[PATCH bpf-next v2] selftests/bpf: Wait for wq callback before checking ok_sleepable

From: Jonathan Bastari Thamrin via B4 Relay

Date: Sun Nov 01 2026 - 21:37:04 EST


From: Jonathan Bastari Thamrin <thamrinjonathan@xxxxxxxxx>

wq test fails with ok_sleepable reading 0 instead of 2 as workqueue
callback hasn't executed before check.

This happens as callback runs later on a kworker and 50us isn't always
enough.

Change from 50us sleep to waiting for callback by checking wq_cb_run.
wq_cb_sleepable() now increments wq_cb_run after setting ok_sleepable
and test loops with sched_yield() until wq_cb_run is set before
checking.

Before (usleep(50)): 3 fails out of 5000 runs
Diagnosing issue (usleep(0)): 23 out of 100 runs
After: 0 out of 2000 runs
Tested using vmtest on x86_64, test pinned to one CPU with `yes` load

Link: https://github.com/kernel-patches/vmtest/issues/455
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Bastari Thamrin <thamrinjonathan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Wait for callback via a wq_cb_run flag instead of polling with a
timeout, similar to test_struct_ops_assoc.c (Kumar)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261005-wq-poll-fix-v1-1-99ce4bac59f4@xxxxxxxxx
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/wq.c | 5 +++--
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/wq.c | 10 ++++++----
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/wq.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/wq.c
index 97926e35aaf2..95ed4b69c0f5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/wq.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/wq.c
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ void serial_test_wq(void)
ASSERT_OK(err, "test_run");
ASSERT_EQ(topts.retval, 0, "test_run");

- usleep(50); /* 10 usecs should be enough, but give it extra */
-
+ /* wait for wq callback to finish */
+ while (!READ_ONCE(wq_skel->bss->wq_cb_run))
+ sched_yield();
ASSERT_EQ(wq_skel->bss->ok_sleepable, (1 << 1), "ok_sleepable");
clean_up:
wq__destroy(wq_skel);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/wq.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/wq.c
index 25be2cd9d42c..8148db35effe 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/wq.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/wq.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct {

__u32 ok;
__u32 ok_sleepable;
+__u32 wq_cb_run;

static int test_elem_callback(void *map, int *key,
int (callback_fn)(void *map, int *key, void *value))
@@ -130,11 +131,12 @@ static int wq_cb_sleepable(void *map, int *key, void *value)
struct elem *data = (struct elem *)value;
int offset = data->ok_offset;

- if (*key != offset)
- return 0;
+ if (*key == offset) {
+ bpf_kfunc_call_test_sleepable();
+ ok_sleepable |= (1 << offset);
+ }

- bpf_kfunc_call_test_sleepable();
- ok_sleepable |= (1 << offset);
+ wq_cb_run++;
return 0;
}


---
base-commit: a30c772627b2ef4bc715332b1b04938a914556cd
change-id: 20261005-wq-poll-fix-f46c47dbaf03

Best regards,
--
Jonathan Bastari Thamrin <thamrinjonathan@xxxxxxxxx>