[LTP] [PATCH v11] semctl01: fix SEM_STAT failures under parallel LTP runs
Stephen Bertram
sbertram@redhat.com
Wed Jul 29 23:00:17 CEST 2026
SEM_STAT was using the global high index from IPC_INFO, which is not
stable when other IPC tests run in parallel and can abort the test with
TBROK.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Bertram <sbertram@redhat.com>
---
Test: ./kirk -w 4 -f syscalls_32 -p semctl01 -i 1000
Before changes:
Total runs: 32000
Runtime: 16m 32s
Passed: 415968
Failed: 0
Skipped: 0
Broken: 16
Warnings: 0
After changes:
Total runs: 32000
Runtime: 16m 35s
Passed: 416000
Failed: 0
Skipped: 0
Broken: 0
Warnings: 0
Assisted-by: Cursor
testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c
index 5bd675ab6..1627a07a7 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c
@@ -210,13 +210,16 @@ static void func_rmid(void)
static void func_iinfo(int hidx)
{
- if (hidx >= 0) {
- sem_index = hidx;
- tst_res(TPASS, "the highest index is correct");
- } else {
- sem_index = 0;
- tst_res(TFAIL, "the highest index is incorrect");
- }
+ /*
+ * Return value is the highest used index. Our set is alive, so the
+ * highest used index must be at least our index.
+ */
+ if (hidx >= sem_index)
+ tst_res(TPASS, "IPC_INFO highest index %d >= our index %d",
+ hidx, sem_index);
+ else
+ tst_res(TFAIL, "IPC_INFO highest index %d < our index %d",
+ hidx, sem_index);
}
static void func_sinfo(void)
@@ -227,12 +230,40 @@ static void func_sinfo(void)
tst_res(TPASS, "number of semaphore sets is correct");
}
-static void func_sstat(int semidx)
+static void func_sstat(int semid)
{
- if (semidx >= 0)
+ if (semid == sem_id)
tst_res(TPASS, "id of the semaphore set is correct");
else
- tst_res(TFAIL, "id of the semaphore set is incorrect");
+ tst_res(TFAIL, "expected sem_id %d, got %d", sem_id, semid);
+}
+
+/*
+ * SEM_STAT takes an index into the kernel's internal array, not a semid.
+ * Return the index that maps to this test's set.
+ */
+static int get_sem_idx_from_id(int id)
+{
+ struct seminfo info;
+ struct semid_ds dummy_ds;
+ union semun arg;
+ int max_idx, i;
+
+ arg.__buf = &info;
+ /* SEM_INFO ignores semid; but SAFE_SEMCTL requires an lvalue */
+ max_idx = SAFE_SEMCTL(id, 0, SEM_INFO, arg);
+
+ arg.buf = &dummy_ds;
+ for (i = 0; i <= max_idx; i++) {
+ /*
+ * Bare semctl: unused/unreadable indices fail with
+ * EINVAL/EACCES; SAFE_SEMCTL would abort the test.
+ */
+ if (semctl(i, 0, SEM_STAT, arg) == id)
+ return i;
+ }
+
+ return -1;
}
static struct tcases {
@@ -263,8 +294,14 @@ static void verify_semctl(unsigned int n)
struct tcases *tc = &tests[n];
int rval;
- if (sem_id == -1)
+ if (sem_id == -1) {
sem_id = SAFE_SEMGET(IPC_PRIVATE, PSEMS, IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | SEM_RA);
+ sem_index = get_sem_idx_from_id(sem_id);
+ if (sem_index < 0)
+ tst_brk(TBROK,
+ "Failed to get sem_id %d to idx mapping", sem_id);
+ tst_res(TINFO, "sem_id=%d maps to kernel index=%d", sem_id, sem_index);
+ }
if (tc->func_setup) {
switch (tc->cmd) {
case GETNCNT:
--
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