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1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 2024 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
3  *
4  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
5  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
6  * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
7  *
8  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
9  * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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11  * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
12  * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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14  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
15  */
16 /* Test that kernel thread is reported as such. */
17 #undef NDEBUG
18 #include <assert.h>
19 #include <errno.h>
20 #include <fcntl.h>
21 #include <string.h>
22 #include <unistd.h>
23 
24 int main(void)
25 {
26 	/*
27 	 * The following solutions don't really work:
28 	 *
29 	 * 1) jit kernel module which creates kernel thread:
30 	 * test becomes arch-specific,
31 	 * problems with mandatory module signing,
32 	 * problems with lockdown mode,
33 	 * doesn't work with CONFIG_MODULES=n at all,
34 	 * kthread creation API is formally unstable internal kernel API,
35 	 * need a mechanism to report test kernel thread's PID back,
36 	 *
37 	 * 2) ksoftirqd/0 and kswapd0 look like stable enough kernel threads,
38 	 * but their PIDs are unstable.
39 	 *
40 	 * Check against kthreadd which always seem to exist under pid 2.
41 	 */
42 	int fd = open("/proc/2/status", O_RDONLY);
43 	assert(fd >= 0);
44 
45 	char buf[4096];
46 	ssize_t rv = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
47 	assert(0 <= rv && rv < sizeof(buf));
48 	buf[rv] = '\0';
49 
50 	assert(strstr(buf, "Kthread:\t1\n"));
51 
52 	return 0;
53 }
54