]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/linux.git/commitdiff
selftests/namespace: add stress test
authorChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:21:24 +0000 (13:21 +0100)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Mon, 3 Nov 2025 16:41:25 +0000 (17:41 +0100)
Stress tests for namespace active reference counting.

These tests validate that the active reference counting system can
handle high load scenarios including rapid namespace
creation/destruction, large numbers of concurrent namespaces, and
various edge cases under stress.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251029-work-namespace-nstree-listns-v4-71-2e6f823ebdc0@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/.gitignore
tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/Makefile
tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/stress_test.c [new file with mode: 0644]

index 0091a7dfff209f4d356e0949e9549d3449d71d48..f6dcf769f1505c5f544496244bfc0612df87a1fa 100644 (file)
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ listns_test
 listns_permissions_test
 siocgskns_test
 cred_change_test
+stress_test
index 5d73f8dde6a0aad38b3248ec1cb2629708c4ce40..3c776740f3ac41b30d79c91736cacf65edda1c60 100644 (file)
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := nsid_test \
                  listns_test \
                  listns_permissions_test \
                  siocgskns_test \
-                 cred_change_test
+                 cred_change_test \
+                 stress_test
 
 include ../lib.mk
 
@@ -18,4 +19,5 @@ $(OUTPUT)/listns_test: ../filesystems/utils.c
 $(OUTPUT)/listns_permissions_test: ../filesystems/utils.c
 $(OUTPUT)/siocgskns_test: ../filesystems/utils.c
 $(OUTPUT)/cred_change_test: ../filesystems/utils.c
+$(OUTPUT)/stress_test: ../filesystems/utils.c
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/stress_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/namespaces/stress_test.c
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..dd7df7d
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,626 @@
+// 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 <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/nsfs.h>
+#include "../kselftest_harness.h"
+#include "../filesystems/utils.h"
+#include "wrappers.h"
+
+/*
+ * Stress tests for namespace active reference counting.
+ *
+ * These tests validate that the active reference counting system can handle
+ * high load scenarios including rapid namespace creation/destruction, large
+ * numbers of concurrent namespaces, and various edge cases under stress.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Test rapid creation and destruction of user namespaces.
+ * Create and destroy namespaces in quick succession to stress the
+ * active reference tracking and ensure no leaks occur.
+ */
+TEST(rapid_namespace_creation_destruction)
+{
+       struct ns_id_req req = {
+               .size = sizeof(req),
+               .spare = 0,
+               .ns_id = 0,
+               .ns_type = CLONE_NEWUSER,
+               .spare2 = 0,
+               .user_ns_id = 0,
+       };
+       __u64 ns_ids_before[256], ns_ids_after[256];
+       ssize_t ret_before, ret_after;
+       int i;
+
+       /* Get baseline count of active user namespaces */
+       ret_before = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_before, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_before), 0);
+       if (ret_before < 0) {
+               if (errno == ENOSYS)
+                       SKIP(return, "listns() not supported");
+               ASSERT_GE(ret_before, 0);
+       }
+
+       TH_LOG("Baseline: %zd active user namespaces", ret_before);
+
+       /* Rapidly create and destroy 100 user namespaces */
+       for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+               pid_t pid = fork();
+               ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+               if (pid == 0) {
+                       /* Child: create user namespace and immediately exit */
+                       if (setup_userns() < 0)
+                               exit(1);
+                       exit(0);
+               }
+
+               /* Parent: wait for child */
+               int status;
+               waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+               ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+               ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 0);
+       }
+
+       /* Verify we're back to baseline (no leaked namespaces) */
+       ret_after = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_after, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_after), 0);
+       ASSERT_GE(ret_after, 0);
+
+       TH_LOG("After 100 rapid create/destroy cycles: %zd active user namespaces", ret_after);
+       ASSERT_EQ(ret_before, ret_after);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test creating many concurrent namespaces.
+ * Verify that listns() correctly tracks all of them and that they all
+ * become inactive after processes exit.
