From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 12/14] selftests/xattr: path-based AF_UNIX socket xattr tests
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:32:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260216-work-xattr-socket-v1-12-c2efa4f74cb7@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260216-work-xattr-socket-v1-0-c2efa4f74cb7@kernel.org>
Test user.* extended attribute operations on path-based Unix domain
sockets (SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM, SOCK_SEQPACKET). Path-based sockets
are bound to a filesystem path and their inodes live on the underlying
filesystem (e.g. tmpfs).
Covers set/get/list/remove, persistence, XATTR_CREATE/XATTR_REPLACE
flags, empty values, size queries, buffer-too-small errors, O_PATH fd
operations, and trusted.* xattr handling.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---
.../testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/Makefile | 6 +
.../filesystems/xattr/xattr_socket_test.c | 470 +++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 477 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5fd015d2257a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xattr_socket_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3d8dca80faa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+CFLAGS += $(KHDR_INCLUDES)
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := xattr_socket_test
+
+include ../../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/xattr_socket_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/xattr_socket_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fac0a4c6bc05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/xattr/xattr_socket_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,470 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
+/*
+ * Test extended attributes on path-based Unix domain sockets.
+ *
+ * Path-based Unix domain sockets are bound to a filesystem path and their
+ * inodes live on the underlying filesystem (e.g. tmpfs). These tests verify
+ * that user.* and trusted.* xattr operations work correctly on them using
+ * path-based syscalls (setxattr, getxattr, etc.).
+ *
+ * Covers SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_DGRAM, and SOCK_SEQPACKET socket types.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <sys/xattr.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "../../kselftest_harness.h"
+
+#define TEST_XATTR_NAME "user.testattr"
+#define TEST_XATTR_VALUE "testvalue"
+#define TEST_XATTR_VALUE2 "newvalue"
+
+/*
+ * Fixture for path-based Unix domain socket tests.
+ * Creates a SOCK_STREAM socket bound to a path in /tmp (typically tmpfs).
+ */
+FIXTURE(xattr_socket)
+{
+ char socket_path[PATH_MAX];
+ int sockfd;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT(xattr_socket)
+{
+ int sock_type;
+ const char *name;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(xattr_socket, stream) {
+ .sock_type = SOCK_STREAM,
+ .name = "stream",
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(xattr_socket, dgram) {
+ .sock_type = SOCK_DGRAM,
+ .name = "dgram",
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(xattr_socket, seqpacket) {
+ .sock_type = SOCK_SEQPACKET,
+ .name = "seqpacket",
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(xattr_socket)
+{
+ struct sockaddr_un addr;
+ int ret;
+
+ self->sockfd = -1;
+
+ snprintf(self->socket_path, sizeof(self->socket_path),
+ "/tmp/xattr_socket_test_%s.%d", variant->name, getpid());
+ unlink(self->socket_path);
+
+ self->sockfd = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->sock_type, 0);
+ ASSERT_GE(self->sockfd, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("Failed to create socket: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+ addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+ strncpy(addr.sun_path, self->socket_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+
+ ret = bind(self->sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("Failed to bind socket to %s: %s",
+ self->socket_path, strerror(errno));
+ }
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(xattr_socket)
+{
+ if (self->sockfd >= 0)
+ close(self->sockfd);
+ unlink(self->socket_path);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, set_user_xattr)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("setxattr failed: %s (errno=%d)", strerror(errno), errno);
+ }
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, get_user_xattr)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("setxattr failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, (ssize_t)strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE)) {
+ TH_LOG("getxattr returned %zd, expected %zu: %s",
+ ret, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), strerror(errno));
+ }
+ ASSERT_STREQ(buf, TEST_XATTR_VALUE);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, list_user_xattr)
+{
+ char list[1024];
+ ssize_t ret;
+ bool found = false;
+ char *ptr;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("setxattr failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ memset(list, 0, sizeof(list));
+ ret = listxattr(self->socket_path, list, sizeof(list));
+ ASSERT_GT(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("listxattr failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ for (ptr = list; ptr < list + ret; ptr += strlen(ptr) + 1) {
+ if (strcmp(ptr, TEST_XATTR_NAME) == 0) {
+ found = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ ASSERT_TRUE(found) {
+ TH_LOG("xattr %s not found in list", TEST_XATTR_NAME);
+ }
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, remove_user_xattr)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("setxattr failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ ret = removexattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("removexattr failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, -1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, ENODATA) {
+ TH_LOG("Expected ENODATA, got %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test that xattrs persist across socket close and reopen.
+ * The xattr is on the filesystem inode, not the socket fd.
