This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
kselftest/runner.sh: Propagate SIGTERM to runner child
to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
kselftest-runner.sh-propagate-sigterm-to-runner-chil.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit e7a2cea85b76cfa701325ec4b0b5792969b52a22
Author: Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Jul 5 13:53:17 2023 +0200
kselftest/runner.sh: Propagate SIGTERM to runner child
[ Upstream commit 9616cb34b08ec86642b162eae75c5a7ca8debe3c ]
Timeouts in kselftest are done using the "timeout" command with the
"--foreground" option. Without the "foreground" option, it is not
possible for a user to cancel the runner using SIGINT, because the
signal is not propagated to timeout which is running in a different
process group. The "forground" options places the timeout in the same
process group as its parent, but only sends the SIGTERM (on timeout)
signal to the forked process. Unfortunately, this does not play nice
with all kselftests, e.g. "net:fcnal-test.sh", where the child
processes will linger because timeout does not send SIGTERM to the
group.
Some users have noted these hangs [1].
Fix this by nesting the timeout with an additional timeout without the
foreground option.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/7650b2eb-0aee-a2b0-2e64-c9bc63210f67@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ # [1]
Fixes: 651e0d881461 ("kselftest/runner: allow to properly deliver signals to tests")
Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
index a9ba782d8ca0f..83616f0779a7e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ tap_timeout()
{
# Make sure tests will time out if utility is available.
if [ -x /usr/bin/timeout ] ; then
- /usr/bin/timeout --foreground "$kselftest_timeout" $1
+ /usr/bin/timeout --foreground "$kselftest_timeout" \
+ /usr/bin/timeout "$kselftest_timeout" $1
else
$1
fi