+ */
+TEST(many_concurrent_namespaces)
+{
+       struct ns_id_req req = {
+               .size = sizeof(req),
+               .spare = 0,
+               .ns_id = 0,
+               .ns_type = CLONE_NEWUSER,
+               .spare2 = 0,
+               .user_ns_id = 0,
+       };
+       __u64 ns_ids_before[512], ns_ids_during[512], ns_ids_after[512];
+       ssize_t ret_before, ret_during, ret_after;
+       pid_t pids[50];
+       int num_children = 50;
+       int i;
+       int sv[2];
+
+       /* Get baseline */
+       ret_before = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_before, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_before), 0);
+       if (ret_before < 0) {
+               if (errno == ENOSYS)
+                       SKIP(return, "listns() not supported");
+               ASSERT_GE(ret_before, 0);
+       }
+
+       TH_LOG("Baseline: %zd active user namespaces", ret_before);
+
+       ASSERT_EQ(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sv), 0);
+
+       /* Create many children, each with their own user namespace */
+       for (i = 0; i < num_children; i++) {
+               pids[i] = fork();
+               ASSERT_GE(pids[i], 0);
+
+               if (pids[i] == 0) {
+                       /* Child: create user namespace and wait for parent signal */
+                       char c;
+
+                       close(sv[0]);
+
+                       if (setup_userns() < 0) {
+                               close(sv[1]);
+                               exit(1);
+                       }
+
+                       /* Signal parent we're ready */
+                       if (write(sv[1], &c, 1) != 1) {
+                               close(sv[1]);
+                               exit(1);
+                       }
+
+                       /* Wait for parent signal to exit */
+                       if (read(sv[1], &c, 1) != 1) {
+                               close(sv[1]);
+                               exit(1);
+                       }
+
+                       close(sv[1]);
+                       exit(0);
+               }
+       }
+
+       close(sv[1]);
+
+       /* Wait for all children to signal ready */
+       for (i = 0; i < num_children; i++) {
+               char c;
+               if (read(sv[0], &c, 1) != 1) {
+                       /* If we fail to read, kill all children and exit */
+                       close(sv[0]);
+                       for (int j = 0; j < num_children; j++)
+                               kill(pids[j], SIGKILL);
+                       for (int j = 0; j < num_children; j++)
+                               waitpid(pids[j], NULL, 0);
+                       ASSERT_TRUE(false);
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* List namespaces while all children are running */
+       ret_during = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_during, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_during), 0);
+       ASSERT_GE(ret_during, 0);
+
+       TH_LOG("With %d children running: %zd active user namespaces", num_children, ret_during);
+
+       /* Should have at least num_children more namespaces than baseline */
+       ASSERT_GE(ret_during, ret_before + num_children);
+
+       /* Signal all children to exit */
+       for (i = 0; i < num_children; i++) {
+               char c = 'X';
+               if (write(sv[0], &c, 1) != 1) {
+                       /* If we fail to write, kill remaining children */
+                       close(sv[0]);
+                       for (int j = i; j < num_children; j++)
+                               kill(pids[j], SIGKILL);
+                       for (int j = 0; j < num_children; j++)
+                               waitpid(pids[j], NULL, 0);
+                       ASSERT_TRUE(false);
+               }
+       }
+
+       close(sv[0]);
+
+       /* Wait for all children */
+       for (i = 0; i < num_children; i++) {
+               int status;
+               waitpid(pids[i], &status, 0);
+               ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+       }
+
+       /* Verify we're back to baseline */
+       ret_after = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_after, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_after), 0);
+       ASSERT_GE(ret_after, 0);
+
+       TH_LOG("After all children exit: %zd active user namespaces", ret_after);
+       ASSERT_EQ(ret_before, ret_after);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test rapid namespace creation with different namespace types.
+ * Create multiple types of namespaces rapidly to stress the tracking system.
