[LTP] [PATCH v2 32/33] keyctl38: Test KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY add and remove

Andrea Cervesato andrea.cervesato@suse.de
Fri Sep 4 14:09:21 CEST 2026


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

Test KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY by opening a watch queue notification pipe
and adding then removing watches on both a user key and the
session keyring.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
---
 runtest/syscalls                            |  1 +
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/.gitignore |  1 +
 testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl38.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 93 insertions(+)

diff --git a/runtest/syscalls b/runtest/syscalls
index 66215afd7..e9d47b5c4 100644
--- a/runtest/syscalls
+++ b/runtest/syscalls
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ keyctl34 keyctl34
 keyctl35 keyctl35
 keyctl36 keyctl36
 keyctl37 keyctl37
+keyctl38 keyctl38
 
 kcmp01 kcmp01
 kcmp02 kcmp02
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/.gitignore
index 7ee6b9098..c0a18dd77 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/.gitignore
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@
 /keyctl35
 /keyctl36
 /keyctl37
+/keyctl38
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl38.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl38.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26475c7de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/keyctl/keyctl38.c
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
+ */
+
+/*\
+ * Test ``KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY`` of :manpage:`keyctl(2)`, added in Linux 5.8.
+ *
+ * ``KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY`` adds or removes a watch on a key or keyring to/from
+ * a watch queue notification pipe.
+ *
+ * [Algorithm]
+ *
+ * - open a notification pipe via :manpage:`pipe2()` with
+ *   ``O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE``
+ * - add a watch on a key with ``watch_id = 1`` and verify success
+ * - remove the watch on the key with ``watch_id = -1`` and verify success
+ * - add a watch on a keyring with ``watch_id = 2`` and verify success
+ * - remove the watch on the keyring with ``watch_id = -1`` and verify success
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "keyctl_common.h"
+#include "lapi/watch_queue.h"
+
+static key_serial_t key;
+
+static void setup(void)
+{
+	SAFE_KEYCTL(KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+
+	key = new_user_key("ltpkeyctl38", "payload", 7,
+			   KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING);
+}
+
+static void run(void)
+{
+	int pipefd[2];
+
+	TEST(pipe2(pipefd, O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE));
+	if (TST_RET < 0) {
+		if (TST_ERR == ENOPKG)
+			tst_brk(TCONF | TTERRNO, "CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE is not set");
+		if (TST_ERR == EINVAL)
+			tst_brk(TCONF | TTERRNO, "O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE is not supported");
+		tst_brk(TBROK | TTERRNO, "pipe2(O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE) failed");
+	}
+
+	SAFE_IOCTL(pipefd[0], IOC_WATCH_QUEUE_SET_SIZE, 256);
+
+	TST_EXP_PASS(keyctl(KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY, key, pipefd[0], 1),
+		     "KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY add watch on key");
+
+	TST_EXP_PASS(keyctl(KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY, key, pipefd[0], -1),
+		     "KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY remove watch on key");
+
+	TST_EXP_PASS(keyctl(KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY, KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING,
+			    pipefd[0], 2),
+		     "KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY add watch on session keyring");
+
+	TST_EXP_PASS(keyctl(KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY, KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING,
+			    pipefd[0], -1),
+		     "KEYCTL_WATCH_KEY remove watch on session keyring");
+
+	SAFE_CLOSE(pipefd[0]);
+	SAFE_CLOSE(pipefd[1]);
+}
+
+static struct tst_test test = {
+	.setup = setup,
+	.test_all = run,
+	.min_kver = "5.8",
+	/*
+	 * add_one_watch() charges per-user watches against RLIMIT_NOFILE,
+	 * so raise the limit high enough to accommodate pre-existing
+	 * watches on the calling user.
+	 */
+	.ulimit = (const struct tst_ulimit_val []) {
+		{RLIMIT_NOFILE, 524288},
+		{}
+	},
+	.needs_kconfigs = (const char *[]) {
+		"CONFIG_KEYS=y",
+		"CONFIG_KEY_NOTIFICATIONS=y",
+		"CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE=y",
+		NULL
+	},
+};

-- 
2.51.0



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