selftests/x86/test_vsyscall: Improve the process_vm_readv() test

[linux-2.6-microblaze.git] / tools / testing / selftests / x86 / test_vsyscall.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
index c41f24b..65c141e 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c
@@ -462,6 +462,17 @@ static int test_vsys_x(void)
        return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Debuggers expect ptrace() to be able to peek at the vsyscall page.
+ * Use process_vm_readv() as a proxy for ptrace() to test this.  We
+ * want it to work in the vsyscall=emulate case and to fail in the
+ * vsyscall=xonly case.
+ *
+ * It's worth noting that this ABI is a bit nutty.  write(2) can't
+ * read from the vsyscall page on any kernel version or mode.  The
+ * fact that ptrace() ever worked was a nice courtesy of old kernels,
+ * but the code to support it is fairly gross.
+ */
 static int test_process_vm_readv(void)
 {
 #ifdef __x86_64__
@@ -477,8 +488,12 @@ static int test_process_vm_readv(void)
        remote.iov_len = 4096;
        ret = process_vm_readv(getpid(), &local, 1, &remote, 1, 0);
        if (ret != 4096) {
-               printf("[OK]\tprocess_vm_readv() failed (ret = %d, errno = %d)\n", ret, errno);
-               return 0;
+               /*
+                * We expect process_vm_readv() to work if and only if the
+                * vsyscall page is readable.
+                */
+               printf("[%s]\tprocess_vm_readv() failed (ret = %d, errno = %d)\n", vsyscall_map_r ? "FAIL" : "OK", ret, errno);
+               return vsyscall_map_r ? 1 : 0;
        }
 
        if (vsyscall_map_r) {
@@ -488,6 +503,9 @@ static int test_process_vm_readv(void)
                        printf("[FAIL]\tIt worked but returned incorrect data\n");
                        return 1;
                }
+       } else {
+               printf("[FAIL]\tprocess_rm_readv() succeeded, but it should have failed in this configuration\n");
+               return 1;
        }
 #endif