[RFC PATCH v5 2/2] selftest: add tests for open*(O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY)
From: Jori Koolstra
Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 16:29:29 EST
Add some tests for the new valid O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY flag combination for
open*(2) to test compliance and to showcase its behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile | 4 +-
tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fclog.c | 1 +
.../filesystems/open_o_creat_o_dir.c | 197 ++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/open_o_creat_o_dir.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore
index 64ac0dfa46b7..f257b3ddb479 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+open_o_creat_o_dir
dnotify_test
devpts_pts
fclog
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile
index 85427d7f19b9..ec7f93b700d2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-CFLAGS += $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := devpts_pts file_stressor anon_inode_test kernfs_test fclog
+CFLAGS += $(KHDR_INCLUDES) $(TOOLS_INCLUDES)
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := open_o_creat_o_dir devpts_pts file_stressor anon_inode_test kernfs_test fclog
TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED := dnotify_test
include ../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fclog.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fclog.c
index 551c4a0f395a..33ed59286a2d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fclog.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/fclog.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
* Copyright (C) 2025 SUSE LLC.
*/
+#include <fcntl.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sched.h>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/open_o_creat_o_dir.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/open_o_creat_o_dir.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03b5edcffeef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/open_o_creat_o_dir.c
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+#include "kselftest_harness.h"
+
+static inline int open_o_creat_o_dir(int dfd, const char *pathname,
+ mode_t mode, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ return syscall(__NR_openat, dfd, pathname,
+ flags | O_DIRECTORY | O_CREAT, mode);
+}
+
+#define open_o_creat_o_dir_checked_flags(dfd, pathname, flags) ({ \
+ struct stat __st; \
+ int __fd = open_o_creat_o_dir(dfd, pathname, S_IRWXU, flags); \
+ ASSERT_GE(__fd, 0); \
+ ASSERT_EQ(fstat(__fd, &__st), 0); \
+ EXPECT_TRUE(S_ISDIR(__st.st_mode)); \
+ __fd; \
+})
+
+#define open_o_creat_o_dir_checked(dfd, pathname) \
+ open_o_creat_o_dir_checked_flags(dfd, pathname, 0)
+
+FIXTURE(open_o_creat_o_dir) {
+ char dirpath[PATH_MAX];
+ int dfd;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(open_o_creat_o_dir)
+{
+ strcpy(self->dirpath, "/tmp/open_o_creat_o_dir_test.XXXXXX");
+ ASSERT_NE(mkdtemp(self->dirpath), NULL);
+ self->dfd = open(self->dirpath, O_DIRECTORY);
+ ASSERT_GE(self->dfd, 0);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(open_o_creat_o_dir)
+{
+ close(self->dfd);
+ rmdir(self->dirpath);
+}
+
+/* Does open_o_creat_o_dir return a fd at all? */
+TEST_F(open_o_creat_o_dir, returns_fd)
+{
+ int fd = open_o_creat_o_dir_checked(self->dfd, "newdir");
+ EXPECT_EQ(close(fd), 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(unlinkat(self->dfd, "newdir", AT_REMOVEDIR), 0);
+}
+
+/* The fd must refer to the directory that was just created. */
+TEST_F(open_o_creat_o_dir, fd_is_created_dir)
+{
+ int fd;
+ struct stat st_via_fd, st_via_path;
+ char path[PATH_MAX];
+
+ fd = open_o_creat_o_dir_checked(self->dfd, "checkdir");
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(fstat(fd, &st_via_fd), 0);
+
+ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/checkdir", self->dirpath);
+ ASSERT_EQ(stat(path, &st_via_path), 0);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(st_via_fd.st_ino, st_via_path.st_ino);
+ EXPECT_EQ(st_via_fd.st_dev, st_via_path.st_dev);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(close(fd), 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rmdir(path), 0);
+}
+
+/* Missing parent component must fail with ENOENT. */
+TEST_F(open_o_creat_o_dir, enoent_missing_parent)
+{
+ EXPECT_EQ(open_o_creat_o_dir(self->dfd, "nonexistent/child", S_IRWXU, 0), -1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, ENOENT);
+}
+
+/* An invalid dfd must fail with EBADF. */
+TEST_F(open_o_creat_o_dir, ebadf)
+{
+ EXPECT_EQ(open_o_creat_o_dir(-42, "badfdir", S_IRWXU, 0), -1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, EBADF);
+}
+
+/* A dfd that points to a file (not a directory) must fail with ENOTDIR. */
+TEST_F(open_o_creat_o_dir, enotdir_dfd)
+{
+ int file_fd;
+
+ file_fd = openat(self->dfd, "file",
+ O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, S_IRWXU);
+ ASSERT_GE(file_fd, 0);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(open_o_creat_o_dir(file_fd, "subdir", S_IRWXU, 0), -1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, ENOTDIR);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(close(file_fd), 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(unlinkat(self->dfd, "file", 0), 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * O_EXCL together with O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY must fail with EEXIST when
+ * the target directory already exists.
