[PATCH v6 2/5] selftests/mm: unify pkey sighandler selftest assertions and tracing

From: Hongfu Li

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 03:02:03 EST


Add per-test tracing to the pkey signal-handler selftest and use
pkey_assert() for error handling. Each test enables tracing at start
and disables it at end; on failure, pkey_assert() calls abort_hooks()
to turn tracing off so ftrace is not left enabled.

Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/mm/pkey_sighandler_tests.c | 69 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_sighandler_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_sighandler_tests.c
index 302fef54049c..085e771227fb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_sighandler_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_sighandler_tests.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <signal.h>
-#include <assert.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
@@ -36,6 +35,10 @@ static pthread_mutex_t mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
static pthread_cond_t cond = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
static siginfo_t siginfo = {0};

+int iteration_nr = 1;
+int test_nr;
+int dprint_in_signal;
+
/*
* We need to use inline assembly instead of glibc's syscall because glibc's
* syscall will attempt to access the PLT in order to call a library function
@@ -207,15 +210,14 @@ static void test_sigsegv_handler_with_pkey0_disabled(void)
struct sigaction sa;
pthread_attr_t attr;
pthread_t thr;
+ int ret;

sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;

sa.sa_sigaction = sigsegv_handler;
sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
- if (sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
- perror("sigaction");
- exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
- }
+ ret = sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL);
+ pkey_assert(ret == 0);

memset(&siginfo, 0, sizeof(siginfo));

@@ -247,15 +249,14 @@ static void test_sigsegv_handler_cannot_access_stack(void)
struct sigaction sa;
pthread_attr_t attr;
pthread_t thr;
+ int ret;

sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;

sa.sa_sigaction = sigsegv_handler;
sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
- if (sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
- perror("sigaction");
- exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
- }
+ ret = sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL);
+ pkey_assert(ret == 0);

memset(&siginfo, 0, sizeof(siginfo));

@@ -288,21 +289,20 @@ static void test_sigsegv_handler_with_different_pkey_for_stack(void)
int parent_pid = 0;
int child_pid = 0;
u64 pkey_reg;
+ long ret;

sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO | SA_ONSTACK;

sa.sa_sigaction = sigsegv_handler;

sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
- if (sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
- perror("sigaction");
- exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
- }
+ ret = sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL);
+ pkey_assert(ret == 0);

stack = mmap(0, STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);

- assert(stack != MAP_FAILED);
+ pkey_assert(stack != MAP_FAILED);

/* Allow access to MPK 0 and MPK 1 */
pkey_reg = pkey_reg_restrictive_default();
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static void test_sigsegv_handler_with_different_pkey_for_stack(void)
memset(&siginfo, 0, sizeof(siginfo));

/* Use clone to avoid newer glibcs using rseq on new threads */
- long ret = clone_raw(CLONE_VM | CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES |
+ ret = clone_raw(CLONE_VM | CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES |
CLONE_SIGHAND | CLONE_THREAD | CLONE_SYSVSEM |
CLONE_PARENT_SETTID | CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID |
CLONE_DETACHED,
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ static void test_pkru_preserved_after_sigusr1(void)
{
struct sigaction sa;
u64 pkey_reg;
+ int ret;

/* Allow access to MPK 0 and an arbitrary set of keys */
pkey_reg = pkey_reg_restrictive_default();
@@ -369,10 +370,8 @@ static void test_pkru_preserved_after_sigusr1(void)

sa.sa_sigaction = sigusr1_handler;
sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
- if (sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
- perror("sigaction");
- exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
- }
+ ret = sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, NULL);
+ pkey_assert(ret == 0);

memset(&siginfo, 0, sizeof(siginfo));

@@ -444,6 +443,13 @@ static void test_pkru_sigreturn(void)
int parent_pid = 0;
int child_pid = 0;
u64 pkey_reg;
+ long ret;
+
+ /*
+ * SIGSEGV handler is reset to SIG_DFL below; turn tracing off first
+ * so a crash does not leave ftrace enabled.
+ */
+ tracing_off();

sa.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
sa.sa_flags = 0;
@@ -453,24 +459,20 @@ static void test_pkru_sigreturn(void)
* For this testcase, we do not want to handle SIGSEGV. Reset handler
* to default so that the application can crash if it receives SIGSEGV.
*/
- if (sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
- perror("sigaction");
- exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
- }
+ ret = sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, NULL);
+ pkey_assert(ret == 0);

sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO | SA_ONSTACK;
sa.sa_sigaction = sigusr2_handler;
sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);

- if (sigaction(SIGUSR2, &sa, NULL) == -1) {
- perror("sigaction");
- exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
- }
+ ret = sigaction(SIGUSR2, &sa, NULL);
+ pkey_assert(ret == 0);

stack = mmap(0, STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);

- assert(stack != MAP_FAILED);
+ pkey_assert(stack != MAP_FAILED);

/*
* Allow access to MPK 0 and MPK 2. The child thread (to be created
@@ -494,7 +496,7 @@ static void test_pkru_sigreturn(void)
sigstack.ss_size = STACK_SIZE;

/* Use clone to avoid newer glibcs using rseq on new threads */
- long ret = clone_raw(CLONE_VM | CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES |
+ ret = clone_raw(CLONE_VM | CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES |
CLONE_SIGHAND | CLONE_THREAD | CLONE_SYSVSEM |
CLONE_PARENT_SETTID | CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID |
CLONE_DETACHED,
@@ -530,16 +532,17 @@ static void (*pkey_tests[])(void) = {

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
- int i;
-
ksft_print_header();
ksft_set_plan(ARRAY_SIZE(pkey_tests));

if (!is_pkeys_supported())
ksft_exit_skip("pkeys not supported\n");

- for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pkey_tests); i++)
- (*pkey_tests[i])();
+ for (test_nr = 0; test_nr < ARRAY_SIZE(pkey_tests); test_nr++) {
+ tracing_on();
+ (*pkey_tests[test_nr])();
+ tracing_off();
+ }

ksft_finished();
return 0;
--
2.25.1