[LTP] [PATCH] hugemmap/hugemmap41: Migrate ptrace-write-hugepage from libhugetlbfs
Pavithra
pavrampu@linux.ibm.com
Fri Jul 17 20:05:33 CEST 2026
This test verifies that ptrace POKEDATA and PEEKDATA operations work
correctly on hugepage-backed memory regions. Migrating it to LTP as
libhugetlbfs is not actively maintained.
Signed-off-by: Pavithra <pavrampu@linux.ibm.com>
---
runtest/hugetlb | 1 +
testcases/kernel/mem/.gitignore | 1 +
.../kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap41.c | 147 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 149 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap41.c
diff --git a/runtest/hugetlb b/runtest/hugetlb
index 8ee0e6f82..32412ed45 100644
--- a/runtest/hugetlb
+++ b/runtest/hugetlb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ hugemmap31 hugemmap31
hugemmap32 hugemmap32
hugemmap34 hugemmap34
hugemmap35 hugemmap35
+hugemmap41 hugemmap41
hugemmap05_1 hugemmap05 -m
hugemmap05_2 hugemmap05 -s
hugemmap05_3 hugemmap05 -s -m
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/mem/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/mem/.gitignore
index 0e59035df..29eb83d16 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/mem/.gitignore
+++ b/testcases/kernel/mem/.gitignore
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap32
/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap34
/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap35
+/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap41
/hugetlb/hugeshmat/hugeshmat01
/hugetlb/hugeshmat/hugeshmat02
/hugetlb/hugeshmat/hugeshmat03
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap41.c b/testcases/kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap41.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fbe7b448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap41.c
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2006 David Gibson & Adam Litke, IBM Corporation.
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Pavithra <pavrampu@linux.ibm.com>
+ */
+
+/*\
+ * Test :manpage:`ptrace(2)` write to hugepage memory.
+ *
+ * A child process maps a hugepage via hugetlbfs, zeroes it, and sends
+ * the mapped address to the parent. The parent attaches with
+ * :manpage:`ptrace(2)`, then uses PTRACE_POKEDATA and PTRACE_PEEKDATA
+ * to write and read back a known value at two different offsets within
+ * the hugepage, verifying that ptrace operates correctly on
+ * hugepage-backed memory regions.
+ *
+ * Requires root to mount hugetlbfs and for :manpage:`ptrace(2)`
+ * PTRACE_ATTACH to work across processes when ptrace_scope is
+ * restrictive.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/ptrace.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+#include "tst_test.h"
+#include "hugetlb.h"
+
+#define CONST 0xdeadbeefL
+#define MNTPOINT "hugetlbfs/"
+
+static long hpage_size;
+static int fd = -1;
+
+static void child(int hugefd, int pipefd[2])
+{
+ void *p;
+
+ SAFE_CLOSE(pipefd[0]);
+
+ p = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, hpage_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
+ hugefd, 0);
+
+ memset(p, 0, hpage_size);
+
+ tst_res(TINFO, "Child mapped data at %p", p);
+
+ SAFE_WRITE(SAFE_WRITE_ALL, pipefd[1], &p, sizeof(p));
+ SAFE_CLOSE(pipefd[1]);
+
+ pause();
+ /* Child is killed by parent via SIGKILL, so cleanup is not reached */
+}
+
+static void do_poke(pid_t pid, void *p)
+{
+ tst_res(TINFO, "Poking at %p...", p);
+ TEST(ptrace(PTRACE_POKEDATA, pid, p, (void *)CONST));
+ if (TST_RET != 0)
+ tst_brk(TFAIL | TTERRNO, "ptrace(POKEDATA) failed");
+
+ tst_res(TINFO, "Peeking at %p...", p);
+ errno = 0;
+ TEST(ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKDATA, pid, p, NULL));
+ if (TST_RET == -1 && TST_ERR)
+ tst_brk(TFAIL | TTERRNO, "ptrace(PEEKDATA) failed");
+
+ if (TST_RET != CONST)
+ tst_brk(TFAIL, "Value mismatch: got %lx, expected %lx",
+ TST_RET, CONST);
+}
+
+static void run_test(void)
+{
+ int pipefd[2];
+ pid_t cpid;
+ void *p;
+ int status;
+
+ fd = tst_creat_unlinked(MNTPOINT, 0, 0600);
+
+ SAFE_PIPE(pipefd);
+
+ cpid = SAFE_FORK();
+
+ if (cpid == 0) {
+ child(fd, pipefd);
+ exit(0);
+ }
+
+ /* Parent */
+ SAFE_CLOSE(pipefd[1]);
+ SAFE_READ(1, pipefd[0], &p, sizeof(p));
+ SAFE_CLOSE(pipefd[0]);
+
+ tst_res(TINFO, "Parent received address %p", p);
+
+ if (ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, cpid, NULL, NULL)) {
+ if (errno == EPERM)
+ tst_brk(TCONF | TERRNO, "ptrace(ATTACH) not permitted (check /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope)");
+ tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "ptrace(ATTACH) failed");
+ }
+
+ TST_PROCESS_STATE_WAIT(cpid, 't', 0);
+
+ do_poke(cpid, p);
+ do_poke(cpid, p + getpagesize());
+
+ SAFE_KILL(cpid, SIGKILL);
+ SAFE_WAITPID(cpid, &status, 0);
+
+ if (fd != -1) {
+ SAFE_CLOSE(fd);
+ fd = -1;
+ }
+
+ tst_res(TPASS, "ptrace write to hugepage succeeded");
+}
+
+static void setup(void)
+{
+ hpage_size = tst_get_hugepage_size();
+}
+
+static void cleanup(void)
+{
+ if (fd != -1)
+ SAFE_CLOSE(fd);
+}
+
+static struct tst_test test = {
+ .tags = (struct tst_tag[]) {
+ {"linux-git", "ebed4bfc8da8"},
+ {}
+ },
+ .needs_root = 1,
+ .mntpoint = MNTPOINT,
+ .needs_hugetlbfs = 1,
+ .hugepages = {4, TST_NEEDS},
+ .forks_child = 1,
+ .setup = setup,
+ .cleanup = cleanup,
+ .test_all = run_test,
+};
--
2.55.0
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