[PATCH bpf-next v2 5/5] selftests/bpf: Fix arena_spin_lock selftest failure
Hari Bathini
hbathini at linux.ibm.com
Thu Sep 4 18:09:31 AEST 2025
On 29/08/25 10:21 pm, Saket Kumar Bhaskar wrote:
> For systems having CONFIG_NR_CPUS set to > 1024 in kernel config
> the selftest fails as arena_spin_lock_irqsave() returns EOPNOTSUPP.
>
> The selftest is skipped incase bpf program returns EOPNOTSUPP,
> with a descriptive message logged.
>
> Signed-off-by: Saket Kumar Bhaskar <skb99 at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/arena_spin_lock.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/arena_spin_lock.c | 5 ++++-
> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/arena_spin_lock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/arena_spin_lock.c
> index 0223fce4db2b..1ec1ca987893 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/arena_spin_lock.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/arena_spin_lock.c
> @@ -40,8 +40,13 @@ static void *spin_lock_thread(void *arg)
>
> err = bpf_prog_test_run_opts(prog_fd, &topts);
> ASSERT_OK(err, "test_run err");
> +
> + if (topts.retval == -EOPNOTSUPP)
> + goto end;
> +
> ASSERT_EQ((int)topts.retval, 0, "test_run retval");
>
> +end:
> pthread_exit(arg);
> }
>
> @@ -63,6 +68,7 @@ static void test_arena_spin_lock_size(int size)
> skel = arena_spin_lock__open_and_load();
> if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "arena_spin_lock__open_and_load"))
> return;
> +
> if (skel->data->test_skip == 2) {
> test__skip();
> goto end;
> @@ -86,6 +92,13 @@ static void test_arena_spin_lock_size(int size)
> goto end_barrier;
> }
>
> + if (skel->data->test_skip == 2) {
> + printf("%s:SKIP: %d CPUs exceed the maximum supported by arena spinlock\n",
> + __func__, get_nprocs());
> + test__skip();
> + goto end_barrier;
> + }
> +
> ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->counter, repeat * nthreads, "check counter value");
>
> end_barrier:
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/arena_spin_lock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/arena_spin_lock.c
> index c4500c37f85e..a475b974438e 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/arena_spin_lock.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/arena_spin_lock.c
> @@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ int prog(void *ctx)
> #if defined(ENABLE_ATOMICS_TESTS) && defined(__BPF_FEATURE_ADDR_SPACE_CAST)
> unsigned long flags;
>
> - if ((ret = arena_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock, flags)))
> + if ((ret = arena_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock, flags))) {
> + if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
> + test_skip = 2;
> return ret;
test_skip being set to `1` when the test runs seems counter intuitive.
How about setting test_skip to `0` when run conditions are met
and test_skip=1 if run conditions are not met and
test_skip=2 when operation is not supported?
- Hari
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