[LTP] [PATCH v2] close: add test for double close EBADF

Jinseok Kim always.starving0@gmail.com
Sat Apr 11 13:04:03 CEST 2026


Verify that calling close() on an already closed file descriptor fails
with EBADF.

This test adds coverage for a common state transition case where a
previously valid file descriptor becomes invalid after close().

Signed-off-by: Jinseok Kim <always.starving0@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add additional test coverage to close02 instead of creating a separate
  close03 test.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20260406133134.17238-2-always.starving0@gmail.com
---
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/close/close02.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/close/close02.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/close/close02.c
index 617c48237..768361e56 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/close/close02.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/close/close02.c
@@ -5,17 +5,51 @@
  */

 /*\
- * Call close(-1) and expects it to return EBADF.
+ * Verify :manpage:`close(2)` failure cases:
+ *
+ * 1) close(-1) returns EBADF.
+ * 2) closing the same fd twice returns EBADF on the second call.
  */

 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
 #include "tst_test.h"

-static void run(void)
+enum case_type {
+	INVALID_FD,
+	DOUBLE_CLOSE,
+};
+
+static struct tcase {
+	const char *desc;
+	enum case_type type;
+} tcases[] = {
+	{ "close(-1)", INVALID_FD },
+	{ "close same fd twice", DOUBLE_CLOSE },
+};
+
+static void verify_close(unsigned int i)
 {
-	TST_EXP_FAIL(close(-1), EBADF);
+	int fd;
+	struct tcase *tc = &tcases[i];
+
+	switch (tc->type) {
+	case INVALID_FD:
+		TST_EXP_FAIL(close(-1), EBADF, "%s", tc->desc);
+		break;
+
+	case DOUBLE_CLOSE:
+		fd = SAFE_OPEN("close02", O_CREAT, 0600);
+
+		TST_EXP_PASS(close(fd), "%s: first close()", tc->desc);
+		TST_EXP_FAIL(close(fd), EBADF, "%s: second close()", tc->desc);
+		break;
+	}
 }

 static struct tst_test test = {
-	.test_all = run,
+	.needs_tmpdir = 1,
+	.tcnt = ARRAY_SIZE(tcases),
+	.test = verify_close,
 };
--
2.43.0


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