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[PATCH bpf-next v2 2/2] selftests/bpf: Test bpf_send_signal_task() from kernel thread context

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From: Aditya Sharma <hidden>
Date: 2026-10-01 07:27:02
Also in: bpf, linux-kselftest, lkml
Subsystem: bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools), bpf [selftests] (test runners & infrastructure), kernel selftest framework, the rest · Maintainers: Alexei Starovoitov, Daniel Borkmann, Andrii Nakryiko, Eduard Zingerman, Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi, Shuah Khan, Shuah Khan, Linus Torvalds

The existing send_signal tests, including the _remote variants that
exercise bpf_send_signal_task() with a caller-supplied target, all
gate on

  if ((bpf_get_current_pid_tgid() >> 32) == pid)

so the BPF program only ever runs while current is the test process.
The caller-context dimension is therefore untested, which is how
bpf_send_signal_task() failing from kernel thread context went
unnoticed.

Add a program attached to tp_btf/workqueue_execute_start, where
current is always a kworker. It cannot filter on current, so it is
driven by target_pid and gated on a kworker_test flag that only this
test sets, and the test asserts the child receives the signal.
Setting pid to 0 leaves the pre-existing programs in the skeleton
inert. Workqueues run on their own, so nothing has to be triggered
from userspace.

Without removing the nmi_uaccess_okay() check, this test fails on x86.

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Aditya Sharma <redacted>
---
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/send_signal.c    | 106 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../bpf/progs/test_send_signal_kern.c         |  29 +++++
 2 files changed, 135 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/send_signal.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/send_signal.c
index 7ac4d5a488aa..ecec2ee8b19a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/send_signal.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/send_signal.c
@@ -261,6 +261,110 @@ static void test_send_signal_nmi(bool signal_thread, bool remote)
 	test_send_signal_common(&attr, signal_thread, remote);
 }
 
+static void test_send_signal_kworker(void)
+{
+	struct test_send_signal_kern *skel;
+	int pipe_c2p[2], pipe_p2c[2];
+	struct sigaction sa = {};
+	char buf[256];
+	int err = -1;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(pipe(pipe_c2p), "pipe_c2p"))
+		return;
+
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(pipe(pipe_p2c), "pipe_p2c")) {
+		close(pipe_c2p[0]);
+		close(pipe_c2p[1]);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	pid = fork();
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(pid, 0, "fork")) {
+		close(pipe_c2p[0]);
+		close(pipe_c2p[1]);
+		close(pipe_p2c[0]);
+		close(pipe_p2c[1]);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		/* install signal handler and notify parent */
+		sa.sa_sigaction = sigusr1_siginfo_handler;
+		sa.sa_flags = SA_RESTART | SA_SIGINFO;
+		ASSERT_NEQ(sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, NULL), -1, "sigaction");
+
+		close(pipe_c2p[0]); /* close read */
+		close(pipe_p2c[1]); /* close write */
+
+		/* notify parent signal handler is installed */
+		ASSERT_EQ(write(pipe_c2p[1], buf, 1), 1, "pipe_write");
+
+		/* make sure parent enabled bpf program to send_signal */
+		ASSERT_EQ(read(pipe_p2c[0], buf, 1), 1, "pipe_read");
+
+		/*
+		 * The signal is sent from workqueue context, so nothing has
+		 * to be triggered from here.
+		 */
+		while (!sigusr1_received)
+			sleep(1);
+
+		buf[0] = sigusr1_received;
+
+		ASSERT_EQ(sigusr1_received, 8, "sigusr1_received");
+		ASSERT_EQ(write(pipe_c2p[1], buf, 1), 1, "pipe_write");
+
+		close(pipe_c2p[1]);
+		close(pipe_p2c[0]);
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	close(pipe_c2p[1]); /* close write */
+	close(pipe_p2c[0]); /* close read */
+
+	skel = test_send_signal_kern__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "skel_open_and_load"))
+		goto skel_open_load_failure;
+
+	/* wait until child signal handler installed */
+	ASSERT_EQ(read(pipe_c2p[0], buf, 1), 1, "pipe_read");
+
+	/* pid == 0 keeps the other programs of this skeleton inactive */
+	skel->bss->kworker_test = 1;
+	skel->bss->pid = 0;
+	skel->bss->sig = SIGUSR1;
+	skel->bss->target_pid = pid;
+
+	err = test_send_signal_kern__attach(skel);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "skel_attach")) {
+		err = -1;
+		goto destroy_skel;
+	}
+
+	/* notify child that bpf program can send_signal now */
+	ASSERT_EQ(write(pipe_p2c[1], buf, 1), 1, "pipe_write");
+
+	/* wait for result, workqueues run on their own */
+	err = read_with_timeout(pipe_c2p[0], buf, 1, 10 * 1000 * 1000);
+	if (!ASSERT_GT(err, 0, "reading pipe"))
+		goto destroy_skel;
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(buf[0], 8, "incorrect result");
+
+destroy_skel:
+	test_send_signal_kern__destroy(skel);
+skel_open_load_failure:
+	close(pipe_c2p[0]);
+	close(pipe_p2c[1]);
+	/*
+	 * Child is either about to exit cleanly or stuck in case of errors.
+	 * Nudge it to exit.
+	 */
+	kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+	wait(NULL);
+}
+
 void test_send_signal(void)
 {
 	if (test__start_subtest("send_signal_tracepoint"))
@@ -289,4 +393,6 @@ void test_send_signal(void)
 		test_send_signal_perf(true, true);
 	if (test__start_subtest("send_signal_nmi_thread_remote"))
 		test_send_signal_nmi(true, true);
+	if (test__start_subtest("send_signal_kworker"))
+		test_send_signal_kworker();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_send_signal_kern.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_send_signal_kern.c
index 176a355e3062..f9c4496d9fe1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_send_signal_kern.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_send_signal_kern.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ void bpf_task_release(struct task_struct *p) __ksym;
 int bpf_send_signal_task(struct task_struct *task, int sig, enum pid_type type, u64 value) __ksym;
 
 __u32 sig = 0, pid = 0, status = 0, signal_thread = 0, target_pid = 0;
+__u32 kworker_test = 0;
 
 static __always_inline int bpf_send_signal_test(void *ctx)
 {
@@ -60,6 +61,34 @@ int send_signal_tp_sched(void *ctx)
 	return bpf_send_signal_test(ctx);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Send a signal to a task other than current, from a context where current
+ * is a kernel thread. No filtering on current is possible here, so this is
+ * driven by target_pid, and gated on kworker_test so that it stays inactive
+ * in the other tests.
+ */
+SEC("tp_btf/workqueue_execute_start")
+int send_signal_kworker(void *ctx)
+{
+	struct task_struct *target_task;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (status != 0 || !kworker_test || target_pid == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	target_task = bpf_task_from_pid(target_pid);
+	if (!target_task)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = bpf_send_signal_task(target_task, sig, PIDTYPE_TGID, 8);
+	bpf_task_release(target_task);
+
+	if (ret == 0)
+		status = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 SEC("perf_event")
 int send_signal_perf(void *ctx)
 {
-- 
2.34.1
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