[LTP] [PATCH 2/2] Add test for fanotify monitoring of tracing filesystem
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz
Mon Feb 23 17:30:28 CET 2026
Hi!
CCing Jan and Amir.
> Add a test that will start monitoring the kernel tracing filesystem,
> write new configuration into tracing sysfiles and then verify
> that the writes triggered fanotify events.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Doucha <mdoucha@suse.cz>
> ---
> runtest/syscalls | 1 +
> runtest/tracing | 1 +
> testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/.gitignore | 1 +
> .../kernel/syscalls/fanotify/fanotify25.c | 126 ++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 129 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/fanotify25.c
>
> diff --git a/runtest/syscalls b/runtest/syscalls
> index 2f629e4e4..30224f5b4 100644
> --- a/runtest/syscalls
> +++ b/runtest/syscalls
> @@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ fanotify21 fanotify21
> fanotify22 fanotify22
> fanotify23 fanotify23
> fanotify24 fanotify24
> +fanotify25 fanotify25
>
> ioperm01 ioperm01
> ioperm02 ioperm02
> diff --git a/runtest/tracing b/runtest/tracing
> index d2700ca57..674e2ad97 100644
> --- a/runtest/tracing
> +++ b/runtest/tracing
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ftrace_regression01 ftrace_regression01.sh
> ftrace_regression02 ftrace_regression02.sh
> ftrace-stress-test ftrace_stress_test.sh 90
> dynamic_debug01 dynamic_debug01.sh
> +fanotify25 fanotify25
> pt_full_trace_basic pt_test
> pt_snapshot_trace_basic pt_test -m
> pt_ex_user pt_test -e user
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/.gitignore
> index 16af3db85..d6d0599f1 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/.gitignore
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/.gitignore
> @@ -22,4 +22,5 @@
> /fanotify22
> /fanotify23
> /fanotify24
> +/fanotify25
> /fanotify_child
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/fanotify25.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/fanotify25.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..c982f3225
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/fanotify25.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2026 SUSE LLC
> + * Author: Petr Pavlu <ppavlu@suse.cz>
> + * LTP port: Martin Doucha <mdoucha@suse.cz>
> + */
> +
> +/*\
> + * Verify that fanotify monitoring can be applied to the tracing filesystem
> + * and write events will be correctly delivered.
> + */
> +
> +#define _GNU_SOURCE
> +#include "tst_test.h"
> +#include "lapi/mount.h"
> +
> +#ifdef HAVE_SYS_FANOTIFY_H
> +#include "fanotify.h"
> +
> +#define MNTPOINT "/sys/kernel/tracing"
> +#define EVENTS_SYSFILE MNTPOINT "/kprobe_events"
> +
> +static const struct traceconfig {
> + const char *filename;
> + const char *wdata;
> +} trace_cmds[] = {
> + {EVENTS_SYSFILE, "p:ltp_load_module_0 load_module"},
> + {MNTPOINT "/events/kprobes/ltp_load_module_0/enable", "1"},
> + {MNTPOINT "/events/kprobes/ltp_load_module_0/enable", "0"},
> + {EVENTS_SYSFILE, "-:ltp_load_module_0"},
> + {}
> +};
> +
> +static int fan_fd = -1;
> +static int unmount_needed;
> +
> +static void setup(void)
> +{
> + if (tst_fs_type(MNTPOINT) != TST_TRACEFS_MAGIC) {
> + SAFE_MOUNT("tracefs", MNTPOINT, "tracefs",
> + MS_NODEV | MS_NOEXEC | MS_NOSUID, NULL);
> + unmount_needed = 1;
> + }
> +
> + if (access(EVENTS_SYSFILE, F_OK))
> + tst_brk(TCONF, "Kprobe events not supported by kernel");
> +
> + fan_fd = SAFE_FANOTIFY_INIT(FAN_CLASS_NOTIF | FAN_NONBLOCK, O_RDONLY);
> + SAFE_FANOTIFY_MARK(fan_fd, FAN_MARK_ADD | FAN_MARK_MOUNT, FAN_MODIFY,
> + -1, MNTPOINT);
> +}
> +
> +static void do_child(void)
> +{
> + int i, fd, events, ret;
> + pid_t pid = getpid();
> + struct fanotify_event_metadata buf;
> +
> + for (i = 0, events = 0; trace_cmds[i].filename; i++) {
> + fd = SAFE_OPEN(trace_cmds[i].filename, O_WRONLY, 0644);
> + SAFE_WRITE(1, fd, trace_cmds[i].wdata,
> + strlen(trace_cmds[i].wdata));
> + SAFE_CLOSE(fd);
> +
> + while ((ret = read(fan_fd, &buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
> + if (buf.pid != pid)
> + continue;
> +
> + if (!(buf.mask & FAN_MODIFY)) {
> + tst_res(TFAIL, "Unexpected event %llx",
> + buf.mask);
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> + events++;
> + }
> +
> + if (ret < 0 && errno != EAGAIN)
> + tst_res(TFAIL | TERRNO, "fanotify read() failed");
> + }
> +
> + if (events == i)
> + tst_res(TPASS, "Received %d events", events);
> + else
> + tst_res(TFAIL, "Received %d events, expected %d", events, i);
> +}
> +
> +static void run(void)
> +{
> + /*
> + * Fork a child to do the actual trace writes, otherwise tracefs
> + * would be busy until the current process exits and it would become
> + * impossible to unmount in cleanup().
> + */
> + if (!SAFE_FORK()) {
> + do_child();
> + SAFE_CLOSE(fan_fd);
> + exit(0);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static void cleanup(void)
> +{
> + if (fan_fd >= 0)
> + SAFE_CLOSE(fan_fd);
> +
> + if (unmount_needed)
> + SAFE_UMOUNT(MNTPOINT);
> +}
> +
> +static struct tst_test test = {
> + .test_all = run,
> + .setup = setup,
> + .cleanup = cleanup,
> + .needs_root = 1,
> + .forks_child = 1,
> + .taint_check = TST_TAINT_W | TST_TAINT_D,
> + .needs_kconfigs = (const char *[]) {
> + "CONFIG_TRACING",
> + NULL
> + }
> +};
> +
> +#else
> + TST_TEST_TCONF("system doesn't have required fanotify support");
> +#endif
> --
> 2.52.0
>
>
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Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz
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