From: Samuel Wu <wusamuel@google.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
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Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
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Cc: Samuel Wu <wusamuel@google.com>,
kernel-team@android.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
llvm@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 6/6] selftests/proc: Add KALLSYMS_QUERY tests
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:16:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261023001603.560210-14-wusamuel@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023001603.560210-8-wusamuel@google.com>
Add a selftest for the KALLSYMS_QUERY ioctl() on /proc/kallsyms.
For symbol-to-address lookup (KALLSYMS_QUERY_BY_SYMBOL), cover valid
lookups, missing symbols (-ENOENT), input validation (-EINVAL, -EFAULT,
-ENAMETOOLONG, -E2BIG), and extensible struct size handling.
For address-to-symbol lookup (KALLSYMS_QUERY_BY_ADDR), cover lookups at
exact symbol start and interior offsets, buffer truncation
(-ENAMETOOLONG), unmapped addresses (-ENOENT), and input validation
(-EINVAL, -EFAULT).
Signed-off-by: Samuel Wu <wusamuel@google.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/proc/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/proc/Makefile | 1 +
.../selftests/proc/proc-kallsyms-query.c | 213 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 215 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-kallsyms-query.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/.gitignore
index 9c9735570abf..1762c28f524c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
/fd-003-kthread
/proc-2-is-kthread
/proc-fsconfig-hidepid
+/proc-kallsyms-query
/proc-loadavg-001
/proc-maps-race
/proc-multiple-procfs
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/Makefile
index a7de2bb6d8be..dc3c28e6b83b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS += setns-sysvipc
TEST_GEN_PROGS += thread-self
TEST_GEN_PROGS += proc-multiple-procfs
TEST_GEN_PROGS += proc-fsconfig-hidepid
+TEST_GEN_PROGS += proc-kallsyms-query
TEST_GEN_PROGS += proc-pidns
include ../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-kallsyms-query.c b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-kallsyms-query.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..229cde432d6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-kallsyms-query.c
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Tests for KALLSYMS_QUERY ioctl() on /proc/kallsyms.
+ */
+#undef NDEBUG
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+#include "kselftest.h"
+
+#define KSYM_NAME_LEN 512
+
+struct kallsyms_query_ext {
+ struct kallsyms_query v0;
+ __u64 extra;
+};
+
+static int do_query(int fd, void *q)
+{
+ return ioctl(fd, KALLSYMS_QUERY, q) < 0 ? -errno : 0;
+}
+
+static struct kallsyms_query sym_query(const char *name)
+{
+ return (struct kallsyms_query){
+ .size = sizeof(struct kallsyms_query),
+ .query_flags = KALLSYMS_QUERY_BY_SYMBOL,
+ .sym_name_addr = (__u64)(uintptr_t)name,
+ };
+}
+
+static int query_symbol(int fd, const char *name, struct kallsyms_query *q)
+{
+ *q = sym_query(name);
+ return do_query(fd, q);
+}
+
+static int query_addr(int fd, unsigned long long addr, char *buf,
+ size_t buf_sz, struct kallsyms_query *q)
+{
+ *q = (struct kallsyms_query){
+ .size = sizeof(*q),
+ .query_flags = KALLSYMS_QUERY_BY_ADDR,
+ .sym_name_addr = (__u64)(uintptr_t)buf,
+ .sym_addr = addr,
+ .sym_name_size = buf_sz,
+ };
+ return do_query(fd, q);
+}
+
+static bool find_vmlinux_symbol(const char *target, unsigned long long *addr_out)
+{
+ char name[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
+ char line[1024];
+ char type;
+ char mod;
+ FILE *f;
+
+ f = fopen("/proc/kallsyms", "r");
+ if (!f)
+ return false;
+
+ while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f)) {
+ if (sscanf(line, "%llx %c %511s %c", addr_out, &type, name, &mod) == 3 &&
+ strcmp(name, target) == 0) {
+ fclose(f);
+ return true;
+ }
+ }
+ fclose(f);
+ return false;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ const char *sym_name = "vfs_read";
+ char resolved_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
+ char long_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN + 1];
+ size_t page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+ unsigned long long exp_addr;
+ struct kallsyms_query_ext q1;
+ struct kallsyms_query q;
+ char *page_buf;
+ int err;
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open("/proc/kallsyms", O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ if (errno == ENOENT)
+ return KSFT_SKIP;
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("open(/proc/kallsyms) failed: %s\n",
+ strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ if (!find_vmlinux_symbol(sym_name, &exp_addr)) {
+ close(fd);
+ return KSFT_SKIP;
+ }
+
+ /* CASE 1: Valid vmlinux symbol query (or -EPERM when addresses are hidden) */
