kernel/linux.git/tools/testing/selftests/prctl, branch master

selftests: fix ARCH normalization to handle command-line argument

2026-03-28T04:19:44+00:00

Several selftests Makefiles (e.g. prctl, breakpoints, etc) attempt to normalize the ARCH variable by converting x86_64 and i.86 to x86. However, it uses the conditional assignment operator '?='. When ARCH is passed as a command-line argument (e.g., during an rpmbuild process), the '?=' operator ignores the shell command and the sed transformation. This leads to an incorrect ARCH value being used, which causes build failures # make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=prctl ARCH=x86_64 make: Entering directory '/build/tools/testing/selftests' make[1]: Entering directory '/build/tools/testing/selftests/prctl' make[1]: *** No targets. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/tools/testing/selftests/prctl' make: *** [Makefile:197: all] Error 2 Change the assignment to use 'override' and ':=' to ensure the normalization logic is applied regardless of how the ARCH variable was initially defined. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260309205145.572778-1-aleksey.oladko@virtuozzo.com Signed-off-by: Aleksei Oladko Cc: Shuah Khan Cc: Wei Yang Cc: Bala-Vignesh-Reddy Cc: Chelsy Ratnawat Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

selftests: complete kselftest include centralization

2025-11-27T22:24:31+00:00

This follow-up patch completes centralization of kselftest.h and ksefltest_harness.h includes in remaining seltests files, replacing all relative paths with a non-relative paths using shared -I include path in lib.mk Tested with gcc-13.3 and clang-18.1, and cross-compiled successfully on riscv, arm64, x86_64 and powerpc arch. [reddybalavignesh9979@gmail.com: add selftests include path for kselftest.h] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251017090201.317521-1-reddybalavignesh9979@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251016104409.68985-1-reddybalavignesh9979@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Bala-Vignesh-Reddy Suggested-by: Andrew Morton Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250820143954.33d95635e504e94df01930d0@linux-foundation.org/ Reviewed-by: Wei Yang Cc: David Hildenbrand Cc: David S. Miller Cc: Eric Dumazet Cc: Günther Noack Cc: Jakub Kacinski Cc: Liam Howlett Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes Cc: Michal Hocko Cc: Mickael Salaun Cc: Ming Lei Cc: Paolo Abeni Cc: Shuah Khan Cc: Simon Horman Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan Cc: Vlastimil Babka Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

selftests: prctl: Add prctl test for PR_GET_NAME

2023-11-30T23:30:05+00:00

This patch covers the testing of PR_GET_NAME by reading it's value from proc/self/task/pid/comm and matching it with the value returned by PR_GET_NAME. If the values are matched then it's successful, otherwise it fails. changes since v1: - Handled fscanf,fopen error checking. - Defined MAX_PATH_LEN. Signed-off-by: Osama Muhammad Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan

selftests:prctl: add set-process-name to .gitignore

2023-07-25T16:33:25+00:00

Add newly addded set-process-name test to .gitignore Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan

selftests:prctl: Fix make clean override warning

2023-07-25T16:33:14+00:00

Remove clean target in Makefile to fix the following warning and use the one in common lib.mk Makefile:14: warning: overriding recipe for target 'clean' ../lib.mk:160: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'clean' Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan

selftests: prctl: Add new prctl test for PR_SET_NAME

2023-07-24T15:00:42+00:00

This patch will add the new test, which covers the prctl call PR_SET_NAME command. The test tries to give a name using the PR_SET_NAME call and then confirm it that it changed correctly by using PR_GET_NAME. It also tries to rename it with empty name.In the test PR_GET_NAME is tested by passing null pointer to it and check its behaviour. Signed-off-by: Osama Muhammad Reviewed-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum Tested-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan

selftests: prctl: Fix spelling mistake "anonynous" -> "anonymous"

2023-06-12T22:39:10+00:00

There is a spelling mistake in an log message. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan

selftests: prctl: Add new prctl test for PR_SET_VMA action

2023-03-28T16:28:33+00:00

This patch will add the new test, which covers the prctl call with PR_SET_VMA command. The test tries to give a name to the anonymous VMA within the process memory map, and then checks the result of the operation by parsing 'maps' virtual file. Additionally, the test tries to call the prctl PR_SET_VMA command with invalid arguments, and checks the error codes for correctness. At the moment anonymous VMA naming through prctl call functionality is not covered with any tests, so I think implementing it makes sense. In version 2 of this patch I consider the selftest Makefile rule about TARGETS entries order - I moved the 'prctl' entry in the Makefile to follow the lexicographic order. In version 1 it was placed at the end of the list. Signed-off-by: Ivan Orlov Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan

selftests: Fix spelling mistake "allright" -> "all right"

2023-02-13T16:09:46+00:00

There are two spelling mistakes in the test messages. Fix them. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan

.gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier

2020-03-25T10:50:48+00:00

Add SPDX License Identifier to all .gitignore files. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman