linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] kselftest/arm64: Add a test for vfork() with GCS

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Message-Id: <20250609-arm64-gcs-vfork-exit-v1-2-baad0f085747@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:08:57 +0100
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>, 
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, 
 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, 
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] kselftest/arm64: Add a test for vfork() with GCS

Ensure that we've got at least some coverage of the special cases around
vfork() by adding a test case in basic-gcs doing the same thing as the
plain fork() one - vfork(), do a few checks and then return to the parent.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/gcs/basic-gcs.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/gcs/basic-gcs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/gcs/basic-gcs.c
index 3fb9742342a3..96ea51cf7163 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/gcs/basic-gcs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/gcs/basic-gcs.c
@@ -298,6 +298,68 @@ static bool test_fork(void)
 	return pass;
 }
 
+/* A vfork()ed process can run and exit */
+static bool test_vfork(void)
+{
+	unsigned long child_mode;
+	int ret, status;
+	pid_t pid;
+	bool pass = true;
+
+	pid = vfork();
+	if (pid == -1) {
+		ksft_print_msg("vfork() failed: %d\n", errno);
+		pass = false;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		/* In child, make sure we can call a function, read
+		 * the GCS pointer and status and then exit */
+		valid_gcs_function();
+		get_gcspr();
+
+		ret = my_syscall5(__NR_prctl, PR_GET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS,
+				  &child_mode, 0, 0, 0);
+		if (ret == 0 && !(child_mode & PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE)) {
+			ksft_print_msg("GCS not enabled in child\n");
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		exit(ret);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * In parent, check we can still do function calls then block
+	 * for the child.
+	 */
+	valid_gcs_function();
+
+	ksft_print_msg("Waiting for child %d\n", pid);
+
+	ret = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+	if (ret == -1) {
+		ksft_print_msg("Failed to wait for child: %d\n",
+			       errno);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (!WIFEXITED(status)) {
+		ksft_print_msg("Child exited due to signal %d\n",
+			       WTERMSIG(status));
+		pass = false;
+	} else {
+		if (WEXITSTATUS(status)) {
+			ksft_print_msg("Child exited with status %d\n",
+				       WEXITSTATUS(status));
+			pass = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+
+	return pass;
+}
+
 typedef bool (*gcs_test)(void);
 
 static struct {
@@ -314,6 +376,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ "enable_invalid", enable_invalid, true },
 	{ "map_guarded_stack", map_guarded_stack },
 	{ "fork", test_fork },
+	{ "vfork", test_vfork },
 };
 
 int main(void)

-- 
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