+ */
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, xattr_persistence)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("setxattr failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ close(self->sockfd);
+ self->sockfd = -1;
+
+ memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, (ssize_t)strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE)) {
+ TH_LOG("getxattr after close failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+ ASSERT_STREQ(buf, TEST_XATTR_VALUE);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, update_user_xattr)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE2, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE2), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, (ssize_t)strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE2));
+ ASSERT_STREQ(buf, TEST_XATTR_VALUE2);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, xattr_create_flag)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE2, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE2), XATTR_CREATE);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, -1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, EEXIST);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, xattr_replace_flag)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), XATTR_REPLACE);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, -1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, ENODATA);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, multiple_xattrs)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t ret;
+ int i;
+ char name[64], value[64];
+ const int num_xattrs = 5;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < num_xattrs; i++) {
+ snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "user.test%d", i);
+ snprintf(value, sizeof(value), "value%d", i);
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, name, value, strlen(value), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("setxattr %s failed: %s", name, strerror(errno));
+ }
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < num_xattrs; i++) {
+ snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "user.test%d", i);
+ snprintf(value, sizeof(value), "value%d", i);
+ memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, name, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, (ssize_t)strlen(value));
+ ASSERT_STREQ(buf, value);
+ }
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, xattr_empty_value)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME, "", 0, 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, xattr_get_size)
+{
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME, NULL, 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, (ssize_t)strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE));
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, xattr_buffer_too_small)
+{
+ char buf[2];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, -1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, ERANGE);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, xattr_nonexistent)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, "user.nonexistent", buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, -1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, ENODATA);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, remove_nonexistent_xattr)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = removexattr(self->socket_path, "user.nonexistent");
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, -1);
+ ASSERT_EQ(errno, ENODATA);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, large_xattr_value)
+{
+ char large_value[4096];
+ char read_buf[4096];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ memset(large_value, 'A', sizeof(large_value));
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ large_value, sizeof(large_value), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("setxattr with large value failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ memset(read_buf, 0, sizeof(read_buf));
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ read_buf, sizeof(read_buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, (ssize_t)sizeof(large_value));
+ ASSERT_EQ(memcmp(large_value, read_buf, sizeof(large_value)), 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test lsetxattr/lgetxattr (don't follow symlinks).
+ * Socket files aren't symlinks, so this should work the same.
+ */
+TEST_F(xattr_socket, lsetxattr_lgetxattr)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = lsetxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME,
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("lsetxattr failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+ ret = lgetxattr(self->socket_path, TEST_XATTR_NAME, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, (ssize_t)strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE));
+ ASSERT_STREQ(buf, TEST_XATTR_VALUE);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Fixture for trusted.* xattr tests.
+ * These require CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
+ */
+FIXTURE(xattr_socket_trusted)
+{
+ char socket_path[PATH_MAX];
+ int sockfd;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT(xattr_socket_trusted)
+{
+ int sock_type;
+ const char *name;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(xattr_socket_trusted, stream) {
+ .sock_type = SOCK_STREAM,
+ .name = "stream",
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(xattr_socket_trusted, dgram) {
+ .sock_type = SOCK_DGRAM,
+ .name = "dgram",
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(xattr_socket_trusted, seqpacket) {
+ .sock_type = SOCK_SEQPACKET,
+ .name = "seqpacket",
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(xattr_socket_trusted)
+{
+ struct sockaddr_un addr;
+ int ret;
+
+ self->sockfd = -1;
+
+ snprintf(self->socket_path, sizeof(self->socket_path),
+ "/tmp/xattr_socket_trusted_%s.%d", variant->name, getpid());
+ unlink(self->socket_path);
+
+ self->sockfd = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->sock_type, 0);
+ ASSERT_GE(self->sockfd, 0);
+
+ memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+ addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+ strncpy(addr.sun_path, self->socket_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+
+ ret = bind(self->sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(xattr_socket_trusted)
+{
+ if (self->sockfd >= 0)
+ close(self->sockfd);
+ unlink(self->socket_path);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket_trusted, set_trusted_xattr)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t len;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = setxattr(self->socket_path, "trusted.testattr",
+ TEST_XATTR_VALUE, strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE), 0);
+ if (ret == -1 && errno == EPERM)
+ SKIP(return, "Need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for trusted.* xattrs");
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("setxattr trusted.testattr failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+
+ memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+ len = getxattr(self->socket_path, "trusted.testattr",
+ buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(len, (ssize_t)strlen(TEST_XATTR_VALUE));
+ ASSERT_STREQ(buf, TEST_XATTR_VALUE);
+}
+
+TEST_F(xattr_socket_trusted, get_trusted_xattr_unprivileged)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ret = getxattr(self->socket_path, "trusted.testattr", buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, -1);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(errno == ENODATA || errno == EPERM) {
+ TH_LOG("Expected ENODATA or EPERM, got %s", strerror(errno));
+ }
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
2.47.3
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-16 13:31 [PATCH 00/14] xattr: rework simple xattrs and support user.* xattrs on sockets Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:31 ` [PATCH 01/14] xattr: add rcu_head and rhash_head to struct simple_xattr Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:31 ` [PATCH 02/14] xattr: add rhashtable-based simple_xattr infrastructure Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:31 ` [PATCH 03/14] shmem: adapt to rhashtable-based simple_xattrs with lazy allocation Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:32 ` [PATCH 04/14] kernfs: " Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:32 ` [PATCH 05/14] pidfs: adapt to rhashtable-based simple_xattrs Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:32 ` [PATCH 06/14] xattr: remove rbtree-based simple_xattr infrastructure Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:32 ` [PATCH 07/14] xattr: add xattr_permission_error() Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:32 ` [PATCH 08/14] xattr: switch xattr_permission() to switch statement Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:32 ` [PATCH 09/14] xattr: move user limits for xattrs to generic infra Christian Brauner
2026-02-21 0:03 ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-02-16 13:32 ` [PATCH 10/14] xattr,net: support limited amount of extended attributes on sockfs sockets Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:32 ` [PATCH 11/14] xattr: support extended attributes on sockets Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:32 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-02-16 13:32 ` [PATCH 13/14] selftests/xattr: sockfs socket xattr tests Christian Brauner
2026-02-16 13:32 ` [PATCH 14/14] selftests/xattr: test xattrs on various socket families Christian Brauner
2026-02-20 0:44 ` [PATCH 00/14] xattr: rework simple xattrs and support user.* xattrs on sockets Darrick J. Wong
2026-02-20 9:23 ` Christian Brauner
2026-02-21 0:14 ` Darrick J. Wong
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