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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <linux/nsfs.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "../kselftest_harness.h"
+#include "../filesystems/utils.h"
+
+#ifndef FD_NSFS_ROOT
+#define FD_NSFS_ROOT -10003 /* Root of the nsfs filesystem */
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Test that initial namespaces can be reopened via file handle.
+ * Initial namespaces should have active ref count of 1 from boot.
+ */
+TEST(init_ns_always_active)
+{
+ struct file_handle *handle;
+ int mount_id;
+ int ret;
+ int fd1, fd2;
+ struct stat st1, st2;
+
+ handle = malloc(sizeof(*handle) + MAX_HANDLE_SZ);
+ ASSERT_NE(handle, NULL);
+
+ /* Open initial network namespace */
+ fd1 = open("/proc/1/ns/net", O_RDONLY);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd1, 0);
+
+ /* Get file handle for initial namespace */
+ handle->handle_bytes = MAX_HANDLE_SZ;
+ ret = name_to_handle_at(fd1, "", handle, &mount_id, AT_EMPTY_PATH);
+ if (ret < 0 && errno == EOPNOTSUPP) {
+ SKIP(free(handle); close(fd1);
+ return, "nsfs doesn't support file handles");
+ }
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ /* Close the namespace fd */
+ close(fd1);
+
+ /* Try to reopen via file handle - should succeed since init ns is always active */
+ fd2 = open_by_handle_at(FD_NSFS_ROOT, handle, O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd2 < 0 && (errno == EINVAL || errno == EOPNOTSUPP)) {
+ SKIP(free(handle);
+ return, "open_by_handle_at with FD_NSFS_ROOT not supported");
+ }
+ ASSERT_GE(fd2, 0);
+
+ /* Verify we opened the same namespace */
+ fd1 = open("/proc/1/ns/net", O_RDONLY);
+ ASSERT_GE(fd1, 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(fstat(fd1, &st1), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(fstat(fd2, &st2), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(st1.st_ino, st2.st_ino);
+
+ close(fd1);
+ close(fd2);
+ free(handle);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN