[LTP] [PATCH v2] ioctl_pidfd05: accept both EINVAL and ENOTTY as valid errors

Naresh Kamboju naresh.kamboju@linaro.org
Thu Oct 23 18:44:01 CEST 2025


Newer kernels (since ~v6.18-rc1) 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.

Signed-off-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@linaro.org>
---
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl_pidfd05.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl_pidfd05.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl_pidfd05.c
index d20c6f074..744f7def4 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl_pidfd05.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/ioctl/ioctl_pidfd05.c
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  */
 
 /*\
- * Verify that ioctl() raises an EINVAL error when PIDFD_GET_INFO is used. This
- * happens when:
+ * Verify that ioctl() raises an EINVAL or ENOTTY (since ~v6.18-rc1) error when
+ * PIDFD_GET_INFO is used. This happens when:
  *
  * - info parameter is NULL
  * - info parameter is providing the wrong size
@@ -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 +44,12 @@ 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 (~v6.18-rc1) */
+	int exp_errnos[] = {EINVAL, ENOTTY};
+
+	TST_EXP_FAIL_ARR(ioctl(pidfd, PIDFD_GET_INFO_SHORT, info_invalid),
+			exp_errnos, ARRAY_SIZE(exp_errnos));
 
 	SAFE_CLOSE(pidfd);
 }
-- 
2.43.0



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