[LTP] [PATCH 2/2] ima_violations.sh: ima_mmap.c: Replace sleep with checkpoints

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Tue Apr 28 18:10:34 CEST 2026


Using checkpoints is a proper way in LTP new API [1] to avoid races and
waste of time.  It reduces 3 sec sleep in ima_mmap.c and 1 sec sleep in
ima_violations.sh with just checkpoints.

NOTE: tst_reinit() is really needed instead of .needs_checkpoints = 1
as documented in Shell-Test-API.asciidoc.

[1] https://people.kernel.org/metan/why-sleep-is-almost-never-acceptable-in-tests

Fixes: 0e4cbf753f ("security/ima: Rewrite tests into new API + fixes")
Suggested-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
---
 testcases/kernel/security/integrity/ima/src/ima_mmap.c     | 7 ++++---
 .../kernel/security/integrity/ima/tests/ima_violations.sh  | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/testcases/kernel/security/integrity/ima/src/ima_mmap.c b/testcases/kernel/security/integrity/ima/src/ima_mmap.c
index 8596809ef4..09b22fd4f4 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/security/integrity/ima/src/ima_mmap.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/security/integrity/ima/src/ima_mmap.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "tst_test.h"
 
-#define SLEEP_AFTER_CLOSE 3
 #define MMAPSIZE 1024
 
 static char *filename;
@@ -35,8 +34,10 @@ static void run(void)
 	file = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, MMAPSIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
 	SAFE_CLOSE(fd);
 
-	tst_res(TINFO, "sleep %ds", SLEEP_AFTER_CLOSE);
-	sleep(SLEEP_AFTER_CLOSE);
+	tst_reinit();
+	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAIT(0);
+	/* keep running until ima_violations.sh open and close file */
+	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE_AND_WAIT(0);
 
 	tst_res(TPASS, "test completed");
 }
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/security/integrity/ima/tests/ima_violations.sh b/testcases/kernel/security/integrity/ima/tests/ima_violations.sh
index 0c03c30786..d7dcd077b4 100755
--- a/testcases/kernel/security/integrity/ima/tests/ima_violations.sh
+++ b/testcases/kernel/security/integrity/ima/tests/ima_violations.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # test[4-6] test 6.15 commit 5b3cd801155f ("ima: limit the number of open-writers integrity violations")
 # test[7-8] test 6.15 commit a414016218ca ("ima: limit the number of ToMToU integrity violations")
 
+TST_NEEDS_CHECKPOINTS=1
 TST_SETUP="setup"
 TST_CLEANUP="cleanup"
 TST_CNT=8
@@ -171,12 +172,15 @@ test3()
 
 	ima_mmap -f $FILE &
 	pid=$!
+
 	# wait for violations appear in logs
-	tst_sleep 1s
+	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE_AND_WAIT 0
 
 	open_file_read
 	close_file_read
 
+	TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE 0
+
 	validate $num_violations $count $search
 
 	# wait for ima_mmap to exit, so we can umount
-- 
2.54.0



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