[LTP] [PATCH 2/2] tst_cgroup: tolerate ESRCH in cgroup_drain()
Li Wang
li.wang@linux.dev
Tue Jun 16 10:03:14 CEST 2026
> From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
>
> A process can die between reading cgroup.procs and writing its PID
> to the destination cgroup. When this happens, the kernel returns
> ESRCH which is a normal race condition, not a test infrastructure
> failure.
>
> Skip ESRCH errors instead of aborting with TBROK.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
> ---
> lib/tst_cgroup.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/tst_cgroup.c b/lib/tst_cgroup.c
> index a37bf1516aabfbcb9a02fedd6fddb98e85ecc653..42d07912aebc0fae423b52f22c36c6beab0ee5c6 100644
> --- a/lib/tst_cgroup.c
> +++ b/lib/tst_cgroup.c
> @@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ static void cgroup_drain(const enum tst_cg_ver ver,
> for (tok = strtok(pid_list, "\n"); tok; tok = strtok(NULL, "\n")) {
> ret = dprintf(fd, "%s", tok);
>
> - if (ret < (ssize_t)strlen(tok))
> + if (ret < (ssize_t)strlen(tok) && errno != ESRCH)
errno is only meaningful after a call that actually failed (ret < 0).
With a short but non-negative return, errno holds whatever value some
earlier libc/syscall left there.
So maybe better like this:
if (ret < (ssize_t)strlen(tok)) {
if (ret < 0 && errno == ESRCH)
continue;
tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "Failed to drain %s", tok);
}
--
Regards,
Li Wang
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