/* * Copyright (c) 2024 Alexey Dobriyan * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. */ /* Test that kernel thread is reported as such. */ #undef NDEBUG #include #include #include #include #include int main(void) { /* * The following solutions don't really work: * * 1) jit kernel module which creates kernel thread: * test becomes arch-specific, * problems with mandatory module signing, * problems with lockdown mode, * doesn't work with CONFIG_MODULES=n at all, * kthread creation API is formally unstable internal kernel API, * need a mechanism to report test kernel thread's PID back, * * 2) ksoftirqd/0 and kswapd0 look like stable enough kernel threads, * but their PIDs are unstable. * * Check against kthreadd which always seem to exist under pid 2. */ int fd = open("/proc/2/status", O_RDONLY); assert(fd >= 0); char buf[4096]; ssize_t rv = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)); assert(0 <= rv && rv < sizeof(buf)); buf[rv] = '\0'; assert(strstr(buf, "Kthread:\t1\n")); return 0; }