@@ -290,6 +290,40 @@ static void mfd_assert_read_shared(int fd)
munmap(p, mfd_def_size);
}
+static void mfd_assert_fork_private_write(int fd)
+{
+ int *p;
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ p = mmap(NULL,
+ mfd_def_size,
+ PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_PRIVATE,
+ fd,
+ 0);
+ if (p == MAP_FAILED) {
+ printf("mmap() failed: %m\n");
+ abort();
+ }
+
+ p[0] = 22;
+
+ pid = fork();
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ p[0] = 33;
+ exit(0);
+ } else {
+ waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
+
+ if (p[0] != 22) {
+ printf("MAP_PRIVATE copy-on-write failed: %m\n");
+ abort();
+ }
+ }
+
+ munmap(p, mfd_def_size);
+}
+
static void mfd_assert_write(int fd)
{
ssize_t l;
@@ -760,6 +794,8 @@ static void test_seal_future_write(void)
mfd_assert_read_shared(fd2);
mfd_fail_write(fd2);
+ mfd_assert_fork_private_write(fd);
+
munmap(p, mfd_def_size);
close(fd2);
close(fd);
In this test, the parent and child both have writable private mappings. The test shows that without the patch in this series, the parent and child shared the same memory which is incorrect. In other words, COW needs to be triggered so any writes to child's copy stays local to the child. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> --- tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)