+ */
+TEST(rapid_mixed_namespace_creation)
+{
+       struct ns_id_req req = {
+               .size = sizeof(req),
+               .spare = 0,
+               .ns_id = 0,
+               .ns_type = 0,  /* All types */
+               .spare2 = 0,
+               .user_ns_id = 0,
+       };
+       __u64 ns_ids_before[512], ns_ids_after[512];
+       ssize_t ret_before, ret_after;
+       int i;
+
+       /* Get baseline count */
+       ret_before = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_before, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_before), 0);
+       if (ret_before < 0) {
+               if (errno == ENOSYS)
+                       SKIP(return, "listns() not supported");
+               ASSERT_GE(ret_before, 0);
+       }
+
+       TH_LOG("Baseline: %zd active namespaces (all types)", ret_before);
+
+       /* Rapidly create and destroy namespaces with multiple types */
+       for (i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+               pid_t pid = fork();
+               ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+               if (pid == 0) {
+                       /* Child: create multiple namespace types */
+                       if (setup_userns() < 0)
+                               exit(1);
+
+                       /* Create additional namespace types */
+                       if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) < 0)
+                               exit(1);
+                       if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUTS) < 0)
+                               exit(1);
+                       if (unshare(CLONE_NEWIPC) < 0)
+                               exit(1);
+
+                       exit(0);
+               }
+
+               /* Parent: wait for child */
+               int status;
+               waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+               ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+       }
+
+       /* Verify we're back to baseline */
+       ret_after = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_after, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_after), 0);
+       ASSERT_GE(ret_after, 0);
+
+       TH_LOG("After 50 rapid mixed namespace cycles: %zd active namespaces", ret_after);
+       ASSERT_EQ(ret_before, ret_after);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test nested namespace creation under stress.
+ * Create deeply nested namespace hierarchies and verify proper cleanup.
+ */
+TEST(nested_namespace_stress)
+{
+       struct ns_id_req req = {
+               .size = sizeof(req),
+               .spare = 0,
+               .ns_id = 0,
+               .ns_type = CLONE_NEWUSER,
+               .spare2 = 0,
+               .user_ns_id = 0,
+       };
+       __u64 ns_ids_before[512], ns_ids_after[512];
+       ssize_t ret_before, ret_after;
+       int i;
+
+       /* Get baseline */
+       ret_before = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_before, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_before), 0);
+       if (ret_before < 0) {
+               if (errno == ENOSYS)
+                       SKIP(return, "listns() not supported");
+               ASSERT_GE(ret_before, 0);
+       }
+
+       TH_LOG("Baseline: %zd active user namespaces", ret_before);
+
+       /* Create 20 processes, each with nested user namespaces */
+       for (i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+               pid_t pid = fork();
+               ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+               if (pid == 0) {
+                       int userns_fd;
+                       uid_t orig_uid = getuid();
+                       int depth;
+
+                       /* Create nested user namespaces (up to 5 levels) */
+                       for (depth = 0; depth < 5; depth++) {
+                               userns_fd = get_userns_fd(0, (depth == 0) ? orig_uid : 0, 1);
+                               if (userns_fd < 0)
+                                       exit(1);
+
+                               if (setns(userns_fd, CLONE_NEWUSER) < 0) {
+                                       close(userns_fd);
+                                       exit(1);
+                               }
+                               close(userns_fd);
+                       }
+
+                       exit(0);
+               }
+
+               /* Parent: wait for child */
+               int status;
+               waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+               ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+       }
+
+       /* Verify we're back to baseline */
+       ret_after = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_after, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_after), 0);
+       ASSERT_GE(ret_after, 0);
+
+       TH_LOG("After 20 nested namespace hierarchies: %zd active user namespaces", ret_after);
+       ASSERT_EQ(ret_before, ret_after);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test listns() pagination under stress.
+ * Create many namespaces and verify pagination works correctly.
