[PATCH 2/2] selftests: ntsync: test absolute MONOTONIC waits under time namespaces

From: Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 14:06:23 EST


Cover the timens conversion in ntsync_schedule(): with a negative
CLOCK_MONOTONIC offset, a 100 ms absolute wait must not return
immediately against the host clock.

Suggested-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez <ivanrwcm25@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/drivers/ntsync/ntsync.c | 87 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/ntsync/ntsync.c b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/ntsync/ntsync.c
index e6a37214aa46..ce000ff41535 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/ntsync/ntsync.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/ntsync/ntsync.c
@@ -8,12 +8,18 @@
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sched.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <linux/ntsync.h>
#include "kselftest_harness.h"

+#ifndef CLONE_NEWTIME
+#define CLONE_NEWTIME 0x00000080
+#endif
+
static int read_sem_state(int sem, __u32 *count, __u32 *max)
{
struct ntsync_sem_args args;
@@ -1340,4 +1346,85 @@ TEST(stress_wait)
close(stress_device);
}

+/*
+ * Absolute MONOTONIC timeouts must honour the caller's time namespace.
+ * With a negative monotonic offset, a 100 ms wait must still take ~100 ms
+ * of namespace time (not return immediately against the host clock).
+ */
+TEST(wait_any_monotonic_timens)
+{
+ struct ntsync_sem_args sem_args = {0};
+ struct ntsync_wait_args wait_args = {0};
+ struct timespec start, end;
+ char buf[64];
+ __u64 elapsed_ns;
+ int fd, offset_fd, sem, ret, status, len;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ if (access("/proc/self/ns/time", F_OK))
+ SKIP(return, "Time namespaces are not supported");
+
+ fd = open("/dev/ntsync", O_CLOEXEC | O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ SKIP(return, "/dev/ntsync is not available");
+
+ ret = unshare(CLONE_NEWTIME);
+ if (ret) {
+ close(fd);
+ if (errno == EPERM)
+ SKIP(return, "need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for CLONE_NEWTIME");
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, ret);
+ }
+
+ len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d %d 0", CLOCK_MONOTONIC, -10);
+ offset_fd = open("/proc/self/timens_offsets", O_WRONLY);
+ ASSERT_LE(0, offset_fd);
+ ASSERT_EQ(len, write(offset_fd, buf, len));
+ close(offset_fd);
+
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_LE(0, pid);
+ if (!pid) {
+ int obj;
+
+ sem_args.count = 0;
+ sem_args.max = 1;
+ sem = ioctl(fd, NTSYNC_IOC_CREATE_SEM, &sem_args);
+ if (sem < 0)
+ _exit(1);
+
+ obj = sem;
+ wait_args.timeout = get_abs_timeout(100);
+ wait_args.objs = (uintptr_t)&obj;
+ wait_args.count = 1;
+ wait_args.owner = 123;
+ wait_args.index = 0xdeadbeef;
+
+ if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start))
+ _exit(2);
+ ret = ioctl(fd, NTSYNC_IOC_WAIT_ANY, &wait_args);
+ if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &end))
+ _exit(2);
+
+ if (ret != -1 || errno != ETIMEDOUT)
+ _exit(3);
+
+ elapsed_ns = (end.tv_sec - start.tv_sec) * 1000000000ULL +
+ (end.tv_nsec - start.tv_nsec);
+ /* Without timens conversion this returns in ~0 ms. */
+ if (elapsed_ns < 50 * 1000000ULL)
+ _exit(4);
+ if (elapsed_ns > 1000 * 1000000ULL)
+ _exit(5);
+
+ _exit(0);
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(pid, waitpid(pid, &status, 0));
+ EXPECT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status));
+
+ close(fd);
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
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