+ */
+TEST_F(open_o_creat_o_dir, o_excl_eexist)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open_o_creat_o_dir_checked_flags(self->dfd, "excldir", O_EXCL);
+ EXPECT_EQ(close(fd), 0);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(open_o_creat_o_dir(self->dfd, "excldir", S_IRWXU, O_EXCL), -1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, EEXIST);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(unlinkat(self->dfd, "excldir", AT_REMOVEDIR), 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY on a path that already exists as a regular file
+ * must fail with ENOTDIR.
+ */
+TEST_F(open_o_creat_o_dir, existing_file_enotdir)
+{
+ int file_fd;
+
+ file_fd = openat(self->dfd, "regfile",
+ O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, S_IRWXU);
+ ASSERT_GE(file_fd, 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(close(file_fd), 0);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(open_o_creat_o_dir(self->dfd, "regfile", S_IRWXU, 0), -1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, ENOTDIR);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(unlinkat(self->dfd, "regfile", 0), 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY combined with a writable access mode must be
+ * rejected: a directory cannot be opened for writing.
+ */
+TEST_F(open_o_creat_o_dir, rejects_writable_acc_mode)
+{
+ EXPECT_EQ(open_o_creat_o_dir(self->dfd, "rdwrdir", S_IRWXU, O_RDWR), -1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, EISDIR);
+ /* Clean up if the kernel created the directory anyway. */
+ unlinkat(self->dfd, "rdwrdir", AT_REMOVEDIR);
+}
+
+/*
+ * openat(O_CREAT) with a trailing slash but without O_DIRECTORY
+ * must fail with EISDIR and must not create anything at the path.
+ */
+TEST_F(open_o_creat_o_dir, trailing_slash_no_o_dir)
+{
+ int fd;
+ struct stat st;
+
+ fd = openat(self->dfd, "trailing/", O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, S_IRWXU);
+ EXPECT_EQ(fd, -1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, EISDIR);
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(fstatat(self->dfd, "trailing", &st, 0), -1);
+ EXPECT_EQ(errno, ENOENT);
+
+ /* Best-effort cleanup in case the kernel left a file behind. */
+ if (fd >= 0)
+ close(fd);
+ unlinkat(self->dfd, "trailing", 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The returned fd must be usable as a dfd for further *at() calls.
+ */
+TEST_F(open_o_creat_o_dir, fd_usable_as_dfd)
+{
+ int parent_fd, child_fd;
+ char path[PATH_MAX];
+
+ parent_fd = open_o_creat_o_dir_checked(self->dfd, "parent");
+ child_fd = open_o_creat_o_dir_checked(parent_fd, "child");
+
+ EXPECT_EQ(close(child_fd), 0);
+ EXPECT_EQ(close(parent_fd), 0);
+
+ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/parent/child", self->dirpath);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rmdir(path), 0);
+ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/parent", self->dirpath);
+ EXPECT_EQ(rmdir(path), 0);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
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