+ */
+TEST(listns_pagination_stress)
+{
+       struct ns_id_req req = {
+               .size = sizeof(req),
+               .spare = 0,
+               .ns_id = 0,
+               .ns_type = CLONE_NEWUSER,
+               .spare2 = 0,
+               .user_ns_id = 0,
+       };
+       pid_t pids[30];
+       int num_children = 30;
+       int i;
+       int sv[2];
+       __u64 all_ns_ids[512];
+       int total_found = 0;
+
+       ASSERT_EQ(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sv), 0);
+
+       /* Create many children with user namespaces */
+       for (i = 0; i < num_children; i++) {
+               pids[i] = fork();
+               ASSERT_GE(pids[i], 0);
+
+               if (pids[i] == 0) {
+                       char c;
+                       close(sv[0]);
+
+                       if (setup_userns() < 0) {
+                               close(sv[1]);
+                               exit(1);
+                       }
+
+                       /* Signal parent we're ready */
+                       if (write(sv[1], &c, 1) != 1) {
+                               close(sv[1]);
+                               exit(1);
+                       }
+
+                       /* Wait for parent signal to exit */
+                       if (read(sv[1], &c, 1) != 1) {
+                               close(sv[1]);
+                               exit(1);
+                       }
+
+                       close(sv[1]);
+                       exit(0);
+               }
+       }
+
+       close(sv[1]);
+
+       /* Wait for all children to signal ready */
+       for (i = 0; i < num_children; i++) {
+               char c;
+               if (read(sv[0], &c, 1) != 1) {
+                       /* If we fail to read, kill all children and exit */
+                       close(sv[0]);
+                       for (int j = 0; j < num_children; j++)
+                               kill(pids[j], SIGKILL);
+                       for (int j = 0; j < num_children; j++)
+                               waitpid(pids[j], NULL, 0);
+                       ASSERT_TRUE(false);
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* Paginate through all namespaces using small batch sizes */
+       req.ns_id = 0;
+       while (1) {
+               __u64 batch[5];  /* Small batch size to force pagination */
+               ssize_t ret;
+
+               ret = sys_listns(&req, batch, ARRAY_SIZE(batch), 0);
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       if (errno == ENOSYS) {
+                               close(sv[0]);
+                               for (i = 0; i < num_children; i++)
+                                       kill(pids[i], SIGKILL);
+                               for (i = 0; i < num_children; i++)
+                                       waitpid(pids[i], NULL, 0);
+                               SKIP(return, "listns() not supported");
+                       }
+                       ASSERT_GE(ret, 0);
+               }
+
+               if (ret == 0)
+                       break;
+
+               /* Store results */
+               for (i = 0; i < ret && total_found < 512; i++) {
+                       all_ns_ids[total_found++] = batch[i];
+               }
+
+               /* Update cursor for next batch */
+               if (ret == ARRAY_SIZE(batch))
+                       req.ns_id = batch[ret - 1];
+               else
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       TH_LOG("Paginated through %d user namespaces", total_found);
+
+       /* Verify no duplicates in pagination */
+       for (i = 0; i < total_found; i++) {
+               for (int j = i + 1; j < total_found; j++) {
+                       if (all_ns_ids[i] == all_ns_ids[j]) {
+                               TH_LOG("Found duplicate ns_id: %llu at positions %d and %d",
+                                      (unsigned long long)all_ns_ids[i], i, j);
+                               ASSERT_TRUE(false);
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* Signal all children to exit */
+       for (i = 0; i < num_children; i++) {
+               char c = 'X';
+               if (write(sv[0], &c, 1) != 1) {
+                       close(sv[0]);
+                       for (int j = i; j < num_children; j++)
+                               kill(pids[j], SIGKILL);
+                       for (int j = 0; j < num_children; j++)
+                               waitpid(pids[j], NULL, 0);
+                       ASSERT_TRUE(false);
+               }
+       }
+
+       close(sv[0]);
+
+       /* Wait for all children */
+       for (i = 0; i < num_children; i++) {
+               int status;
+               waitpid(pids[i], &status, 0);
+       }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test concurrent namespace operations.
+ * Multiple processes creating, querying, and destroying namespaces concurrently.
