[LTP] [PATCH v11 0/8] Convert shell-based ACL test (tacl_xattr.sh) to C

Sachin Sant sachinp@linux.ibm.com
Mon Jun 15 17:15:47 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.

v10 -> v11
Updated patches 1/8 and 5/8. Rest of the patches remain unchanged.

v9 -> v10
Updated patch 2/8 to incorporate review comments. Rest of the
patches remain unchanged.

v8 -> v9
Updated patches 1, 2, 5, and 7 to incorporate review comments.

v7 -> v8
Updated patches 1, 5, 6 and 7 to incorporate review comments.

v6 -> v7
Updated 1/8 to address review comments. Rest of the patches
in the series remain unchanged.

v5 -> v6
Updated patches 1 to 7 to address review comments. Added
HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H guards for systems without xattr support

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

Addresses part of issue #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 linux distribution releases. CI
build report at https://github.com/sacsant/ltp/actions/runs/27553802425

Sachin Sant (8):
  fs/acl: Add ACL_USER_OBJ permission test
  fs/acl: Add ACL mask interaction tests
  ifs/acl: Add ACL_OTHER permission test
  fs/acl: Add default ACL inheritance test
  fs/acl: Add chmod/chown ACL interaction tests
  fs/acl: Add ACL symlink 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 | 264 ++++++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_inherit01.c  | 113 ++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_lib.h        | 509 ++++++++++++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_link01.c     | 215 ++++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_mask01.c     | 175 +++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_other01.c    | 104 +++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/acl_user_obj01.c | 127 ++++
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/tacl_xattr.sh    | 807 -----------------------
 testcases/kernel/fs/acl/xattr_test01.c   | 380 +++++++++++
 12 files changed, 1911 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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