[LTP] [PATCH v3 2/2] Add process_mrelease02 test

Andrea Cervesato andrea.cervesato@suse.de
Mon Sep 7 10:55:17 CEST 2026


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

Verify that process_mrelease() returns expected error codes on
invalid file descriptors, non-zero flags, alive processes without
pending exit, and terminated processes.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
---
 runtest/syscalls                                   |  1 +
 .../kernel/syscalls/process_mrelease/.gitignore    |  1 +
 .../syscalls/process_mrelease/process_mrelease02.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 92 insertions(+)

diff --git a/runtest/syscalls b/runtest/syscalls
index cfe76efca..b456afe20 100644
--- a/runtest/syscalls
+++ b/runtest/syscalls
@@ -1152,6 +1152,7 @@ preadv203_64 preadv203_64
 profil01 profil01
 
 process_mrelease01 process_mrelease01
+process_mrelease02 process_mrelease02
 
 process_vm_readv01 process_vm01 -r
 process_vm_readv02 process_vm_readv02
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/process_mrelease/.gitignore b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/process_mrelease/.gitignore
index 673983858..f1e7a8fea 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/process_mrelease/.gitignore
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/process_mrelease/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /process_mrelease01
+/process_mrelease02
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/process_mrelease/process_mrelease02.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/process_mrelease/process_mrelease02.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d48aba623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/process_mrelease/process_mrelease02.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 SUSE LLC Andrea Cervesato <andrea.cervesato@suse.com>
+ */
+
+/*\
+ * Test verifies error codes for :manpage:`process_mrelease(2)`:
+ *
+ * - EBADF when invalid file descriptor is passed
+ * - EINVAL when flags parameter is not zero
+ * - EINVAL when target process is still alive and not dying
+ * - ESRCH when target process has terminated
+ *
+ * [Algorithm]
+ *
+ * - Call process_mrelease() with bad fd (-1) to expect EBADF
+ * - Spawn child, call process_mrelease() with invalid flags (-1) to expect EINVAL
+ * - Call process_mrelease() on running child without pending exit to expect EINVAL
+ * - Wait for child exit, call process_mrelease() on dead child to expect ESRCH
+ */
+
+#include "tst_test.h"
+#include "lapi/syscalls.h"
+
+static int badfd = -1;
+static int pidfd;
+
+enum {
+	NO_CHILD,
+	EXIT_CHILD,
+	WAIT_CHILD,
+};
+
+static struct tcase {
+	int child_type;
+	int *fd;
+	int flags;
+	int exp_errno;
+	char *msg;
+} tcases[] = {
+	{NO_CHILD, &badfd, 0, EBADF, "bad file descriptor"},
+	{WAIT_CHILD, &pidfd, -1, EINVAL, "flags is not 0"},
+	{WAIT_CHILD, &pidfd, 0, EINVAL, "task memory cannot be released"},
+	{EXIT_CHILD, &pidfd, 0, ESRCH, "child is not running"},
+};
+
+static void run(unsigned int n)
+{
+	struct tcase *tc = &tcases[n];
+	int status;
+	pid_t pid = -1;
+
+	if (tc->child_type != NO_CHILD) {
+		pid = SAFE_FORK();
+		if (!pid) {
+			if (tc->child_type == WAIT_CHILD)
+				TST_CHECKPOINT_WAIT(0);
+
+			exit(0);
+		}
+
+		tst_res(TINFO, "Spawned waiting child with pid=%d", pid);
+
+		pidfd = SAFE_PIDFD_OPEN(pid, 0);
+
+		if (tc->child_type == EXIT_CHILD)
+			SAFE_WAITPID(pid, &status, 0);
+	}
+
+	TST_EXP_FAIL(tst_syscall(__NR_process_mrelease, *tc->fd, tc->flags),
+		tc->exp_errno,
+		"%s", tc->msg);
+
+	if (tc->child_type != NO_CHILD) {
+		if (tc->child_type == WAIT_CHILD) {
+			TST_CHECKPOINT_WAKE(0);
+			SAFE_WAITPID(pid, &status, 0);
+		}
+
+		SAFE_CLOSE(pidfd);
+	}
+}
+
+static struct tst_test test = {
+	.test = run,
+	.tcnt = ARRAY_SIZE(tcases),
+	.forks_child = 1,
+	.min_kver = "5.15",
+	.needs_checkpoints = 1,
+};

-- 
2.51.0



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