Re: [PATCH] tools/testing/selftests/sysctl: Add pre-check to the value of writes_strict

[Orson Zhai]

Hi Kees,

Thanks for reviewing.

I will update in V1 soon.

Br,
Orson

On 20 June 2017 at 03:01, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 2:28 AM, Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Sysctl test will fail in some items if the value of /proc/sys/kernel
>> /sysctrl_writes_strict is 0 as the default value in kernel older than v4.5.
>>
>> Make this test more robust and compatible with older kernels by checking and
>> update sysctrl_writes_strict value and restore it when test is done.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/common_tests     | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>  tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests |  3 +++
>>  tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests  |  3 +++
>>  3 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/common_tests
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/common_tests
>> index 17d534b1b7b4..f5c5c51d16f3 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/common_tests
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/common_tests
>> @@ -63,6 +63,20 @@ else
>>         echo "ok"
>>  fi
>>
>> +echo -n "Checking writes strict setting ... "
>> +WRITES_STRICT="${SYSCTL}/kernel/sysctl_writes_strict"
>> +if [ ! -e ${WRITES_STRICT} ]; then
>> +       echo "FAIL, but skip in case of old kernel" >&2
>> +else
>> +       val=$(cat ${WRITES_STRICT})
>
> Can you give this a more meaningful name instead of "val". Perhaps "old_strict"?
>
>> +       if [ "$val" = "1" ]; then
>> +               echo "ok"
>> +       else
>> +               echo "FAIL, strict value is 0 but force to 1 to continue" >&2
>> +               echo "1" > ${WRITES_STRICT}
>> +       fi
>> +fi
>> +
>>  # Now that we've validated the sanity of "set_test" and "set_orig",
>>  # we can use those functions to set starting states before running
>>  # specific behavioral tests.
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests
>> index 8510f93f2d14..c0a98fd82c5c 100755
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_numerictests
>> @@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ TEST_STR=$(( $ORIG + 1 ))
>>
>>  . ./common_tests
>>
>> +if [ ! -z ${val} ]; then
>> +       echo ${val} > ${WRITES_STRICT}
>> +fi
>>  exit $rc
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests
>> index 90a9293d520c..ae98d66a9ec6 100755
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sysctl/run_stringtests
>> @@ -74,4 +74,7 @@ else
>>         echo "ok"
>>  fi
>>
>> +if [ ! -z ${val} ]; then
>> +       echo ${val} > ${WRITES_STRICT}
>> +fi
>>  exit $rc
>
> And instead of open-coding these, can you instead add an "exit_test"
> function to common_tests, which will do this and the exit $rc?
>
> -Kees
>
> --
> Kees Cook
> Pixel Security