While running seccomp_bpf, kill_after_ptrace() gets stuck if we run it
via /usr/bin/timeout (that is the default), until the timeout expires.
This is because /usr/bin/timeout is preventing to properly deliver
signals to ptrace'd children (SIGSYS in this case).
This problem can be easily reproduced by running:
$ sudo make TARGETS=seccomp kselftest
...
# [ RUN ] TRACE_syscall.skip_a#
not ok 1 selftests: seccomp: seccomp_bpf # TIMEOUT
The test is hanging at this point until the timeout expires and then it
reports the timeout error.
Prevent this problem by passing --foreground to /usr/bin/timeout,
allowing to properly deliver signals to children processes.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
index e84d901f8567..676b3a8b114d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ tap_timeout()
{
# Make sure tests will time out if utility is available.
if [ -x /usr/bin/timeout ] ; then
- /usr/bin/timeout "$kselftest_timeout" "$1"
+ /usr/bin/timeout --foreground "$kselftest_timeout" "$1"
else
"$1"
fi
--
2.25.1
