Re: [PATCH v3] selftests/livepatch: introduce tests

From: Joe Lawrence
Date: Fri Apr 13 2018 - 16:52:35 EST


On 04/13/2018 07:20 AM, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2018, Joe Lawrence wrote:
>
>> Add a few livepatch modules and simple target modules that the included
>> regression suite can run tests against.
>
> Could you include a brief description which features are tested?

I can add this to the commit msg:

- basic livepatching (multiple patches, atomic replace)
- pre/post (un)patch callbacks
- shadow variable API

Or do you prefer a little more detail?

>
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
>> diff --git a/lib/livepatch/test_klp_shadow_vars.c b/lib/livepatch/test_klp_shadow_vars.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..18c75b21cb9e
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/lib/livepatch/test_klp_shadow_vars.c
>>
>> +/*
>> + * Shadow variable wrapper functions that echo the function and arguments
>> + * to the kernel log for testing verification. Don't display raw pointers,
>> + * but use the ptr_id() value instead.
>> + */
>> +void *shadow_get(void *obj, unsigned long id)
>> +{
>> + void *ret = klp_shadow_get(obj, id);
>> +
>> + pr_info("klp_%s(obj=PTR%d, id=0x%lx) = PTR%d\n",
>> + __func__, ptr_id(obj), id, ptr_id(ret));
>> +
>> + return ret;
>> +}
>
>> +void shadow_free(void *obj, unsigned long id, klp_shadow_dtor_t dtor)
>> +{
>> + klp_shadow_free(obj, id, dtor);
>> + pr_info("klp_%s(obj=PTR%d, id=0x%lx, dtor=PTR%d)\n",
>> + __func__, ptr_id(obj), id, ptr_id(dtor));
>> +}
>
> Sparse (make C=1) would be happier with those two being static.

Ah right. I wonder why the kbuild test robot didn't complain about
those, too. Easy enough to fix up, thanks.

> Otherwise it works as expected. Good job!

Thanks for reviewing. I'll hold off on posting v4 until Petr (and
others) get a chance to comment. Perhaps there are other tests that
would be helpful?

-- Joe