[PATCH v4 6/6] selftests: prctl: Add test for long thread names

AndrĂ© Almeida <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:54:39 -0300
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-api,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kvack.linux-mm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Add tests for the new interface to set and get long thread names. The
kernel should accept the LONG_NAME and returning it accordingly. For the
old PR_GET_NAME interface, the kernel should truncate the name up to 16
chars. /proc/<task>/comm should return the same string ad PR_GET_NAME.

Signed-off-by: AndrĂ© Almeida <[email protected]>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c
index 3f7b146d36df..0f20f7deac67 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/set-process-name.c
@@ -9,9 +9,17 @@
 
 #include "kselftest_harness.h"
 
+#ifndef PR_SET_EXT_NAME
+# define PR_SET_EXT_NAME 17
+# define PR_GET_EXT_NAME 18
+#endif
+
 #define CHANGE_NAME "changename"
+#define LONG_NAME	"change_to_very_long_extended_name"
+#define LONG_NAME_CAP	"change_to_very_"
 #define EMPTY_NAME ""
 #define TASK_COMM_LEN 16
+#define TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN 64
 #define MAX_PATH_LEN 50
 
 int set_name(char *name)
@@ -25,6 +33,16 @@ int set_name(char *name)
 	return res;
 }
 
+int set_ext_name(char *name)
+{
+	int res;
+
+	res = prctl(PR_SET_EXT_NAME, name, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+	if (res < 0)
+		return -errno;
+}
+
 int check_is_name_correct(char *check_name)
 {
 	char name[TASK_COMM_LEN];
@@ -38,6 +56,19 @@ int check_is_name_correct(char *check_name)
 	return !strcmp(name, check_name);
 }
 
+int check_is_ext_name_correct(char *check_name)
+{
+	char name[TASK_COMM_EXT_LEN];
+	int res;
+
+	res = prctl(PR_GET_EXT_NAME, name, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+	if (res < 0)
+		return -errno;
+
+	return !strcmp(name, check_name);
+}
+
 int check_null_pointer(char *check_name)
 {
 	char *name = NULL;
@@ -82,6 +113,11 @@ TEST(rename_process) {
 	EXPECT_GE(set_name(CHANGE_NAME), 0);
 	EXPECT_TRUE(check_is_name_correct(CHANGE_NAME));
 
+	EXPECT_GE(set_ext_name(LONG_NAME), 0);
+	EXPECT_TRUE(check_is_ext_name_correct(LONG_NAME));
+	EXPECT_TRUE(check_is_name_correct(LONG_NAME_CAP));
+	EXPECT_TRUE(check_name());
+
 	EXPECT_GE(set_name(EMPTY_NAME), 0);
 	EXPECT_TRUE(check_is_name_correct(EMPTY_NAME));
 

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