[PATCH] selftests: riscv: Bypass libc in inactive vector ptrace test
Paul Walmsley
pjw at kernel.org
Wed Jul 8 00:16:52 PDT 2026
On Tue, 7 Jul 2026, Andrew Jones wrote:
> The ptrace_v_not_enabled test expects the child to reach its ebreak
> before it has used the vector extension. That is not guaranteed when
> using fork(), because libc may run child atfork handlers before
> returning to the test code. In those cases PTRACE_GETREGSET for
> NT_RISCV_VECTOR then succeeds instead of returning ENODATA for
> inactive vector state.
>
> Use the raw clone syscall with SIGCHLD to keep fork-like semantics
> while bypassing libc's fork wrapper and atfork handler chain.
>
> Cc: Andy Chiu <tchiu at tenstorrent.com>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-6
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones at oss.qualcomm.com>
Thanks, queued for v7.2-rc.
- Paul
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