linux/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-2-is-kthread.c

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2024 Alexey Dobriyan <[email protected]>
 *
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/* Test that kernel thread is reported as such. */
#undef NDEBUG
#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main(void)
{
	/*
	 * The following solutions don't really work:
	 *
	 * 1) jit kernel module which creates kernel thread:
	 * test becomes arch-specific,
	 * problems with mandatory module signing,
	 * problems with lockdown mode,
	 * doesn't work with CONFIG_MODULES=n at all,
	 * kthread creation API is formally unstable internal kernel API,
	 * need a mechanism to report test kernel thread's PID back,
	 *
	 * 2) ksoftirqd/0 and kswapd0 look like stable enough kernel threads,
	 * but their PIDs are unstable.
	 *
	 * Check against kthreadd which always seem to exist under pid 2.
	 */
	int fd = open("/proc/2/status", O_RDONLY);
	assert(fd >= 0);

	char buf[4096];
	ssize_t rv = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
	assert(0 <= rv && rv < sizeof(buf));
	buf[rv] = '\0';

	assert(strstr(buf, "Kthread:\t1\n"));

	return 0;
}