@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ nsid_test
 file_handle_test
 init_ino_test
 ns_active_ref_test
+listns_test

@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 CFLAGS += -Wall -O0 -g $(KHDR_INCLUDES) $(TOOLS_INCLUDES)
 LDLIBS += -lcap
 
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := nsid_test file_handle_test init_ino_test ns_active_ref_test
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := nsid_test file_handle_test init_ino_test ns_active_ref_test listns_test
 
 include ../lib.mk
 
 $(OUTPUT)/ns_active_ref_test: ../filesystems/utils.c
+$(OUTPUT)/listns_test: ../filesystems/utils.c
 

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <linux/nsfs.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "../kselftest_harness.h"
+#include "../filesystems/utils.h"
+#include "wrappers.h"
+
+/*
+ * Test basic listns() functionality with the unified namespace tree.
+ * List all active namespaces globally.
+ */
+TEST(listns_basic_unified)
+{
+	struct ns_id_req req = {
+		.size = sizeof(req),
+		.spare = 0,
+		.ns_id = 0,
+		.ns_type = 0,  /* All types */
+		.spare2 = 0,
+		.user_ns_id = 0,  /* Global listing */
+	};
+	__u64 ns_ids[100];
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	ret = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids), 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (errno == ENOSYS)
+			SKIP(return, "listns() not supported");
+		TH_LOG("listns failed: %s (errno=%d)", strerror(errno), errno);
+		ASSERT_TRUE(false);
+	}
+
+	/* Should find at least the initial namespaces */
+	ASSERT_GT(ret, 0);
+	TH_LOG("Found %zd active namespaces", ret);
+
+	/* Verify all returned IDs are non-zero */
+	for (ssize_t i = 0; i < ret; i++) {
+		ASSERT_NE(ns_ids[i], 0);
+		TH_LOG("  [%zd] ns_id: %llu", i, (unsigned long long)ns_ids[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN