// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 /* * Landlock filesystem benchmark * * This program benchmarks the time required for file access checks. We use a * large number (-d flag) of nested directories where each directory inode has * an associated Landlock rule, and we repeatedly (-n flag) exercise a file * access for which Landlock has to walk the path all the way up to the root. * * With an increasing number of nested subdirectories, Landlock's portion of the * overall system call time increases, which makes the effects of Landlock * refactorings more measurable. * * This benchmark does *not* measure the building of the Landlock ruleset. The * time required to add all these rules is not large enough to be easily * measurable. A separate benchmark tool would be better to test that, and that * tool could then also use a simpler file system layout. * * Copyright © 2026 Google LLC */ #define _GNU_SOURCE #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "wrappers.h" static void usage(const char *const argv0) { printf("Usage:\n"); printf(" %s [OPTIONS]\n", argv0); printf("\n"); printf(" Benchmark expensive Landlock checks for D nested dirs\n"); printf("\n"); printf("Options:\n"); printf(" -h help\n"); printf(" -L disable Landlock (as a baseline)\n"); printf(" -d D set directory depth to D\n"); printf(" -n N set number of benchmark iterations to N\n"); } /* * Build a deep directory, enforce Landlock and return the FD to the * deepest dir. On any failure, exit the process with an error. */ static int build_directory(size_t depth, const bool use_landlock) { const char *path = "d"; /* directory name */ int abi, ruleset_fd, curr, prev; if (use_landlock) { abi = landlock_create_ruleset(NULL, 0, LANDLOCK_CREATE_RULESET_VERSION); if (abi < 7) err(1, "Landlock ABI too low: got %d, wanted 7+", abi); } ruleset_fd = -1; if (use_landlock) { struct landlock_ruleset_attr attr = { .handled_access_fs = LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_IOCTL_DEV | LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_WRITE_FILE | LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG, }; ruleset_fd = landlock_create_ruleset(&attr, sizeof(attr), 0U); if (ruleset_fd < 0) err(1, "landlock_create_ruleset"); } curr = open(".", O_PATH); if (curr < 0) err(1, "open(.)"); while (depth--) { if (use_landlock) { struct landlock_path_beneath_attr attr = { .allowed_access = LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_IOCTL_DEV, .parent_fd = curr, }; if (landlock_add_rule(ruleset_fd, LANDLOCK_RULE_PATH_BENEATH, &attr, 0) < 0) err(1, "landlock_add_rule"); } if (mkdirat(curr, path, 0700) < 0) err(1, "mkdirat(%s)", path); prev = curr; curr = openat(curr, path, O_PATH); if (curr < 0) err(1, "openat(%s)", path); close(prev); } if (use_landlock) { if (prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0) < 0) err(1, "prctl"); if (landlock_restrict_self(ruleset_fd, 0) < 0) err(1, "landlock_restrict_self"); } close(ruleset_fd); return curr; } static void remove_recursively(const size_t depth) { const char *path = "d"; /* directory name */ int fd = openat(AT_FDCWD, ".", O_PATH); if (fd < 0) err(1, "openat(.)"); for (size_t i = 0; i < depth - 1; i++) { int oldfd = fd; fd = openat(fd, path, O_PATH); if (fd < 0) err(1, "openat(%s)", path); close(oldfd); } for (size_t i = 0; i < depth; i++) { if (unlinkat(fd, path, AT_REMOVEDIR) < 0) err(1, "unlinkat(%s)", path); int newfd = openat(fd, "..", O_PATH); close(fd); fd = newfd; } close(fd); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { bool use_landlock = true; size_t num_iterations = 100000; size_t num_subdirs = 10000; int c, curr, fd; struct tms start_time, end_time; setbuf(stdout, NULL); while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "hLd:n:")) != -1) { switch (c) { case 'h': usage(argv[0]); return EXIT_SUCCESS; case 'L': use_landlock = false; break; case 'd': num_subdirs = atoi(optarg); break; case 'n': num_iterations = atoi(optarg); break; default: usage(argv[0]); return EXIT_FAILURE; } } printf("*** Benchmark ***\n"); printf("%zu dirs, %zu iterations, %s Landlock\n", num_subdirs, num_iterations, use_landlock ? "with" : "without"); if (times(&start_time) == -1) err(1, "times"); curr = build_directory(num_subdirs, use_landlock); for (int i = 0; i < num_iterations; i++) { fd = openat(curr, "file.txt", O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0600); if (use_landlock) { if (fd == 0) errx(1, "openat succeeded, expected EACCES"); if (errno != EACCES) err(1, "openat expected EACCES, but got"); } if (fd != -1) close(fd); } if (times(&end_time) == -1) err(1, "times"); printf("*** Benchmark concluded ***\n"); printf("System: %ld clocks\n", end_time.tms_stime - start_time.tms_stime); printf("User : %ld clocks\n", end_time.tms_utime - start_time.tms_utime); printf("Clocks per second: %ld\n", CLOCKS_PER_SEC); close(curr); remove_recursively(num_subdirs); }