Re: [PATCH v3 14/14] selftest: add tests for open*(O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY)
From: Christian Brauner
Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 06:53:56 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>
Thanks for the selftests!
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/.gitignore
> index a78f894157de..d779a7945cf8 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 a7ec2ba2dd83..b60950f8b15c 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
> +TEST_GEN_PROGS := open_o_creat_o_dir devpts_pts file_stressor anon_inode_test kernfs_test fclog
> TEST_GEN_PROGS += idmapped_tmpfile
> TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED := dnotify_test
>
> 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..df3cdbae2c85
> --- /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);
> +}
I'm not going to insist on it but this should probably move into a
shared header. Possibly wrappers.h which already has a bunch of similar
stuff.
> +
> +#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);
Use FD_INVALID which is a uapi constant.
> + 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);
I assume this only ran on non-atomic-open filesystems.
> +
> + 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, ENOTDIR);
> + /* 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.
Do you also have a test _with_ trailing slash?
--
Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>