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Re: [PATCH 10/10] selftests/coredump: check the dumping thread's pidfd

From: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-07 11:00:41
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Am Mo., 31. Aug. 2026 um 13:22 Uhr schrieb Christian Brauner
[off-list ref]:
Crash from a non-leader thread and verify that the pidfd from
SO_PEERPIDFD_THREAD on the coredump socket refers to that thread and
reports the coredump like the thread-group leader's pidfd does.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
LGTM

Reviewed-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <redacted>
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
---
 .../selftests/coredump/coredump_socket_test.c      | 175 +++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test.h   |   2 +
 .../selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c     |  49 ++++++
 3 files changed, 226 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_socket_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_socket_test.c
index 422728f632ca..ec73bb690bbc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_socket_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_socket_test.c
@@ -592,6 +592,181 @@ TEST_F(coredump, socket_coredump_signal_sigsegv)
        wait_and_check_coredump_server(pid_coredump_server, _metadata, self);
 }

+static bool check_coredump_info(const struct pidfd_info *info, const char *what)
+{
+       if (!(info->mask & PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP)) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "%s: PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP not set in mask\n", what);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       if (!(info->coredump_mask & PIDFD_COREDUMPED)) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "%s: PIDFD_COREDUMPED not set in coredump_mask\n", what);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       if (!(info->mask & PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP_SIGNAL) || info->coredump_signal != SIGSEGV) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "%s: coredump_signal=%d, expected SIGSEGV=%d\n",
+                       what, info->coredump_signal, SIGSEGV);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       if (!(info->mask & PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP_CODE) || info->coredump_code != SEGV_MAPERR) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "%s: coredump_code=%d, expected SEGV_MAPERR=%d\n",
+                       what, info->coredump_code, SEGV_MAPERR);
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test: PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP on the dumping thread's pidfd
+ *
+ * Crash from a non-leader thread and verify that the pidfd from
+ * SO_PEERPIDFD_THREAD refers to that thread and reports the coredump
+ * like the thread-group leader's pidfd from SO_PEERPIDFD does.
+ */
+TEST_F(coredump, socket_coredump_thread)
+{
+       int pidfd, ret, status;
+       pid_t pid, pid_coredump_server;
+       struct pidfd_info info = {};
+       int ipc_sockets[2];
+       char c;
+
+       ASSERT_TRUE(set_core_pattern("@/tmp/coredump.socket"));
+
+       ret = socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0, ipc_sockets);
+       ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+       pid_coredump_server = fork();
+       ASSERT_GE(pid_coredump_server, 0);
+       if (pid_coredump_server == 0) {
+               int fd_server = -1, fd_coredump = -1, fd_peer_pidfd = -1;
+               int fd_thread_pidfd = -1, fd_core_file = -1;
+               struct pidfd_info thread_info = {};
+               int exit_code = EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+               close(ipc_sockets[0]);
+
+               fd_server = create_and_listen_unix_socket("/tmp/coredump.socket");
+               if (fd_server < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: listen socket failed: %m\n");
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               if (write_nointr(ipc_sockets[1], "1", 1) < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: ipc write failed: %m\n");
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               close(ipc_sockets[1]);
+
+               fd_coredump = accept4(fd_server, NULL, NULL, SOCK_CLOEXEC);
+               if (fd_coredump < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: accept4 failed: %m\n");
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               fd_peer_pidfd = get_peer_pidfd(fd_coredump);
+               if (fd_peer_pidfd < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: get_peer_pidfd failed\n");
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               fd_thread_pidfd = get_peer_pidfd_thread(fd_coredump);
+               if (fd_thread_pidfd < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: get_peer_pidfd_thread failed\n");
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               if (!get_pidfd_info(fd_peer_pidfd, &info) ||
+                   !get_pidfd_info(fd_thread_pidfd, &thread_info)) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: get_pidfd_info failed\n");
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               /* The peer is the thread-group leader, the dumping thread is not. */
+               if (info.pid != info.tgid || thread_info.tgid != info.tgid ||
+                   thread_info.pid == thread_info.tgid) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: unexpected ids %d/%d and %d/%d\n",
+                               info.pid, info.tgid, thread_info.pid, thread_info.tgid);
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               if (!check_coredump_info(&info, "SO_PEERPIDFD") ||
+                   !check_coredump_info(&thread_info, "SO_PEERPIDFD_THREAD"))
+                       goto out;
+
+               fd_core_file = open_coredump_tmpfile(self->fd_tmpfs_detached);
+               if (fd_core_file < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: core tmpfile failed: %m\n");
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               for (;;) {
+                       char buffer[4096];
+                       ssize_t bytes_read, bytes_write;
+
+                       bytes_read = read(fd_coredump, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+                       if (bytes_read < 0) {
+                               fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: core read failed: %m\n");
+                               goto out;
+                       }
+
+                       if (bytes_read == 0)
+                               break;
+
+                       bytes_write = write(fd_core_file, buffer, bytes_read);
+                       if (bytes_read != bytes_write) {
+                               fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: core write %zd/%zd: %m\n",
+                                       bytes_read, bytes_write);
+                               goto out;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               exit_code = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+               fprintf(stderr, "socket_coredump_thread: completed successfully\n");
+out:
+               if (fd_core_file >= 0)
+                       close(fd_core_file);
+               if (fd_thread_pidfd >= 0)
+                       close(fd_thread_pidfd);
+               if (fd_peer_pidfd >= 0)
+                       close(fd_peer_pidfd);
+               if (fd_coredump >= 0)
+                       close(fd_coredump);
+               if (fd_server >= 0)
+                       close(fd_server);
+               _exit(exit_code);
+       }
+       self->pid_coredump_server = pid_coredump_server;
+
+       EXPECT_EQ(close(ipc_sockets[1]), 0);
+       ASSERT_EQ(read_nointr(ipc_sockets[0], &c, 1), 1);
+       EXPECT_EQ(close(ipc_sockets[0]), 0);
+
+       pid = fork();
+       ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+       if (pid == 0)
+               crashing_child_thread();
+
+       pidfd = sys_pidfd_open(pid, 0);
+       ASSERT_GE(pidfd, 0);
+
+       waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+       ASSERT_TRUE(WIFSIGNALED(status));
+       ASSERT_EQ(WTERMSIG(status), SIGSEGV);
+       ASSERT_TRUE(WCOREDUMP(status));
+
+       ASSERT_TRUE(get_pidfd_info(pidfd, &info));
+       ASSERT_TRUE(!!(info.mask & PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP));
+       ASSERT_TRUE(!!(info.coredump_mask & PIDFD_COREDUMPED));
+       ASSERT_EQ(info.coredump_signal, SIGSEGV);
+
+       wait_and_check_coredump_server(pid_coredump_server, _metadata, self);
+}
+
 /*
  * Test: PIDFD_INFO_COREDUMP_SIGNAL via simple socket coredump with SIGABRT
  *
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test.h b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test.h
index ed47f01fa53c..4212656e31f0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test.h
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ FIXTURE(coredump)
 /* Shared helper function declarations */
 void *do_nothing(void *arg);
 void crashing_child(void);
+void crashing_child_thread(void);
 int create_detached_tmpfs(void);
 int create_and_listen_unix_socket(const char *path);
 bool set_core_pattern(const char *pattern);
 int get_peer_pidfd(int fd);
+int get_peer_pidfd_thread(int fd);
 bool get_pidfd_info(int fd_peer_pidfd, struct pidfd_info *info);

