[LTP] [PATCH] syscalls/xattr: Add runtime probe for socket xattr backports

[Darren Chang]

Upstream commit dc0876b9846d ("xattr: support extended attributes on
sockets") was merged in v7.1.0. Currently, setxattr02 and fsetxattr02
strictly expect EPERM for sockets on kernels < 7.1.0.

However, downstream kernels (e.g., Android mainline branches) often
backport this feature to older kernel versions (such as 7.0.0). On
these kernels, the strict version check causes a false positive failure:
"passed unexpectedly".

This patch introduces a runtime probe in setup() for both tests to
detect if older kernels have the backported feature. If the xattr
syscalls succeed on a socket during setup, we assume the patch is
present and adjust the expected result to pass.

Signed-off-by: Darren Chang <chihsheng@google.com>
---
 .../kernel/syscalls/fsetxattr/fsetxattr02.c   | 28 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c     | 15 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)

diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fsetxattr/fsetxattr02.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fsetxattr/fsetxattr02.c
index 2a48b7da7..ddb1804c8 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fsetxattr/fsetxattr02.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fsetxattr/fsetxattr02.c
@@ -245,6 +245,34 @@ static void setup(void)
 	}
 
 	socket_xattr_supported = tst_kvercmp(7, 1, 0) >= 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Probe for backports on older kernels.
+	 * If the version is < 7.1.0 but fsetxattr() succeeds, we assume the patch
+	 * has been backported.
+	 */
+    int socket_idx = -1;
+	if (!socket_xattr_supported) {
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tc); i++) {
+			if (tc[i].issocket) {
+				socket_idx = i;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (socket_idx != -1) {
+			if (fsetxattr(tc[socket_idx].fd, tc[socket_idx].key,
+				      tc[socket_idx].value, tc[socket_idx].size,
+				      tc[socket_idx].flags) == 0) {
+				
+				tst_res(TINFO, "Socket xattr support detected (backport)");
+				socket_xattr_supported = true;
+				
+				/* Clean up the probed xattr to avoid interfering with the actual test */
+				SAFE_FREMOVEXATTR(tc[socket_idx].fd, tc[socket_idx].key);
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static void cleanup(void)
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c
index 994ab655d..94d1024e6 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/setxattr/setxattr02.c
@@ -196,6 +196,21 @@ static void setup(void)
 	SAFE_MKNOD(SOCK, S_IFSOCK | 0777, 0);
 
 	socket_xattr_supported = tst_kvercmp(7, 1, 0) >= 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Commit dc0876b9846d "xattr: support extended attributes on sockets"
+	 * merged in 7.1.0 mainline, but might be backported.
+	 * Try to set xattr on socket to detect support.
+	 */
+	if (!socket_xattr_supported) {
+		if (setxattr(SOCK, XATTR_TEST_KEY, XATTR_TEST_VALUE,
+			     XATTR_TEST_VALUE_SIZE, XATTR_CREATE) == 0) {
+			
+			tst_res(TINFO, "Socket xattr support detected (backport)");
+			socket_xattr_supported = true;
+			SAFE_REMOVEXATTR(SOCK, XATTR_TEST_KEY);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static struct tst_test test = {
-- 
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