This is a resend of a series originally submitted as [1], now sent to char-misc.
The following is the original cover letter sent with that series.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260628024239.152852-1-ivanrwcm25@gmail.com/
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This series improves ntsync without changing wait/wake semantics:
1/4 — Align Documentation/userspace-api/ntsync.rst with
include/uapi/linux/ntsync.h (ioctl macro names and struct layout).
2/4 — Fix wake_all selftest: CREATE_EVENT returns an fd, not zero.
3/4 — Add selftests for documented EINVAL cases (zero owner, non-zero
pad, cross-instance object use).
4/4 — Reject wait ioctls when owner is zero, matching the documented
uAPI (3/4 depends on 4/4 for the owner tests).
Patch 4/4 closes a spec gap: Documentation/userspace-api/ntsync.rst
requires EINVAL when wait owner is zero, but setup_wait() only validated
pad and flags. Unlock/kill mutex ioctls already reject owner == 0.
Testing:
- scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict --no-tree: clean (4/4 patches)
- make headers && make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=drivers/ntsync
- Kernel 7.1.0-ntsync-test+ (CONFIG_NTSYNC=y), QEMU x86_64 initramfs:
tools/testing/selftests/drivers/ntsync/ntsync — 12/12 PASS,
including wake_all and wait_args_validation
- On 6.17.0-35-generic with the distro ntsync.ko (without patch 4/4):
wait_args_validation fails on owner==0 (wait proceeds instead of
EINVAL), confirming the gap this series fixes
Iván Ezequiel Rodriguez (4):
docs: ntsync: align uAPI ioctl names and struct layout with ntsync.h
selftests: ntsync: fix wake_all CREATE_EVENT fd expectation
selftests: ntsync: add wait argument validation tests
ntsync: reject wait ioctls with zero owner
Documentation/userspace-api/ntsync.rst | 22 ++++-----
drivers/misc/ntsync.c | 3 ++
.../testing/selftests/drivers/ntsync/ntsync.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
base-commit: 2cedf2272f1bb42471e646868ac572cc5752bd91
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