From: Richard Patel <ripatel@wii.dev>
To: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Richard Patel <ripatel@wii.dev>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] selftests/x86: skip shstk tests where perf_event_open() fails
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 20:16:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008201610.1003569-4-ripatel@wii.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008201610.1003569-1-ripatel@wii.dev>
perf_event_open() without caps fails with EACCES on some kernels.
With this fix, the shadow stack selftest passes without privileges
on a kernel with a RHEL-like config.
Signed-off-by: Richard Patel <ripatel@wii.dev>
---
tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack.c
index 67baebbdbd87..e2340232a7b6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_shadow_stack.c
@@ -952,8 +952,11 @@ static int test_uretprobe(void)
fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, 0 /* pid */, -1 /* cpu */,
-1 /* group_fd */, PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC);
- if (fd < 0)
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ printf("[SKIP]\tUretprobe test, perf_event_open() failed: %m\n");
+ err = 0;
goto out;
+ }
if (sigsetjmp(jmp_buffer, 1))
goto out;
@@ -1031,8 +1034,11 @@ static int test_uprobe_call(void)
fd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, 0 /* pid */, -1 /* cpu */,
-1 /* group_fd */, PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC);
- if (fd < 0)
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ printf("[SKIP]\tUprobe on CALL test, perf_event_open() failed: %m\n");
+ err = 0;
goto out;
+ }
if (sigsetjmp(jmp_buffer, 1))
goto out;
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-08 20:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 20:16 [PATCH 0/3] x86/shstk: ban ia32 sigreturn Richard Patel
2026-10-08 20:16 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86/shstk: ban ia32 sigreturn when shadow stack is enabled Richard Patel
2026-10-08 20:59 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-10-08 21:50 ` Richard Patel
2026-10-08 22:34 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-10-08 22:47 ` Richard Patel
2026-10-08 23:11 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-10-08 23:29 ` Richard Patel
2026-10-09 11:36 ` Richard Patel
2026-10-08 20:16 ` [PATCH 2/3] selftests/x86: test shadow stack sigreturn protection Richard Patel
2026-10-08 20:16 ` Richard Patel [this message]
2026-10-08 21:00 ` [PATCH 0/3] x86/shstk: ban ia32 sigreturn Edgecombe, Rick P
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