[PATCH 2/4] test-ww_mutex: Report errors from stress workers
From: Håkon Bugge
Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 08:15:07 EST
If any of stress_one_work(), stress_reorder_work(), or
stress_inorder_work() fails, the error is not conveyed back to the
test harness function stress().
We may then see in the log:
stress (stress_inorder_work) failed with -35
Beginning ww (die) mutex selftests
All ww mutex selftests passed
Besides being a contradiction by terms, the failure to return error
from said worker functions leads to false-positive results.
We fix that by adding a *result* variable to *struct stress*, update
it in said worker functions, and finally, in stress(), scan the
*stress_array* and report the first error if any.
Fixes: 2a0c11282881 ("locking/ww_mutex: Add kselftests for ww_mutex stress")
Signed-off-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c b/kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c
index 6f56a29ed6d77..5a4c92801bdfb 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ struct stress {
struct ww_class *class;
unsigned long timeout;
int nlocks;
+ int result;
};
struct rnd_state rng;
@@ -440,6 +441,9 @@ static void stress_inorder_work(struct work_struct *work)
struct ww_mutex *locks = stress->locks;
struct ww_acquire_ctx ctx;
int *order;
+ int err;
+
+ stress->result = -ENOMEM;
order = get_random_order(nlocks);
if (!order)
@@ -447,7 +451,7 @@ static void stress_inorder_work(struct work_struct *work)
do {
int contended = -1;
- int n, err;
+ int n;
ww_acquire_init(&ctx, stress->class);
retry:
@@ -485,6 +489,7 @@ static void stress_inorder_work(struct work_struct *work)
} while (!time_after(jiffies, stress->timeout));
kfree(order);
+ stress->result = err;
}
struct reorder_lock {
@@ -501,6 +506,8 @@ static void stress_reorder_work(struct work_struct *work)
int *order;
int n, err;
+ stress->result = -ENOMEM;
+
order = get_random_order(stress->nlocks);
if (!order)
return;
@@ -545,6 +552,8 @@ static void stress_reorder_work(struct work_struct *work)
ww_acquire_fini(&ctx);
} while (!time_after(jiffies, stress->timeout));
+ stress->result = err;
+
out:
list_for_each_entry_safe(ll, ln, &locks, link)
kfree(ll);
@@ -569,6 +578,8 @@ static void stress_one_work(struct work_struct *work)
break;
}
} while (!time_after(jiffies, stress->timeout));
+
+ stress->result = err;
}
#define STRESS_INORDER BIT(0)
@@ -581,6 +592,7 @@ static int stress(struct ww_class *class, int nlocks, int nthreads, unsigned int
struct ww_mutex *locks;
struct stress *stress_array;
int n, count;
+ int res = 0;
locks = kmalloc_objs(*locks, nlocks);
if (!locks)
@@ -635,10 +647,15 @@ static int stress(struct ww_class *class, int nlocks, int nthreads, unsigned int
for (n = 0; n < nlocks; n++)
ww_mutex_destroy(&locks[n]);
+
+ /* Report the first error */
+ for (n = 0; !res && n < count; n++)
+ res = stress_array[n].result;
+
kfree(stress_array);
kfree(locks);
- return 0;
+ return res;
}
static int run_tests(struct ww_class *class)
--
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