[PATCH v4 4/7] kunit: Handle test faults

Mickaël Salaün mic at digikod.net
Tue Mar 26 02:51:15 PDT 2024


Previously, when a kernel test thread crashed (e.g. NULL pointer
dereference, general protection fault), the KUnit test hanged for 30
seconds and exited with a timeout error.

Fix this issue by waiting on task_struct->vfork_done instead of the
custom kunit_try_catch.try_completion, and track the execution state by
initially setting try_result with -EINTR and only setting it to 0 if
the test passed.

Fix kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter() signature by returning 0
instead of calling kthread_complete_and_exit().  Because thread's exit
code is never checked, always set it to 0 to make it clear.  To make
this explicit, export kthread_exit() for KUnit tests built as module.

Fix the -EINTR error message, which couldn't be reached until now.

This is tested with a following patch.

Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins at google.com>
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm at xmission.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan at linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow at google.com>
Tested-by: Rae Moar <rmoar at google.com>
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic at digikod.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240326095118.126696-5-mic@digikod.net
---

Changes since v3:
* Export kthread_exit() for KUnit tests built as module, as suggested by
  David.

Changes since v2:
* s/-EFAULT/-EINTR/ in commit message as spotted by Rae.
* Add a comment explaining vfork_done as suggested by David.
* Add David's Reviewed-by.
* Add Rae's Tested-by.

Changes since v1:
* Add Kees's Reviewed-by.
---
 include/kunit/try-catch.h |  3 ---
 kernel/kthread.c          |  1 +
 lib/kunit/try-catch.c     | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/kunit/try-catch.h b/include/kunit/try-catch.h
index c507dd43119d..7c966a1adbd3 100644
--- a/include/kunit/try-catch.h
+++ b/include/kunit/try-catch.h
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@
 
 typedef void (*kunit_try_catch_func_t)(void *);
 
-struct completion;
 struct kunit;
 
 /**
  * struct kunit_try_catch - provides a generic way to run code which might fail.
  * @test: The test case that is currently being executed.
- * @try_completion: Completion that the control thread waits on while test runs.
  * @try_result: Contains any errno obtained while running test case.
  * @try: The function, the test case, to attempt to run.
  * @catch: The function called if @try bails out.
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@ struct kunit;
 struct kunit_try_catch {
 	/* private: internal use only. */
 	struct kunit *test;
-	struct completion *try_completion;
 	int try_result;
 	kunit_try_catch_func_t try;
 	kunit_try_catch_func_t catch;
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index c5e40830c1f2..f7be976ff88a 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ void __noreturn kthread_exit(long result)
 	kthread->result = result;
 	do_exit(0);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_exit);
 
 /**
  * kthread_complete_and_exit - Exit the current kthread.
diff --git a/lib/kunit/try-catch.c b/lib/kunit/try-catch.c
index cab8b24b5d5a..7a3910dd78a6 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/try-catch.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/try-catch.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 void __noreturn kunit_try_catch_throw(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch)
 {
 	try_catch->try_result = -EFAULT;
-	kthread_complete_and_exit(try_catch->try_completion, -EFAULT);
+	kthread_exit(0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kunit_try_catch_throw);
 
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ static int kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter(void *data)
 {
 	struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch = data;
 
+	try_catch->try_result = -EINTR;
 	try_catch->try(try_catch->context);
+	if (try_catch->try_result == -EINTR)
+		try_catch->try_result = 0;
 
-	kthread_complete_and_exit(try_catch->try_completion, 0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static unsigned long kunit_test_timeout(void)
@@ -58,13 +61,11 @@ static unsigned long kunit_test_timeout(void)
 
 void kunit_try_catch_run(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch, void *context)
 {
-	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(try_completion);
 	struct kunit *test = try_catch->test;
 	struct task_struct *task_struct;
 	int exit_code, time_remaining;
 
 	try_catch->context = context;
-	try_catch->try_completion = &try_completion;
 	try_catch->try_result = 0;
 	task_struct = kthread_create(kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter,
 				     try_catch, "kunit_try_catch_thread");
@@ -75,8 +76,12 @@ void kunit_try_catch_run(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch, void *context)
 	}
 	get_task_struct(task_struct);
 	wake_up_process(task_struct);
-
-	time_remaining = wait_for_completion_timeout(&try_completion,
+	/*
+	 * As for a vfork(2), task_struct->vfork_done (pointing to the
+	 * underlying kthread->exited) can be used to wait for the end of a
+	 * kernel thread.
+	 */
+	time_remaining = wait_for_completion_timeout(task_struct->vfork_done,
 						     kunit_test_timeout());
 	if (time_remaining == 0) {
 		try_catch->try_result = -ETIMEDOUT;
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ void kunit_try_catch_run(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch, void *context)
 	if (exit_code == -EFAULT)
 		try_catch->try_result = 0;
 	else if (exit_code == -EINTR)
-		kunit_err(test, "wake_up_process() was never called\n");
+		kunit_err(test, "try faulted\n");
 	else if (exit_code == -ETIMEDOUT)
 		kunit_err(test, "try timed out\n");
 	else if (exit_code)
-- 
2.44.0




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