[PATCH v2 19/22] selftests/coredump: hand the record stream to a sink

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 19:13:06 EST


Currently recv_coredump_records() parses the record stream and dumps it
into a file. A coredump server may want to process the data it gets. So
split the parsing from the processing.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c
index 5b2ffe17f7b7..45d76fa0f469 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c
@@ -71,9 +71,19 @@ void crashing_child_sparse(size_t size)
*(volatile int *)NULL = 0;
}

-/* Read @len bytes off the socket, writing them at @offset if @fd_out >= 0. */
-static ssize_t recv_record_bytes(int fd_coredump, __u64 len, int fd_out,
- off_t offset)
+/* Sink a reassembled record stream is handed to, record by record. */
+struct coredump_record_sink {
+ /* @len bytes of coredump data that belong at @offset. */
+ int (*data)(void *ctx, const void *buf, size_t len, __u64 offset);
+ /* @len zero bytes that belong at @offset. */
+ int (*zero)(void *ctx, __u64 offset, __u64 len);
+ void *ctx;
+};
+
+/* Read @len bytes off the socket and hand them to @sink, if there is one. */
+static ssize_t recv_record_bytes(int fd_coredump, __u64 len,
+ const struct coredump_record_sink *sink,
+ __u64 offset)
{
ssize_t received = 0;

@@ -89,11 +99,8 @@ static ssize_t recv_record_bytes(int fd_coredump, __u64 len, int fd_out,
return -1;
}

- if (fd_out >= 0 &&
- pwrite(fd_out, buffer, ret, offset + received) != ret) {
- fprintf(stderr, "%s: pwrite failed: %m\n", __func__);
+ if (sink && sink->data(sink->ctx, buffer, ret, offset + received))
return -1;
- }

received += ret;
len -= ret;
@@ -102,14 +109,34 @@ static ssize_t recv_record_bytes(int fd_coredump, __u64 len, int fd_out,
return received;
}

+/* Put the data where the records say it goes and leave the holes alone. */
+static int file_sink_data(void *ctx, const void *buf, size_t len, __u64 offset)
+{
+ int fd = *(int *)ctx;
+
+ if (pwrite(fd, buf, len, offset) != (ssize_t)len) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: pwrite failed: %m\n", __func__);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int file_sink_zero(void *ctx, __u64 offset, __u64 len)
+{
+ /* Nothing has to be written for a hole. */
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
- * Reassemble a record stream. If @fd_peer_pidfd is valid the task behind
- * it is killed once a data record has arrived, so the kernel has to cut
- * the coredump short with the stream already under way.
+ * Read a coredump strea and funnel it into @sink. Allow to pass in a
+ * @fd_peer_pidfd to simulate coredump truncation by killing it after having
+ * received a coredump record.
*/
-ssize_t recv_coredump_records(int fd_coredump, int fd_core_file,
- off_t *coredump_size, bool *truncated,
- int fd_peer_pidfd)
+static ssize_t __recv_coredump_records(int fd_coredump,
+ const struct coredump_record_sink *sink,
+ off_t *coredump_size, bool *truncated,
+ int fd_peer_pidfd)
{
ssize_t received = 0;
off_t size = 0;
@@ -169,7 +196,8 @@ ssize_t recv_coredump_records(int fd_coredump, int fd_core_file,
}

/* Discard any part of the header we have no use for. */
- ret = recv_record_bytes(fd_coredump, record.size - known_size, -1, 0);
+ ret = recv_record_bytes(fd_coredump, record.size - known_size,
+ NULL, 0);
if (ret < 0)
return -1;
received += ret;
@@ -185,10 +213,12 @@ ssize_t recv_coredump_records(int fd_coredump, int fd_core_file,
switch (record.type) {
case COREDUMP_RECORD_ZERO:
/* A hole. It comes with no data and needs none. */
+ if (sink->zero(sink->ctx, record.offset, record.len))
+ return -1;
break;
case COREDUMP_RECORD_DATA:
- ret = recv_record_bytes(fd_coredump, record.len,
- fd_core_file, size);
+ ret = recv_record_bytes(fd_coredump, record.len, sink,
+ record.offset);
if (ret < 0)
return -1;
received += ret;
@@ -230,6 +260,32 @@ ssize_t recv_coredump_records(int fd_coredump, int fd_core_file,
if (truncated)
*truncated = is_truncated;

+ *coredump_size = size;
+
+ fprintf(stderr, "Received %zd bytes for a %s coredump of %llu bytes\n",
+ received, is_truncated ? "truncated" : "complete",
+ (unsigned long long)size);
+ return received;
+}
+
+/* Reassemble a record stream into the coredump it describes. */
+ssize_t recv_coredump_records(int fd_coredump, int fd_core_file,
+ off_t *coredump_size, bool *truncated,
+ int fd_peer_pidfd)
+{
+ struct coredump_record_sink sink = {
+ .data = file_sink_data,
+ .zero = file_sink_zero,
+ .ctx = &fd_core_file,
+ };
+ ssize_t received;
+ off_t size = 0;
+
+ received = __recv_coredump_records(fd_coredump, &sink, &size, truncated,
+ fd_peer_pidfd);
+ if (received < 0)
+ return -1;
+
/*
* Nothing is written for a hole, so grow the file to the size the
* records describe in case the coredump ended in one.
@@ -243,9 +299,6 @@ ssize_t recv_coredump_records(int fd_coredump, int fd_core_file,
if (coredump_size)
*coredump_size = size;

- fprintf(stderr, "Received %zd bytes for a %s coredump of %llu bytes\n",
- received, is_truncated ? "truncated" : "complete",
- (unsigned long long)size);
return received;
}


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2.53.0