Re: [PATCH] fstests Fix build errors on kernels before v5.1

Lukas Herbolt <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:48:13 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.fstests
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026-07-23 10:26, Andrey Albershteyn wrote:
> On 2026-07-23 15:27:13, Donald Douwsma wrote:
>> On 23/7/26 03:49, Lukas Herbolt wrote:
>> > On 2026-07-22 11:35, Andrey Albershteyn wrote:
>> >> On 2026-07-22 07:22:58, Lukas Herbolt wrote:
>> >>> The FAN_REPORT_FID and fanotify_event_info_fid were introduced
>> >>> in v5.1. Currently there is no check if the kernel supports it
>> >>> making xfstests build to fail on older kernels.
>> >>>
>> >>> Fixes: 29d120e41c3d ("generic: test fsnotify filesystem error reporting")
>> >>>
>> >>> Signed-off-by: Lukas Herbolt <[email protected]>
>> >>
>> >> Looks good to me
>> >> Reviewed-by: Andrey Albershteyn <[email protected]>
>> >>
>> >>> ---
>> >>>  configure.ac          |  1 +
>> >>>  include/builddefs.in  |  1 +
>> >>>  m4/package_libcdev.m4 | 14 ++++++++++++++
>> >>>  src/Makefile          |  6 +++++-
>> >>>  4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >>>
>> >>> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
>> >>> index 441f543c6089..feb24ddd8854 100644
>> >>> --- a/configure.ac
>> >>> +++ b/configure.ac
>> >>> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ AC_NEED_INTERNAL_XFS_IOC_EXCHANGE_RANGE
>> >>>  AC_HAVE_FICLONE
>> >>>  AC_HAVE_TRIVIAL_AUTO_VAR_INIT
>> >>>  AC_HAVE_FILE_GETATTR
>> >>> +AC_HAVE_FANOTIFY_FID
>> >>>
>> >>>  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([renameat2])
>> >>>  AC_CHECK_FUNCS([reallocarray])
>> >>> diff --git a/include/builddefs.in b/include/builddefs.in
>> >>> index 708d75b24d76..8e9e2e3b4113 100644
>> >>> --- a/include/builddefs.in
>> >>> +++ b/include/builddefs.in
>> >>> @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ HAVE_RLIMIT_NOFILE = @have_rlimit_nofile@
>> >>>  NEED_INTERNAL_XFS_IOC_EXCHANGE_RANGE = @need_internal_xfs_ioc_exchange_range@
>> >>>  HAVE_FICLONE = @have_ficlone@
>> >>>  HAVE_FILE_GETATTR = @have_file_getattr@
>> >>> +HAVE_FANOTIFY_FID = @have_fanotify_fid@
>> >>>
>> >>>  GCCFLAGS = -std=gnu11 -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall
>> >>>  SANITIZER_CFLAGS += @autovar_init_cflags@
>> >>> diff --git a/m4/package_libcdev.m4 b/m4/package_libcdev.m4
>> >>> index 17f57f427410..340cdad3faf9 100644
>> >>> --- a/m4/package_libcdev.m4
>> >>> +++ b/m4/package_libcdev.m4
>> >>> @@ -102,3 +102,17 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_HAVE_FILE_GETATTR],
>> >>>         AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
>> >>>      AC_SUBST(have_file_getattr)
>> >>>    ])
>> >>> +
>> >>> +# Check if we have fanotify FID support (Linux 5.1+)
>> >>> +AC_DEFUN([AC_HAVE_FANOTIFY_FID],
>> >>> +  [ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for fanotify FID support])
>> >>> +    AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
>> >>> +#include <sys/fanotify.h>
>> >>> +    ]], [[
>> >>> +       int x = FAN_REPORT_FID;
>> >>> +       struct fanotify_event_info_fid fid;
>> >>> +       (void)x; (void)fid;
>> >>> +    ]])],[have_fanotify_fid=yes
>> >>> +       AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
>> >>> +    AC_SUBST(have_fanotify_fid)
>> >>> +  ])
>> >>> diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
>> >>> index 31ac43b215e9..847fb168181e 100644
>> >>> --- a/src/Makefile
>> >>> +++ b/src/Makefile
>> >>> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ LINUX_TARGETS = xfsctl bstat t_mtab getdevicesize preallo_rw_pattern_reader \
>> >>>      fscrypt-crypt-util bulkstat_null_ocount splice-test chprojid_fail \
>> >>>      detached_mounts_propagation ext4_resize t_readdir_3 splice2pipe \
>> >>>      uuid_ioctl t_snapshot_deleted_subvolume fiemap-fault min_dio_alignment \
>> >>> -    rw_hint fs-monitor
>> >>> +    rw_hint
>> >>>
>> >>>  EXTRA_EXECS = dmerror fill2attr fill2fs fill2fs_check scaleread.sh \
>> >>>            btrfs_crc32c_forged_name.py popdir.pl popattr.py \
>> >>> @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_FICLONE),yes)
>> >>>       TARGETS += t_reflink_read_race
>> >>>  endif
>> >>>
>> >>> +ifeq ($(HAVE_FANOTIFY_FID),yes)
>> >>> +     TARGETS += fs-monitor
>> >> ...
>> >>>       LINUX_TARGETS += t_btrfs_received_uuid_ioctl
>> >>
>> >> hah just noticed that fstests "supports" different targets (darwin,
>> >> freebsd), not sure if it works at all
>> >
>> > Ugh! Indeed that should be LINUX_TARGETS += fs-monitor
>> > I will send v2
>> 
>> I think this was mainly to allow for IRIX back when fstests ran there, 
>> the
>> last of which were removed by
>> 
>> bc2568f9 fstests: remove IRIX test program open_unlink
>> 
>> A lot of the more recent programs in TARGETS look like they wouldn't 
>> apply
>> to anything outside of linux, i.e. t_ext4_dax_journal_corruption and
>> t_ext4_dax_inline_corruption.
>> 
>> Given the use of configure to decide what to compile in it may be 
>> clearer
>> if this was just simplified to use TARGETS in the long term.
> 
> Yeah, it just need a cleanup
Ok, let's just stick with this version and I will try too look into 
unifying
of the targets.
-- 
-lhe