+ err = query_symbol(fd, sym_name, &q);
+ if (err == -ENOTTY) {
+ close(fd);
+ return KSFT_SKIP;
+ }
+ if (!exp_addr) {
+ assert(err == -EPERM);
+ close(fd);
+ ksft_exit_skip("kallsyms addresses are hidden, only -EPERM checked\n");
+ }
+ assert(err == 0);
+ assert(q.sym_addr == exp_addr);
+
+ /* CASE 2: Missing symbol returns -ENOENT */
+ assert(query_symbol(fd, "__nonexistent_kallsyms_symbol__", &q) == -ENOENT);
+
+ /* CASE 3: Empty symbol name returns -EINVAL */
+ assert(query_symbol(fd, "", &q) == -EINVAL);
+
+ /* CASE 4: NULL sym_name_addr returns -EFAULT */
+ assert(query_symbol(fd, NULL, &q) == -EFAULT);
+
+ /* CASE 5: Symbol name >= KSYM_NAME_LEN returns -ENAMETOOLONG */
+ memset(long_name, 'a', KSYM_NAME_LEN);
+ long_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN] = '\0';
+ assert(query_symbol(fd, long_name, &q) == -ENAMETOOLONG);
+
+ /* CASE 6: Symbol name == KSYM_NAME_LEN - 1 returns -ENOENT */
+ long_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+ assert(query_symbol(fd, long_name, &q) == -ENOENT);
+
+ /* CASE 7: Zero, multiple, or unknown query_flags return -EINVAL */
+ q = sym_query(sym_name);
+ q.query_flags = 0;
+ assert(do_query(fd, &q) == -EINVAL);
+ q.query_flags = KALLSYMS_QUERY_BY_SYMBOL | KALLSYMS_QUERY_BY_ADDR;
+ assert(do_query(fd, &q) == -EINVAL);
+ q.query_flags = 1ULL << 63;
+ assert(do_query(fd, &q) == -EINVAL);
+
+ /* CASE 8: Non-zero output fields on input in symbol mode return -EINVAL */
+ q = sym_query(sym_name);
+ q.sym_addr = 1;
+ assert(do_query(fd, &q) == -EINVAL);
+ q = sym_query(sym_name);
+ q.sym_name_size = 1;
+ assert(do_query(fd, &q) == -EINVAL);
+
+ /* CASE 9: size < minimum size returns -EINVAL */
+ q = sym_query(sym_name);
+ q.size = KALLSYMS_QUERY_SIZE_VER0 - 8;
+ assert(do_query(fd, &q) == -EINVAL);
+
+ /* CASE 10: size > PAGE_SIZE returns -E2BIG */
+ q = sym_query(sym_name);
+ q.size = page_size + 8;
+ assert(do_query(fd, &q) == -E2BIG);
+
+ /* CASE 11: Larger extensible struct with zeroed trailing bytes succeeds */
+ q1 = (struct kallsyms_query_ext){ .v0 = sym_query(sym_name) };
+ q1.v0.size = sizeof(q1);
+ assert(do_query(fd, &q1) == 0);
+ assert(q1.v0.sym_addr == exp_addr);
+
+ /*
+ * CASE 12: Larger struct with non-zero trailing bytes returns -E2BIG.
+ * Set the last byte of a page-sized struct so that future fields do
+ * not change the result.
+ */
+ page_buf = calloc(1, page_size);
+ assert(page_buf);
+ q = sym_query(sym_name);
+ q.size = page_size;
+ memcpy(page_buf, &q, sizeof(q));
+ page_buf[page_size - 1] = 1;
+ assert(do_query(fd, page_buf) == -E2BIG);
+ free(page_buf);
+
+ /* CASE 13: Valid address-to-symbol query (exact start + interior offset) */
+ memset(resolved_name, 0, sizeof(resolved_name));
+ assert(query_addr(fd, exp_addr, resolved_name, sizeof(resolved_name), &q) == 0);
+ assert(strcmp(resolved_name, sym_name) == 0);
+ assert(q.sym_addr == exp_addr);
+ assert(q.sym_name_size == strlen(sym_name) + 1);
+
+ memset(resolved_name, 0, sizeof(resolved_name));
+ assert(query_addr(fd, exp_addr + 1, resolved_name, sizeof(resolved_name), &q) == 0);
+ assert(strcmp(resolved_name, sym_name) == 0);
+ assert(q.sym_addr == exp_addr + 1);
+ assert(q.sym_name_size == strlen(sym_name) + 1);
+
+ /* CASE 14: KALLSYMS_QUERY_BY_ADDR with buffer too small returns -ENAMETOOLONG */
+ assert(query_addr(fd, exp_addr, resolved_name, strlen(sym_name), &q) == -ENAMETOOLONG);
+
+ /* CASE 15: KALLSYMS_QUERY_BY_ADDR on unmapped address returns -ENOENT */
+ assert(query_addr(fd, ~0ULL, resolved_name, sizeof(resolved_name), &q) == -ENOENT);
+
+ /* CASE 16: KALLSYMS_QUERY_BY_ADDR invalid inputs return -EINVAL or -EFAULT */
+ assert(query_addr(fd, exp_addr, resolved_name, 0, &q) == -EINVAL);
+ assert(query_addr(fd, exp_addr, NULL, sizeof(resolved_name), &q) == -EFAULT);
+
+ close(fd);
+ return 0;
+}
--
2.56.0.257.gf7497c7d27-goog
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-23 0:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-23 0:16 [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/6] kallsyms: Add KALLSYMS_QUERY ioctl to /proc/kallsyms Samuel Wu
2026-10-23 0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/6] " Samuel Wu
2026-10-23 0:51 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-23 0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/6] tools: Copy KALLSYMS_QUERY definitions to linux/fs.h Samuel Wu
2026-10-23 0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 3/6] docs/procfs: Document KALLSYMS_QUERY ioctl on /proc/kallsyms Samuel Wu
2026-10-23 0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 4/6] libbpf: Resolve typeless ksyms via KALLSYMS_QUERY ioctl Samuel Wu
2026-10-23 0:51 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-23 0:16 ` [PATCH bpf-next v2 5/6] selftests/bpf: Test typeless module ksym resolution Samuel Wu
2026-10-23 0:16 ` Samuel Wu [this message]
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