 /* Inline helper that uses harness types */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c
index 2a20faf9cb0a..36306069f62e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/coredump/coredump_test_helpers.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/un.h>
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ struct _fixture_coredump_data {

 #define NUM_THREAD_SPAWN 128

+#ifndef SO_PEERPIDFD_THREAD
+#define SO_PEERPIDFD_THREAD 87
+#endif
+
 void *do_nothing(void *arg)
 {
        (void)arg;
@@ -59,6 +64,36 @@ void crashing_child(void)
        i = *(volatile int *)NULL;
 }

+static void *crashing_thread(void *arg)
+{
+       int *p;
+
+       (void)arg;
+
+       /* crash on purpose with SEGV_MAPERR */
+       p = mmap(NULL, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+                MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+       if (p == MAP_FAILED)
+               return NULL;
+       munmap(p, PAGE_SIZE);
+       *p = 0;
+
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+void crashing_child_thread(void)
+{
+       pthread_t thread;
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < NUM_THREAD_SPAWN; ++i)
+               pthread_create(&thread, NULL, do_nothing, NULL);
+
+       /* crash from a non-leader thread */
+       pthread_create(&thread, NULL, crashing_thread, NULL);
+       pause();
+}
+
 int create_detached_tmpfs(void)
 {
        int fd_context, fd_tmpfs;
@@ -138,6 +173,20 @@ int get_peer_pidfd(int fd)
        return fd_peer_pidfd;
 }

+int get_peer_pidfd_thread(int fd)
+{
+       int fd_peer_pidfd;
+       socklen_t fd_peer_pidfd_len = sizeof(fd_peer_pidfd);
+       int ret = getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PEERPIDFD_THREAD, &fd_peer_pidfd,
+                            &fd_peer_pidfd_len);
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "%s: getsockopt(SO_PEERPIDFD_THREAD) failed: %m\n", __func__);
+               return -1;
+       }
+       fprintf(stderr, "%s: successfully retrieved pidfd %d\n", __func__, fd_peer_pidfd);
+       return fd_peer_pidfd;
+}
+
 bool get_pidfd_info(int fd_peer_pidfd, struct pidfd_info *info)
 {
        int ret;

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