[LTP] [PATCH v2 1/2] lib: Add SAFE_SPLICE() macro

Andrea Cervesato andrea.cervesato@suse.de
Mon May 4 10:04:54 CEST 2026


From: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>

Add new SAFE_SPLIT() in lapi/splice.h.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
---
 include/lapi/splice.h                           | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 testcases/kernel/crypto/af_alg08.c              | 10 ++-------
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/tee/tee01.c           |  9 ++------
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/vmsplice/vmsplice01.c |  6 +-----
 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/lapi/splice.h b/include/lapi/splice.h
index 191b22d2d6397d1efad5e2025be5a2c4370724dc..e346e5cca9f44bd8421c6b99f84cd4646269ac1f 100644
--- a/include/lapi/splice.h
+++ b/include/lapi/splice.h
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 #ifndef LAPI_SPLICE_H__
 #define LAPI_SPLICE_H__
 
+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+# define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
 #include "config.h"
 #include "lapi/syscalls.h"
 
@@ -19,4 +26,25 @@ static inline ssize_t splice(int fd_in, loff_t *off_in, int fd_out,
 }
 #endif
 
+static inline ssize_t safe_splice(const char *file, const int lineno,
+				   int fd_in, loff_t *off_in,
+				   int fd_out, loff_t *off_out,
+				   size_t len, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	ret = splice(fd_in, off_in, fd_out, off_out, len, flags);
+
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		tst_brk_(file, lineno, TBROK | TERRNO,
+			"splice(%d, %d, %zu) failed", fd_in, fd_out, len);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#define SAFE_SPLICE(fd_in, off_in, fd_out, off_out, len, flags) \
+	safe_splice(__FILE__, __LINE__, (fd_in), (off_in), (fd_out), \
+		    (off_out), (len), (flags))
+
 #endif /* LAPI_SPLICE_H__ */
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/crypto/af_alg08.c b/testcases/kernel/crypto/af_alg08.c
index 4f27f3c9da7cc277926c6fe3eee1a4649a483763..05f17eea4797b7575c97e194e34c0390c6d6be22 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/crypto/af_alg08.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/crypto/af_alg08.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "tst_test.h"
 #include "tst_af_alg.h"
 #include "lapi/socket.h"
-#include "lapi/splice.h"
 
 #define TESTFILE "copy_fail"
 #define OVERWRITE_SIZE 4
@@ -92,13 +91,8 @@ static void try_corrupt(void)
 
 	SAFE_PIPE(pipefd);
 
-	TEST(splice(file_fd, &off_in, pipefd[1], NULL, OVERWRITE_SIZE, 0));
-	if (TST_RET < 0)
-		tst_brk(TBROK | TTERRNO, "splice(file -> pipe)");
-
-	TEST(splice(pipefd[0], NULL, reqfd, NULL, OVERWRITE_SIZE, 0));
-	if (TST_RET < 0)
-		tst_brk(TBROK | TTERRNO, "splice(pipe -> AF_ALG)");
+	SAFE_SPLICE(file_fd, &off_in, pipefd[1], NULL, OVERWRITE_SIZE, 0);
+	SAFE_SPLICE(pipefd[0], NULL, reqfd, NULL, OVERWRITE_SIZE, 0);
 
 	/* Expected to fail (invalid ciphertext); triggers the scratch write */
 	TST_EXP_FAIL_SILENT(recv(reqfd, recvbuf, sizeof(recvbuf), 0), EBADMSG);
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/tee/tee01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/tee/tee01.c
index d1489d0453f11faab41ab6e8e2dabbb372566f60..680793eb2b21cfd2609492d3be3bef10abb25acf 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/tee/tee01.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/tee/tee01.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "tst_test.h"
 #include "lapi/fcntl.h"
 #include "lapi/tee.h"
-#include "lapi/splice.h"
 
 #define TEST_BLOCK_SIZE 1024
 
@@ -58,17 +57,13 @@ static void tee_test(void)
 	SAFE_PIPE(pipe1);
 	SAFE_PIPE(pipe2);
 
-	ret = splice(fd_in, NULL, pipe1[1], NULL, TEST_BLOCK_SIZE, 0);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "splice(fd_in, pipe1) failed");
+	SAFE_SPLICE(fd_in, NULL, pipe1[1], NULL, TEST_BLOCK_SIZE, 0);
 
 	ret = tee(pipe1[0], pipe2[1], TEST_BLOCK_SIZE, SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "tee() failed");
 
-	ret = splice(pipe2[0], NULL, fd_out, NULL, TEST_BLOCK_SIZE, 0);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "splice(pipe2, fd_out) failed");
+	SAFE_SPLICE(pipe2[0], NULL, fd_out, NULL, TEST_BLOCK_SIZE, 0);
 
 	SAFE_CLOSE(pipe2[0]);
 	SAFE_CLOSE(pipe2[1]);
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/vmsplice/vmsplice01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/vmsplice/vmsplice01.c
index 17486179baa2a897c2efbf0d2b4d39273788aadc..7b55e66a373d2d72824fbb9146b2af353a5ff1c9 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/vmsplice/vmsplice01.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/vmsplice/vmsplice01.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 #include "tst_test.h"
 #include "lapi/fcntl.h"
-#include "lapi/splice.h"
 #include "lapi/vmsplice.h"
 
 #define TEST_BLOCK_SIZE (1<<17)	/* 128K */
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ static void vmsplice_test(void)
 {
 	int pipes[2];
 	long written;
-	int ret;
 	int fd_out;
 	struct iovec v;
 	loff_t offset;
@@ -85,9 +83,7 @@ static void vmsplice_test(void)
 			}
 		}
 
-		ret = splice(pipes[0], NULL, fd_out, &offset, written, 0);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "splice() failed");
+		SAFE_SPLICE(pipes[0], NULL, fd_out, &offset, written, 0);
 		//printf("offset = %lld\n", (long long)offset);
 	}
 

-- 
2.51.0



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