[LTP] [PATCH] ioctl_pidfd05: accept both EINVAL and ENOTTY as valid errors
    Naresh Kamboju 
    naresh.kamboju@linaro.org
       
    Wed Oct 22 13:57:04 CEST 2025
    
    
  
Latest kernels return ENOTTY instead of EINVAL when invoking
ioctl(pidfd, PIDFD_GET_INFO_SHORT, info_invalid).  Update the test to
accept both EINVAL and ENOTTY as valid errors to ensure compatibility
across different kernel versions.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+G9fYtUp3Bk-5biynickO5U98CKKN1nkE7ooxJHp7dT1g3rxw@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@linaro.org>
---
 .../kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl_pidfd05.c     | 20 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl_pidfd05.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl_pidfd05.c
index d20c6f074..ec92240a1 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl_pidfd05.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl_pidfd05.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 /*\
- * Verify that ioctl() raises an EINVAL error when PIDFD_GET_INFO is used. This
+ * Verify that ioctl() raises an EINVAL or ENOTTY error when PIDFD_GET_INFO is used. This
  * happens when:
  *
  * - info parameter is NULL
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "tst_test.h"
 #include "lapi/pidfd.h"
 #include "lapi/sched.h"
+#include <errno.h>
 #include "ioctl_pidfd.h"
 
 struct pidfd_info_invalid {
@@ -43,7 +44,22 @@ static void run(void)
 		exit(0);
 
 	TST_EXP_FAIL(ioctl(pidfd, PIDFD_GET_INFO, NULL), EINVAL);
-	TST_EXP_FAIL(ioctl(pidfd, PIDFD_GET_INFO_SHORT, info_invalid), EINVAL);
+	/* Expect ioctl to fail; accept either EINVAL or ENOTTY */
+	TEST(ioctl(pidfd, PIDFD_GET_INFO_SHORT, info_invalid));
+	if (TEST_RETURN == -1) {
+		if (TEST_ERRNO == EINVAL || TEST_ERRNO == ENOTTY) {
+			tst_res(TPASS,
+				"ioctl(PIDFD_GET_INFO_SHORT) failed as expected with %s",
+				tst_strerrno(TEST_ERRNO));
+		} else {
+			tst_res(TFAIL,
+				"Unexpected errno: %s (expected EINVAL or ENOTTY)",
+				tst_strerrno(TEST_ERRNO));
+		}
+	} else {
+		tst_res(TFAIL, "ioctl(PIDFD_GET_INFO_SHORT) unexpectedly succeeded");
+	}
+
 
 	SAFE_CLOSE(pidfd);
 }
-- 
2.43.0
    
    
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