[LTP] [PATCH v11] semctl01: fix SEM_STAT failures under parallel LTP runs
Stephen Bertram via ltp <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:00:17 -0400
| Newsgroups | it.linux.lists.ltp |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
SEM_STAT was using the global high index from IPC_INFO, which is not stable when other IPC tests run in parallel and can abort the test with TBROK. Signed-off-by: Stephen Bertram <[email protected]> --- Test: ./kirk -w 4 -f syscalls_32 -p semctl01 -i 1000 Before changes: Total runs: 32000 Runtime: 16m 32s Passed: 415968 Failed: 0 Skipped: 0 Broken: 16 Warnings: 0 After changes: Total runs: 32000 Runtime: 16m 35s Passed: 416000 Failed: 0 Skipped: 0 Broken: 0 Warnings: 0 Assisted-by: Cursor testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c index 5bd675ab6..1627a07a7 100644 --- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c +++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/semctl/semctl01.c @@ -210,13 +210,16 @@ static void func_rmid(void) static void func_iinfo(int hidx) { - if (hidx >= 0) { - sem_index = hidx; - tst_res(TPASS, "the highest index is correct"); - } else { - sem_index = 0; - tst_res(TFAIL, "the highest index is incorrect"); - } + /* + * Return value is the highest used index. Our set is alive, so the + * highest used index must be at least our index. + */ + if (hidx >= sem_index) + tst_res(TPASS, "IPC_INFO highest index %d >= our index %d", + hidx, sem_index); + else + tst_res(TFAIL, "IPC_INFO highest index %d < our index %d", + hidx, sem_index); } static void func_sinfo(void) @@ -227,12 +230,40 @@ static void func_sinfo(void) tst_res(TPASS, "number of semaphore sets is correct"); } -static void func_sstat(int semidx) +static void func_sstat(int semid) { - if (semidx >= 0) + if (semid == sem_id) tst_res(TPASS, "id of the semaphore set is correct"); else - tst_res(TFAIL, "id of the semaphore set is incorrect"); + tst_res(TFAIL, "expected sem_id %d, got %d", sem_id, semid); +} + +/* + * SEM_STAT takes an index into the kernel's internal array, not a semid. + * Return the index that maps to this test's set. + */ +static int get_sem_idx_from_id(int id) +{ + struct seminfo info; + struct semid_ds dummy_ds; + union semun arg; + int max_idx, i; + + arg.__buf = &info; + /* SEM_INFO ignores semid; but SAFE_SEMCTL requires an lvalue */ + max_idx = SAFE_SEMCTL(id, 0, SEM_INFO, arg); + + arg.buf = &dummy_ds; + for (i = 0; i <= max_idx; i++) { + /* + * Bare semctl: unused/unreadable indices fail with + * EINVAL/EACCES; SAFE_SEMCTL would abort the test. + */ + if (semctl(i, 0, SEM_STAT, arg) == id) + return i; + } + + return -1; } static struct tcases { @@ -263,8 +294,14 @@ static void verify_semctl(unsigned int n) struct tcases *tc = &tests[n]; int rval; - if (sem_id == -1) + if (sem_id == -1) { sem_id = SAFE_SEMGET(IPC_PRIVATE, PSEMS, IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | SEM_RA); + sem_index = get_sem_idx_from_id(sem_id); + if (sem_index < 0) + tst_brk(TBROK, + "Failed to get sem_id %d to idx mapping", sem_id); + tst_res(TINFO, "sem_id=%d maps to kernel index=%d", sem_id, sem_index); + } if (tc->func_setup) { switch (tc->cmd) { case GETNCNT: -- 2.55.0 -- Mailing list info: https://lists.linux.it/listinfo/ltp