+ */
+TEST(concurrent_namespace_operations)
+{
+       struct ns_id_req req = {
+               .size = sizeof(req),
+               .spare = 0,
+               .ns_id = 0,
+               .ns_type = 0,
+               .spare2 = 0,
+               .user_ns_id = 0,
+       };
+       __u64 ns_ids_before[512], ns_ids_after[512];
+       ssize_t ret_before, ret_after;
+       pid_t pids[20];
+       int num_workers = 20;
+       int i;
+
+       /* Get baseline */
+       ret_before = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_before, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_before), 0);
+       if (ret_before < 0) {
+               if (errno == ENOSYS)
+                       SKIP(return, "listns() not supported");
+               ASSERT_GE(ret_before, 0);
+       }
+
+       TH_LOG("Baseline: %zd active namespaces", ret_before);
+
+       /* Create worker processes that do concurrent operations */
+       for (i = 0; i < num_workers; i++) {
+               pids[i] = fork();
+               ASSERT_GE(pids[i], 0);
+
+               if (pids[i] == 0) {
+                       /* Each worker: create namespaces, list them, repeat */
+                       int iterations;
+
+                       for (iterations = 0; iterations < 10; iterations++) {
+                               int userns_fd;
+                               __u64 temp_ns_ids[100];
+                               ssize_t ret;
+
+                               /* Create a user namespace */
+                               userns_fd = get_userns_fd(0, getuid(), 1);
+                               if (userns_fd < 0)
+                                       continue;
+
+                               /* List namespaces */
+                               ret = sys_listns(&req, temp_ns_ids, ARRAY_SIZE(temp_ns_ids), 0);
+                               (void)ret;
+
+                               close(userns_fd);
+
+                               /* Small delay */
+                               usleep(1000);
+                       }
+
+                       exit(0);
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* Wait for all workers */
+       for (i = 0; i < num_workers; i++) {
+               int status;
+               waitpid(pids[i], &status, 0);
+               ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+               ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 0);
+       }
+
+       /* Verify we're back to baseline */
+       ret_after = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_after, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_after), 0);
+       ASSERT_GE(ret_after, 0);
+
+       TH_LOG("After concurrent operations: %zd active namespaces", ret_after);
+       ASSERT_EQ(ret_before, ret_after);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test namespace churn - continuous creation and destruction.
+ * Simulates high-churn scenarios like container orchestration.
+ */
+TEST(namespace_churn)
+{
+       struct ns_id_req req = {
+               .size = sizeof(req),
+               .spare = 0,
+               .ns_id = 0,
+               .ns_type = CLONE_NEWUSER | CLONE_NEWNET | CLONE_NEWUTS,
+               .spare2 = 0,
+               .user_ns_id = 0,
+       };
+       __u64 ns_ids_before[512], ns_ids_after[512];
+       ssize_t ret_before, ret_after;
+       int cycle;
+
+       /* Get baseline */
+       ret_before = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_before, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_before), 0);
+       if (ret_before < 0) {
+               if (errno == ENOSYS)
+                       SKIP(return, "listns() not supported");
+               ASSERT_GE(ret_before, 0);
+       }
+
+       TH_LOG("Baseline: %zd active namespaces", ret_before);
+
+       /* Simulate churn: batches of namespaces created and destroyed */
+       for (cycle = 0; cycle < 10; cycle++) {
+               pid_t batch_pids[10];
+               int i;
+
+               /* Create batch */
+               for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+                       batch_pids[i] = fork();
+                       ASSERT_GE(batch_pids[i], 0);
+
+                       if (batch_pids[i] == 0) {
+                               /* Create multiple namespace types */
+                               if (setup_userns() < 0)
+                                       exit(1);
+                               if (unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) < 0)
+                                       exit(1);
+                               if (unshare(CLONE_NEWUTS) < 0)
+                                       exit(1);
+
+                               /* Keep namespaces alive briefly */
+                               usleep(10000);
+                               exit(0);
+                       }
+               }
+
+               /* Wait for batch to complete */
+               for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+                       int status;
+                       waitpid(batch_pids[i], &status, 0);
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* Verify we're back to baseline */
+       ret_after = sys_listns(&req, ns_ids_after, ARRAY_SIZE(ns_ids_after), 0);
+       ASSERT_GE(ret_after, 0);
+
+       TH_LOG("After 10 churn cycles (100 namespace sets): %zd active namespaces", ret_after);
+       ASSERT_EQ(ret_before, ret_after);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN