set_nsec(sleep_parent, 0);
> +
> +	*sleep_parent = tst_ts_add_us(*sleep_parent, PARENT_SLEEP_US);
> +
> +	tst_res(TINFO, "Testing variant: %s", variants[tst_variant].desc);
> +}
> +
> +static struct tst_test test = {
> +	.test = run,
> +	.setup = setup,
> +	.tcnt = 2,
> +	.needs_root = 1,
> +	.forks_child = 1,
> +	.needs_checkpoints = 1,
> +	.restore_wallclock = 1,
> +	.test_variants = ARRAY_SIZE(variants),
> +	.bufs = (struct tst_buffers []) {
> +		{&sleep_child, .size = sizeof(struct tst_ts)},
> +		{&sleep_parent, .size = sizeof(struct tst_ts)},
> +		{&begin, .size = sizeof(struct tst_ts)},
> +		{&end, .size = sizeof(struct tst_ts)},
> +		{},
> +	}
> +};
> 


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Martin Doucha   mdoucha@suse.cz
SW Quality Engineer
SUSE LINUX, s.r.o.
CORSO IIa
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