[PATCH v6 11/11] kunit: uapi: Validate usability of /proc
From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Mon May 04 2026 - 05:35:15 EST
Show that the selftests are executed from a fairly "normal"
userspace context.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
lib/kunit/Makefile | 9 ++++++++
lib/kunit/kunit-test-uapi.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lib/kunit/kunit-test.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++-
4 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 4e8cf9fa7aa9..693aafe4d3f9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -14400,6 +14400,7 @@ M: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
S: Maintained
F: include/kunit/uapi.h
F: lib/kunit/kunit-example-uapi.c
+F: lib/kunit/kunit-test-uapi.c
F: lib/kunit/kunit-uapi.c
F: lib/kunit/uapi-preinit.c
diff --git a/lib/kunit/Makefile b/lib/kunit/Makefile
index 05991d69aa70..1a4af6b66524 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/Makefile
+++ b/lib/kunit/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ endif
obj-$(if $(CONFIG_KUNIT),y) += hooks.o
obj-$(CONFIG_KUNIT_TEST) += kunit-test.o
+
+userprogs += kunit-test-uapi
+kunit-test-uapi-userccflags := -static $(NOLIBC_USERCFLAGS)
+
+ifdef CONFIG_KUNIT_UAPI
+CFLAGS_kunit-test.o := -Wa,-I$(obj)
+$(obj)/kunit-test.o: $(obj)/kunit-test-uapi
+endif
+
obj-$(CONFIG_KUNIT_TEST) += platform-test.o
# string-stream-test compiles built-in only.
diff --git a/lib/kunit/kunit-test-uapi.c b/lib/kunit/kunit-test-uapi.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e75e57865e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kunit/kunit-test-uapi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * KUnit Userspace selftest.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026, Linutronix GmbH.
+ * Author: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+ *
+ * This is *userspace* code.
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "../../tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h"
+
+static void test_procfs(void)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t r;
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open("/proc/self/comm", O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd == -1) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("procfs: open() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return;
+ }
+
+ r = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ close(fd);
+
+ if (r == -1) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("procfs: read() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (r != 16 || strncmp("kunit-test-uapi\n", buf, 16) != 0) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("procfs: incorrect comm\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ ksft_test_result_pass("procfs\n");
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ ksft_print_header();
+ ksft_set_plan(1);
+ test_procfs();
+ ksft_finished();
+}
diff --git a/lib/kunit/kunit-test.c b/lib/kunit/kunit-test.c
index 126e30879dad..b62e24fb9c55 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/kunit-test.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/kunit-test.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <kunit/test.h>
#include <kunit/test-bug.h>
#include <kunit/static_stub.h>
+#include <kunit/uapi.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <kunit/device.h>
@@ -914,10 +915,31 @@ static struct kunit_suite kunit_stub_test_suite = {
.test_cases = kunit_stub_test_cases,
};
+static void kunit_uapi_test(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ KUNIT_UAPI_EMBED_BLOB(kunit_test_uapi, "kunit-test-uapi");
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KUNIT_UAPI))
+ kunit_uapi_run_kselftest(test, &kunit_test_uapi);
+ else
+ kunit_skip(test, "CONFIG_KUNIT_UAPI is not enabled");
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case kunit_uapi_test_cases[] = {
+ KUNIT_CASE(kunit_uapi_test),
+ {}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite kunit_uapi_test_suite = {
+ .name = "kunit_uapi",
+ .test_cases = kunit_uapi_test_cases,
+};
+
kunit_test_suites(&kunit_try_catch_test_suite, &kunit_resource_test_suite,
&kunit_log_test_suite, &kunit_status_test_suite,
&kunit_current_test_suite, &kunit_device_test_suite,
- &kunit_fault_test_suite, &kunit_stub_test_suite);
+ &kunit_fault_test_suite, &kunit_stub_test_suite,
+ &kunit_uapi_test_suite);
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("KUnit test for core test infrastructure");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--
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