netdev - Re: [PATCH v11 10/12] selftests/landlock: Add 11 new test suites dedicated to network

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Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 11:36:48 +0200
From: "Günther Noack" <gnoack@...gle.com>
To: "Konstantin Meskhidze (A)" <konstantin.meskhidze@...wei.com>
Cc: "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@...ikod.net>, 
	"Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@...il.com>, willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com, 
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, yusongping@...wei.com, 
	artem.kuzin@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 10/12] selftests/landlock: Add 11 new test suites
 dedicated to network

On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 11:37:13AM +0300, Konstantin Meskhidze (A) wrote:
> 7/2/2023 11:45 AM, Mickaël Salaün пишет:
> > Initially Konstantin wrote tests with TEST_F_FORK() but I asked him to
> > only use TEST_F() because TEST_F_FORK() is only useful when a
> > FIXTURE_TEARDOWN() needs access rights that were dropped with a
> > TEST_F(), e.g. to unmount mount points set up with a FIXTURE_SETUP()
> > while Landlock restricted a test process.
> > 
> > Indeed, TEST_F() already fork() to make sure there is no side effect
> > with tests.
> > 
> 
>  Hi, Günther
>  Yep. Mickaёl asked me to replace TEST_F_FORK() with TEST_F(). Please check
> this thread
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/33c1f049-12e4-f06d-54c9-b54eec779e6f@digikod.net/
> T

Ah thanks, this makes a lot of sense!
I had not realized that TEST_F would also fork a child process,
I should have double checked the selftest implementation.

—Günther

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