[PATCH 10/11] kselftest/arm64: Use execv() to start fp-stress test loads
Mark Brown
broonie at kernel.org
Tue Sep 1 10:06:50 PDT 2026
In preparation for adding KVM test loads which will take command line
arguments switch to using execv() instead of execl() to start the test
load programs.
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
---
tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/fp-stress.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/fp-stress.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/fp-stress.c
index 65e01aba96ff..e96fe1ac1ad1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/fp-stress.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/fp/fp-stress.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static int num_processors(void)
return nproc;
}
-static void child_start(struct child_data *child, const char *program)
+static void child_start(struct child_data *child, char *const prog_args[])
{
int ret, pipefd[2], i;
struct epoll_event ev;
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ static void child_start(struct child_data *child, const char *program)
printf("%d bytes of data on startup pipe\n", ret);
close(3);
- ret = execl(program, program, NULL);
- printf("execl(%s) failed: %d (%s)\n",
- program, errno, strerror(errno));
+ ret = execv(prog_args[0], prog_args);
+ printf("execv(%s) failed: %d (%s)\n",
+ prog_args[0], errno, strerror(errno));
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
} else {
@@ -310,32 +310,35 @@ static void handle_exit_signal(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *context)
static void start_fpsimd(struct child_data *child, int cpu, int copy)
{
+ char *args[] = { "./fpsimd-test", NULL };
int ret;
ret = asprintf(&child->name, "FPSIMD-%d-%d", cpu, copy);
if (ret == -1)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("asprintf() failed\n");
- child_start(child, "./fpsimd-test");
+ child_start(child, args);
ksft_print_msg("Started %s\n", child->name);
}
static void start_kernel(struct child_data *child, int cpu, int copy)
{
+ char *args[] = { "./kernel-test", NULL };
int ret;
ret = asprintf(&child->name, "KERNEL-%d-%d", cpu, copy);
if (ret == -1)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("asprintf() failed\n");
- child_start(child, "./kernel-test");
+ child_start(child, args);
ksft_print_msg("Started %s\n", child->name);
}
static void start_sve(struct child_data *child, int vl, int cpu)
{
+ char *args[] = { "./sve-test", NULL };
int ret;
ret = prctl(PR_SVE_SET_VL, vl | PR_SVE_VL_INHERIT);
@@ -346,13 +349,14 @@ static void start_sve(struct child_data *child, int vl, int cpu)
if (ret == -1)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("asprintf() failed\n");
- child_start(child, "./sve-test");
+ child_start(child, args);
ksft_print_msg("Started %s\n", child->name);
}
static void start_ssve(struct child_data *child, int vl, int cpu)
{
+ char *args[] = { "./ssve-test", NULL };
int ret;
ret = asprintf(&child->name, "SSVE-VL-%d-%d", vl, cpu);
@@ -363,13 +367,14 @@ static void start_ssve(struct child_data *child, int vl, int cpu)
if (ret < 0)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to set SME VL %d\n", ret);
- child_start(child, "./ssve-test");
+ child_start(child, args);
ksft_print_msg("Started %s\n", child->name);
}
static void start_za(struct child_data *child, int vl, int cpu)
{
+ char *args[] = { "./za-test", NULL };
int ret;
ret = prctl(PR_SME_SET_VL, vl | PR_SVE_VL_INHERIT);
@@ -380,20 +385,21 @@ static void start_za(struct child_data *child, int vl, int cpu)
if (ret == -1)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("asprintf() failed\n");
- child_start(child, "./za-test");
+ child_start(child, args);
ksft_print_msg("Started %s\n", child->name);
}
static void start_zt(struct child_data *child, int cpu)
{
+ char *args[] = { "./zt-test", NULL };
int ret;
ret = asprintf(&child->name, "ZT-%d", cpu);
if (ret == -1)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("asprintf() failed\n");
- child_start(child, "./zt-test");
+ child_start(child, args);
ksft_print_msg("Started %s\n", child->name);
}
--
2.47.3
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