[PATCH RFC v3 10/10] selftests/coredump: add tests for AF_UNIX coredumps

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Mon May 05 2025 - 07:17:38 EST


Add a simple test for generating coredumps via AF_UNIX sockets.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/coredump/stackdump_test.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/stackdump_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/stackdump_test.c
index fe3c728cd6be..4d1d444ca3d4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/stackdump_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/stackdump_test.c
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include "../kselftest_harness.h"
+#include "../pidfd/pidfd.h"

#define STACKDUMP_FILE "stack_values"
#define STACKDUMP_SCRIPT "stackdump"
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ static void crashing_child(void)
FIXTURE(coredump)
{
char original_core_pattern[256];
+ pid_t pid_socat;
};

FIXTURE_SETUP(coredump)
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ FIXTURE_SETUP(coredump)
char *dir;
int ret;

+ self->pid_socat = -ESRCH;
file = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern", "r");
ASSERT_NE(NULL, file);

@@ -61,10 +66,15 @@ FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(coredump)
{
const char *reason;
FILE *file;
- int ret;
+ int ret, status;

unlink(STACKDUMP_FILE);

+ if (self->pid_socat > 0) {
+ kill(self->pid_socat, SIGTERM);
+ waitpid(self->pid_socat, &status, 0);
+ }
+
file = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern", "w");
if (!file) {
reason = "Unable to open core_pattern";
@@ -154,4 +164,63 @@ TEST_F_TIMEOUT(coredump, stackdump, 120)
fclose(file);
}

+TEST_F(coredump, socket)
+{
+ int fd, pidfd, ret, status;
+ FILE *file;
+ pid_t pid, pid_socat;
+ struct stat st;
+ char core_file[PATH_MAX];
+ struct pidfd_info info = {};
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(unshare(CLONE_NEWNS), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mount(NULL, "/", NULL, MS_PRIVATE | MS_REC, NULL), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mount(NULL, "/tmp", "tmpfs", 0, NULL), 0);
+
+ pid_socat = fork();
+ ASSERT_GE(pid_socat, 0);
+ if (pid_socat == 0) {
+ execlp("socat", "socat",
+ "abstract-listen:linuxafsk/coredump.socket,fork",
+ "FILE:/tmp/coredump_file,create,append,trunc",
+ (char *)NULL);
+ _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ self->pid_socat = pid_socat;
+
+ file = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern", "w");
+ ASSERT_NE(NULL, file);
+
+ ret = fprintf(file, "@linuxafsk/coredump.socket");
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, strlen("@linuxafsk/coredump.socket"));
+ ASSERT_EQ(fclose(file), 0);
+
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+ if (pid == 0)
+ crashing_child();
+
+ pidfd = sys_pidfd_open(pid, 0);
+ ASSERT_GE(pidfd, 0);
+
+ waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFSIGNALED(status));
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WCOREDUMP(status));
+
+ info.mask = PIDFD_INFO_EXIT | PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP;
+ ASSERT_EQ(ioctl(pidfd, PIDFD_GET_INFO, &info), 0);
+ ASSERT_GT((info.mask & PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP), 0);
+ ASSERT_GT((info.coredump_mask & PIDFD_COREDUMPED), 0);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(kill(pid_socat, SIGTERM), 0);
+ waitpid(pid_socat, &status, 0);
+ self->pid_socat = -ESRCH;
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+ ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 143);
+
+ /* We should somehow validate the produced core file. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(stat("/tmp/coredump_file", &st), 0);
+ ASSERT_GT(st.st_size, 0);
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN

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