[LTP] [PATCH v3 2/2] fstat: add test for multiple file types using fstat
Jinseok Kim
always.starving0@gmail.com
Wed Feb 25 14:19:19 CET 2026
Following review feedback, create a dedicated fstat test that verifies
S_ISREG(), S_ISDIR(), S_ISFIFO(), S_ISLNK(), S_ISCHR(), S_ISBLK()
on different file types.
Signed-off-by: Jinseok Kim <always.starving0@gmail.com>
---
runtest/syscalls | 2 +
testcases/kernel/syscalls/fstat/.gitignore | 2 +
testcases/kernel/syscalls/fstat/fstat04.c | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 125 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/syscalls/fstat/fstat04.c
diff --git a/runtest/syscalls b/runtest/syscalls
index 05bb3ceb1..5b34e6bdc 100644
--- a/runtest/syscalls
+++ b/runtest/syscalls
@@ -435,6 +435,8 @@ fstat02 fstat02
fstat02_64 fstat02_64
fstat03 fstat03
fstat03_64 fstat03_64
+fstat04 fstat04
+fstat04_64 fstat04_64
#fstatat64/newfstatat test cases
fstatat01 fstatat01
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fstat/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fstat/.gitignore
index 9b1089438..a1f538f7e 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fstat/.gitignore
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fstat/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
/fstat02_64
/fstat03
/fstat03_64
+/fstat04
+/fstat04_64
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fstat/fstat04.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fstat/fstat04.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97d0d6f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fstat/fstat04.c
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 Jinseok Kim <always.starving0@gmail.com>
+ */
+/*\
+ * Verify that fstat correctly identifies various file types
+ */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+#include "tst_test.h"
+
+#define REG_FILE "regfile"
+#define DIR_FILE "dirfile"
+#define FIFO_FILE "fifofile"
+#define SYMLINK "symlink"
+#define CHR_DEV "chrdev"
+#define BLK_DEV "blkdev"
+
+static int fd = -1;
+
+static struct tcase {
+ const char *desc;
+ const char *path;
+ const char *macro_name;
+ mode_t exp_type;
+} tcases[] = {
+ { "regular file", REG_FILE, "S_IFREG", S_IFREG },
+ { "directory", DIR_FILE, "S_IFDIR", S_IFDIR },
+ { "FIFO (pipe)", FIFO_FILE, "S_IFIFO", S_IFIFO },
+ { "symbolic link", SYMLINK, "S_IFLNK", S_IFLNK },
+ { "character dev", CHR_DEV, "S_IFCHR", S_IFCHR },
+ { "block dev", BLK_DEV, "S_IFBLK", S_IFBLK },
+};
+
+static void verify_fstat(unsigned int i)
+{
+ struct tcase *tc = &tcases[i];
+ struct stat buf;
+
+ int flags = O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK;
+
+ if (tc->exp_type == S_IFDIR)
+ flags |= O_DIRECTORY;
+
+ fd = SAFE_OPEN(tc->path, flags);
+
+ SAFE_FSTAT(fd, &buf);
+ SAFE_CLOSE(fd);
+
+ int is_correct = 0;
+
+ switch (tc->exp_type) {
+ case S_IFREG:
+ is_correct = S_ISREG(buf.st_mode);
+ break;
+ case S_IFDIR:
+ is_correct = S_ISDIR(buf.st_mode);
+ break;
+ case S_IFIFO:
+ is_correct = S_ISFIFO(buf.st_mode);
+ break;
+ case S_IFLNK:
+ is_correct = S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode);
+ break;
+ case S_IFCHR:
+ is_correct = S_ISCHR(buf.st_mode);
+ break;
+ case S_IFBLK:
+ is_correct = S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (is_correct)
+ tst_res(TPASS, "%s: %s() macro matches", tc->desc, tc->macro_name);
+ else
+ tst_res(TFAIL, "%s: %s() macro does NOT match", tc->desc, tc->macro_name);
+}
+
+static void setup(void)
+{
+ fd = SAFE_OPEN(REG_FILE, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0644);
+ SAFE_CLOSE(fd);
+
+ SAFE_MKDIR(DIR_FILE, 0755);
+ SAFE_SYMLINK(REG_FILE, SYMLINK);
+
+ SAFE_MKNOD(FIFO_FILE, S_IFIFO | 0777, 0);
+ SAFE_MKNOD(CHR_DEV, S_IFCHR | 0777, makedev(1, 3));
+ SAFE_MKNOD(BLK_DEV, S_IFBLK | 0777, makedev(7, 3));
+}
+
+static void cleanup(void)
+{
+ if (!access(SYMLINK, F_OK))
+ SAFE_UNLINK(SYMLINK);
+
+ if (!access(REG_FILE, F_OK))
+ SAFE_UNLINK(REG_FILE);
+
+ if (!access(DIR_FILE, F_OK))
+ SAFE_RMDIR(DIR_FILE);
+
+ if (!access(FIFO_FILE, F_OK))
+ SAFE_UNLINK(FIFO_FILE);
+
+ if (!access(CHR_DEV, F_OK))
+ SAFE_UNLINK(CHR_DEV);
+
+ if (!access(BLK_DEV, F_OK))
+ SAFE_UNLINK(BLK_DEV);
+}
+
+static struct tst_test test = {
+ .tcnt = ARRAY_SIZE(tcases),
+ .setup = setup,
+ .cleanup = cleanup,
+ .test = verify_fstat,
+ .needs_tmpdir = 1,
+ .needs_root = 1,
+};
--
2.43.0
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