[LTP] [PATCH v5 0/8] Convert shell-based ACL test (tacl_xattr.sh) to C

Sachin Sant sachinp@linux.ibm.com
Mon Jun 8 11:21:52 CEST 2026


This patch series converts the existing shell-based ACL
test (tacl_xattr.sh) to C implementation, providing better
integration with the LTP test framework and more precise
control over test execution.

v4 -> v5
Updated patches 1 to 7 to address review comments. Tests rely on
kernel only implementation and removes dependeny on acl library
and useradd/del commands

v3 -> v4
Updated patches 1/8, 4/8 & 6/8 to address review comments.
No changes to other patches in the series.

v2 -> v3
Updated patches 1 through 7 to address review comments.

v1 -> v2
Updated patches 1/8, 6/8 and 7/8 to address review comments.
Remaining patches remain unchanged

Partially closes(convert tacl_xattr.sh to C)
https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/issues/1265

The conversion splits functionality into seven focused test files.
Patch 1/8 adds acl_user_obj01.c
Patch 2/8 adds acl_mask01.c
Patch 3/8 adds acl_other01.c
Patch 4/8 adds acl_inherit01.c
Patch 5/8 adds acl_file_ops01.c
Patch 6/8 adds acl_link01.c
Patch 7/8 adds xattr_test01.c

The code has been successfully tested on SLES (kernel 6.12)
and fedora (kernel 7.0) releases on ppc64le arch.

Test build is clean in various distros. CI build report at
https://github.com/sacsant/ltp/actions/runs/27126245958

Sachin Sant (8):
  fs/acl: Add ACL_USER_OBJ permission test
  fs/acl: Add ACL mask interaction tests
  fs/acl: Add ACL_OTHER permissions test
  fs/acl: Add default ACL inheritance test
  fs/acl: Add chmod/chown ACL interaction tests
  fs/acl: Add symlink ACL operations test
  fs/acl: Add extended attributes test
  fs/acl: Remove old shell-based ACL test

 runtest/fs                               |   9 +
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/.gitignore       |   7 +
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/Makefile         |   8 +
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_file_ops01.c | 277 ++++++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_inherit01.c  | 125 ++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_lib.h        | 483 ++++++++++++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_link01.c     | 217 ++++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_mask01.c     | 372 +++++++++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_other01.c    | 120 ++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_user_obj01.c | 154 +++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/tacl_xattr.sh    | 807 -----------------------
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/xattr_test01.c   | 381 +++++++++++
 12 files changed, 2153 insertions(+), 807 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/.gitignore
 create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/Makefile
 create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_file_ops01.c
 create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_inherit01.c
 create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_lib.h
 create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_link01.c
 create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_mask01.c
 create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_other01.c
 create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_user_obj01.c
 delete mode 100755 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/tacl_xattr.sh
 create mode 100644 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/xattr_test01.c

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