[RFC PATCH 05/39] sysctl: cover priv in KUnit and the debug test module
From: wen . yang
Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 12:38:04 EST
From: Wen Yang <wen.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
Add KUnit cases for priv: a standard handler must ignore it, registration
must reject priv with a standard handler, and a re-registered table must
keep both the value pointer and the context.
Move the debug module's dynamic-value entry to the same shape so it
exercises data-as-value and priv-as-context.
Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sysctl-test.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lib/test_sysctl.c | 9 +++---
2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl-test.c b/kernel/sysctl-test.c
index dd658ca18793..f9efc146f219 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl-test.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl-test.c
@@ -699,10 +699,56 @@ static int sysctl_test_entry_write(struct kunit *test, const struct ctl_table *t
* entry must not change what is stored, so a stray context pointer cannot
* redirect a write to the wrong address.
*/
+static void sysctl_test_priv_standard_handler(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ int value = 0;
+ struct sysctl_test_demo_ctx {
+ int marker;
+ } ctx = { .marker = -1 };
+ const struct ctl_table table = {
+ .procname = "standard",
+ .data = &value,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(value),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .min = 0,
+ .max = 100,
+ .priv = &ctx,
+ };
+
+ sysctl_test_entry_roundtrip(test, &table, "42");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, value, 42);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, ctx.marker, -1);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, table.data, &value);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, table.priv, &ctx);
+}
+
/*
* Registration refuses priv on a standard handler: the context would be
* silently ignored, which is always a configuration mistake.
*/
+static void sysctl_test_priv_standard_handler_reject(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ int value = 0;
+ struct sysctl_test_demo_ctx {
+ int marker;
+ } ctx = { .marker = -1 };
+ const struct ctl_table table = {
+ .procname = "invalid_priv",
+ .data = &value,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(value),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .min = 0,
+ .max = 100,
+ .priv = &ctx,
+ };
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, NULL,
+ register_sysctl_sz("sysctl_kunit_priv_invalid",
+ &table, 1));
+}
+
/*
* A dynamic range wrapper reads its related limit through priv on each call
@@ -1159,6 +1205,29 @@ static void sysctl_test_context_registration_lifecycle(struct kunit *test)
* at the caller-owned objects; the handler resolves storage through data and
* context through priv on every call.
*/
+static void sysctl_test_priv_registration_lifecycle(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ struct sysctl_test_lifecycle ctx = {};
+ struct ctl_table table = SYSCTL_TEST_CTX(ctx.value, "priv_lifecycle",
+ 0644,
+ sysctl_test_lifecycle_handler, ctx);
+ struct ctl_table_header *header;
+
+ header = register_sysctl_sz("sysctl_kunit_priv", &table, 1);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(test, header);
+ kunit_add_action(test, sysctl_test_unregister_table, header);
+
+ sysctl_test_entry_roundtrip(test, &table, "23");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, ctx.value, 23);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, table.priv, &ctx);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, table.data, &ctx.value);
+
+ kunit_release_action(test, sysctl_test_unregister_table, header);
+ sysctl_test_entry_roundtrip(test, &table, "17");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, ctx.value, 17);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, table.priv, &ctx);
+}
+
/* Registration rejects numeric bounds that cannot represent the element type. */
static void sysctl_test_context_registration_reject(struct kunit *test)
{
@@ -1381,6 +1450,9 @@ static struct kunit_case sysctl_test_cases[] = {
KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_dointvec_write_happy_single_negative),
KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_write_single_less_int_min),
KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_api_dointvec_write_single_greater_int_max),
+ KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_priv_standard_handler),
+ KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_priv_standard_handler_reject),
+ KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_priv_registration_lifecycle),
KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_entry_null_handler),
KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_entry_explicit_handler),
KUNIT_CASE(sysctl_test_entry_int_limits),
diff --git a/lib/test_sysctl.c b/lib/test_sysctl.c
index 1411896fdbd0..64c82fd53975 100644
--- a/lib/test_sysctl.c
+++ b/lib/test_sysctl.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static struct test_sysctl_data test_data = {
static int test_sysctl_dynamic_value(const struct ctl_table *table, int dir,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
- struct test_sysctl_range_context *context = table->data;
+ struct test_sysctl_range_context *context = table->priv;
struct ctl_table resolved = *table;
resolved.data = &context->value;
@@ -215,12 +215,11 @@ static const struct ctl_table test_table[] = {
},
{
.procname = "dynamic_value",
- .data = &test_data.dynamic,
- .maxlen = sizeof(test_data.dynamic),
+ .data = &test_data.dynamic.value,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(test_data.dynamic.value),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = test_sysctl_dynamic_value,
- .min = 0,
- .max = ULONG_MAX,
+ .priv = &test_data.dynamic,
},
{
.procname = "int_zero",
--
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