[LTP] tst_assert: Use 'long long' to fix 32bit compat mode truncation

[Petr Vorel]

Hi all,

> Hi Andrea,

> On Fri, 18 Sep 2026, Andrea Cervesato wrote:
> > [PATCH 1/2] tst_assert: Use 'long long' to fix 32bit compat mode truncation

> --- [PATCH 1/2] ---

> > -	if (val == sys_val) {
> > +	if (val == (unsigned long)sys_val) {
> >  		tst_res_(file, lineno, TPASS, "%s = %lu", path, val);
> >  		return;
> >  	}

> > -	tst_res_(file, lineno, TFAIL, "%s != %lu got %lu", path, val, sys_val);
> > +	tst_res_(file, lineno, TFAIL, "%s != %lu got %lu",
> > +		path, val, (unsigned long)sys_val);

> Casting sys_val to unsigned long causes false passes on 32-bit systems
> whenever sys_val exceeds ULONG_MAX and (sys_val & 0xFFFFFFFF) equals val,
> while masking the actual value read in the failure log. Compare
> val == sys_val directly and report sys_val with %llu on mismatch;
> compat-mode truncation should be handled in test-specific code instead of
> altering generic assertion semantics.

I don't understand why casting is problem when the original code used unsigned
long for sys_val.

-	unsigned long sys_val;
+	unsigned long long sys_val;

=> I would say agent is wrong.

But the suggestion to modify the behavior for all tests due single 32bit mode
failure is something to be considered.

@Li @Cyril WDYT? Is this patchset safe, or we use the one contributed by Wei?
Other option would be to handle everything with custom code in shmctl03.c
(wait for library helper until it's really needed).

Also, if we change tst_assert(), do we want to somehow document in the kerneldoc
that code is ready for 32bit?

Kind regards,
Petr

> Verdict - Needs revision

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