Re: [PATCH 1/2] tst: Add test for ntp_gettime

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>]

On Mär 09 2021, Yann Droneaud wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Le mardi 09 mars 2021 à 12:47 +0100, Lukasz Majewski a écrit :
>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-ntp_gettime.c
> b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-ntp_gettime.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..5a1261fd35
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-ntp_gettime.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
> +/* Test for ntp_gettime
> +   Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> +   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> +   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> +   Lesser General Public License for more details.
> +
> +   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
> +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> +
> +#include <time.h>
> +#include <stdlib.h>
> +#include <sys/timex.h>
> +#include <support/check.h>
> +#include <support/xtime.h>
> +
> +#ifndef NTP_GETTIME_SYSCALL
> +# define NTP_GETTIME_SYSCALL ntp_gettime
> +#endif
> +
> +# define STR(__s) #__s
> +
> +static int
> +do_test (void)
> +{
> +  struct timespec tv_now;
> +  struct ntptimeval ntv;
> +
> +  int ret = NTP_GETTIME_SYSCALL (&ntv);
> +  if (ret == -1)
> +    FAIL_EXIT1 (STR(NTP_GETTIME_SYSCALL)" failed: %m\n");
> +
> +  tv_now = xclock_now (CLOCK_REALTIME);
> +
> +  if (tv_now.tv_sec != ntv.time.tv_sec)
> +    FAIL_EXIT1 ("ntp_gettime provided wrong time!\n");
> +
>
> This can fail if ntv.time.tv_usec is somewhere around 999999µs and the
> process is scheduled before completing xclock_now().

That can be made race-free by calling xclock_now before and after
NTP_GETTIME_SYSCALL, and repeat if the result of the two xclock_now
calls do not agree.

Andreas.

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