Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 2 authors, 2026-02-25
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[PATCH 1/2] selftests/harness: fix XFAIL_ADD matching when test metadata is not initialized

From: Sun Jian <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-22 11:18:59
Also in: linux-kselftest, lkml
Subsystem: kernel selftest framework, secure computing, the rest · Maintainers: Shuah Khan, Kees Cook, Linus Torvalds

XFAIL_ADD() registers expected failures using constructor order, but the
associated struct __test_metadata pointer may not be initialized yet.
As a result, xfail entries can end up with a NULL test pointer and never
match at runtime, causing expected failures to be reported as FAIL.

Store the test case name in the xfail entry and fall back to name-based
matching when the test pointer is unavailable, while keeping the original
pointer-based matching for compatibility.

Fixes: 2709473c9386 ("selftests: kselftest_harness: support using xfail")
Signed-off-by: Sun Jian <redacted>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
index 16a119a4656c..1082024b2d77 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
@@ -860,6 +860,7 @@ struct __test_xfail {
 	struct __fixture_metadata *fixture;
 	struct __fixture_variant_metadata *variant;
 	struct __test_metadata *test;
+	const char *case_name;
 	struct __test_xfail *prev, *next;
 };
 
@@ -873,19 +874,19 @@ struct __test_xfail {
  * to fail. Tests marked this way will report XPASS / XFAIL return codes,
  * instead of PASS / FAIL,and use respective counters.
  */
-#define XFAIL_ADD(fixture_name, variant_name, test_name) \
+#define XFAIL_ADD(fixture_name, variant_name, tc_name) \
 	static struct __test_xfail \
-		_##fixture_name##_##variant_name##_##test_name##_xfail = \
+		_##fixture_name##_##variant_name##_##tc_name##_xfail = \
 	{ \
 		.fixture = &_##fixture_name##_fixture_object, \
 		.variant = &_##fixture_name##_##variant_name##_object, \
 	}; \
 	static void __attribute__((constructor)) \
-		_register_##fixture_name##_##variant_name##_##test_name##_xfail(void) \
+		_register_##fixture_name##_##variant_name##_##tc_name##_xfail(void) \
 	{ \
-		_##fixture_name##_##variant_name##_##test_name##_xfail.test = \
-			_##fixture_name##_##test_name##_object; \
-		__register_xfail(&_##fixture_name##_##variant_name##_##test_name##_xfail); \
+		_##fixture_name##_##variant_name##_##tc_name##_xfail.case_name = \
+			#tc_name; \
+		__register_xfail(&_##fixture_name##_##variant_name##_##tc_name##_xfail); \
 	}
 
 static struct __fixture_metadata *__fixture_list = &_fixture_global;
@@ -1233,7 +1234,10 @@ static void __run_test(struct __fixture_metadata *f,
 
 	/* Check if we're expecting this test to fail */
 	for (xfail = variant->xfails; xfail; xfail = xfail->next)
-		if (xfail->test == t)
+		if (xfail->test == t ||
+		    (!xfail->test &&
+		     xfail->case_name && t->name &&
+		     !strcmp(xfail->case_name, t->name)))
 			break;
 	if (xfail)
 		t->exit_code = __test_passed(t) ? KSFT_XPASS : KSFT_XFAIL;
base-commit: 32a92f8c89326985e05dce8b22d3f0aa07a3e1bd
-- 
2.43.0
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