Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/audit: Convert powerpc to AUDIT_ARCH_COMPAT_GENERIC

[Venkat Rao Bagalkote]

On 03/07/26 4:19 am, Ricardo Robaina wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 10:28 AM Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM Venkat Rao Bagalkote
> > > <venkat88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Current remaining issue:
> > > >
> > > > 1. amcast_joinpart
> > > > ------------------
> > > > Still fails due to a missing Perl dependency:
> > > >
> > > >       Can't locate Socket/Netlink.pm in @INC
> > > >
> > > > I searched the configured repositories and could not find a package
> > > > providing Socket::Netlink / Socket/Netlink.pm on this EL10 ppc64le system.
> > > >
> > > > Latest run summary:
> > > >
> > > > amcast_joinpart/test ................. Can't locate Socket/Netlink.pm in
> > > > @INC (you may need to install the Socket::Netlink module) (@INC entries
> > > > checked: /usr/local/lib64/perl5/5.40 /usr/local/share/perl5/5.40
> > > > /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl
> > > > /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 .) at amcast_joinpart/test line 10.
> > > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at amcast_joinpart/test line 10.
> > > > amcast_joinpart/test ................. Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat
> > > > 512, 0x200)
> > > > Failed 7/7 subtests
> > > > backlog_wait_time_actual_reset/test .. ok
> > > > bpf/test ............................. ok
> > > > exec_execve/test ..................... ok
> > > > exec_name/test ....................... ok
> > > > fanotify/test ........................ ok
> > > > field_compare/test ................... ok
> > > > file_create/test ..................... ok
> > > > file_delete/test ..................... ok
> > > > file_permission/test ................. ok
> > > > file_rename/test ..................... ok
> > > > filter_exclude/test .................. ok
> > > > filter_exit/test ..................... ok
> > > > filter_saddr_fam/test ................ ok
> > > > filter_sessionid/test ................ ok
> > > > io_uring/test ........................ ok
> > > > login_tty/test ....................... ok
> > > > lost_reset/test ...................... ok
> > > > netfilter_pkt/test ................... ok
> > > > signal/test .......................... ok
> > > > syscalls_file/test ................... ok
> > > > syscall_module/test .................. ok
> > > > time_change/test ..................... ok
> > > > user_msg/test ........................ ok
> > > >
> > > > All tests now pass except amcast_joinpart, which is blocked by the
> > > > missing Socket::Netlink Perl module.
> > > >
> > > > Please let me know if there is a recommended package source for
> > > > Socket::Netlink on EL10 ppc64le.
> > > Thanks for following up on this Venkat.
> > >
> > > I'm adding your colleague Ricardo from the RH side of the house.
> > > Ricardo is very familiar with audit and should be able to help you
> > > with missing RHEL packages.
> > Thanks for looping me in,  Paul!
> >
> > Venkat, unfortunately, perl-Socket-Netlink is not packaged for RHEL-10
> > ppc64le. An alternative is to use CPAN[1] to install the
> > Socket::Netlink Perl module.
> >
> >   # dnf install cpan
> >   # cpan App::cpanminus
> >   # cpanm Socket::Netlink
> >
> > I'll reserve a ppc64le machine and run the tests locally as well. I'll
> > share the results shortly.
> >
> > [1] https://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html
Thanks for the RPM's Ricardo.

I installed the missing dependencies (netcat, iptables, ip6tables) and 
rebuilt the kernel with arp_tables available as a module. I also 
installed Socket::Netlink using:

    cpanm --mirror https://cpan.metacpan.org --mirror-only Socket::Netlink

After these changes, I reran audit-testsuite and all tests are now passing:

    Files=24, Tests=279

    Result: PASS


amcast_joinpart/test ................. ok
backlog_wait_time_actual_reset/test .. ok
bpf/test ............................. ok
exec_execve/test ..................... ok
exec_name/test ....................... ok
fanotify/test ........................ ok
field_compare/test ................... ok
file_create/test ..................... ok
file_delete/test ..................... ok
file_permission/test ................. ok
file_rename/test ..................... ok
filter_exclude/test .................. ok
filter_exit/test ..................... ok
filter_saddr_fam/test ................ ok
filter_sessionid/test ................ ok
io_uring/test ........................ ok
login_tty/test ....................... ok
lost_reset/test ...................... ok
netfilter_pkt/test ................... ok
signal/test .......................... ok
syscalls_file/test ................... ok
syscall_module/test .................. ok
time_change/test ..................... ok
user_msg/test ........................ ok


Paul/Christophe/Maddy,

Hope we are good now. Please let me know, if anything else needs to be done.


Regards,

Venkat.

> > > --
> > > paul-moore.com
> Hello everyone,
>
> I built an RHEL-10 kernel with the patch applied and verified that
> audit-testsuite passes successfully on a ppc64le machine. Please find
> the logs below:
>
> Tested-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> # uname -m
> ppc64le
>
> # uname -r
> 6.12.0-245.test.el10.ppc64le
>
> # make test
> ...
> chmod +x */test
> Running as   user    root
>          with context unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
>          on   system  RHEL10
>
> amcast_joinpart/test ................. ok
> backlog_wait_time_actual_reset/test .. ok
> bpf/test ............................. ok
> coredump/test ........................ ok
> exec_execve/test ..................... ok
> exec_name/test ....................... ok
> fanotify/test ........................ ok
> field_compare/test ................... ok
> file_create/test ..................... ok
> file_delete/test ..................... ok
> file_permission/test ................. ok
> file_rename/test ..................... ok
> filter_device/test ................... ok
> filter_exclude/test .................. ok
> filter_exit/test ..................... ok
> filter_inode/test .................... ok
> filter_saddr_fam/test ................ ok
> filter_sessionid/test ................ ok
> io_uring/test ........................ ok
> login_tty/test ....................... ok
> lost_reset/test ...................... ok
> netfilter_pkt/test ................... ok
> signal/test .......................... ok
> syscalls_file/test ................... ok
> syscall_module/test .................. ok
> time_change/test ..................... ok
> user_msg/test ........................ ok
> All tests successful.
> Files=27, Tests=300, 252 wallclock secs ( 0.12 usr  0.01 sys + 54.34
> cusr  1.38 csys = 55.85 CPU)
> Result: PASS
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/root/rrobaina/audit-testsuite/tests'
> ---
>
> I hope it helps!
> -Ricardo