[LTP] [PATCH] ioctl_pidfd05: accept both EINVAL and ENOTTY as valid errors
Petr Vorel
pvorel@suse.cz
Wed Oct 22 14:12:03 CEST 2025
Hi Naresh,
> 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.
Thanks a lot for contributing to LTP, we really appreciate it.
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+G9fYtUp3Bk-5biynickO5U98CKKN1nkE7ooxJHp7dT1g3rxw@mail.gmail.com
very nit: +1 for this. I prefer to reference it differently (e.g. [1]) as I add
Link: for referencing your actual patch the same way how it's used in kernel.
(e.g. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20251022115704.46936-1-naresh.kamboju@linaro.org/)
> +++ 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
nit: maybe note for ENOTTY: (from v6.18)?
> * 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));
I'm sorry, we prefer these macros in include/tst_test_macros.h which shorten the
code. Could you please use TST_EXP_FAIL_ARR() [1]?
Kind regards,
Petr
[1] https://linux-test-project.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developers/api_c_tests.html#macro-tst-exp-fail-arr
> + 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);
> }
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