[Devel] [PATCH vz10] selftests/clone3: fix libcap interface usage

Eva Kurchatova eva.kurchatova at virtuozzo.com
Sun May 17 23:00:13 MSK 2026


The test's set_capability() function needs to set CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
(bit 40). But libcap's API (cap_set_flag) didn't support cap 40 when the
test was written - it was too new. So the author worked around it by
casting cap_t to an assumed internal layout.

This worked with older libcap versions where cap_t pointed directly to
that layout. Newer libcap internally restructured its cap_t opaque type.

Since 2.43, libcap natively supports CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE, workaround
is no longer needed. The fix directly uses the library interface.

Signed-off-by: Eva Kurchatova <eva.kurchatova at virtuozzo.com>

https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-130940
Feature: Fix kselftests
---
 .../clone3/clone3_cap_checkpoint_restore.c    | 20 +++++--------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_cap_checkpoint_restore.c b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_cap_checkpoint_restore.c
index 976e92c259fc..739e0ee544de 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_cap_checkpoint_restore.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3_cap_checkpoint_restore.c
@@ -84,15 +84,11 @@ static int test_clone3_set_tid(struct __test_metadata *_metadata,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-struct libcap {
-	struct __user_cap_header_struct hdr;
-	struct __user_cap_data_struct data[2];
-};
-
 static int set_capability(void)
 {
-	cap_value_t cap_values[] = { CAP_SETUID, CAP_SETGID };
-	struct libcap *cap;
+	cap_value_t cap_values[] = {
+		CAP_SETUID, CAP_SETGID, CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
+	};
 	int ret = -1;
 	cap_t caps;
 
@@ -108,14 +104,8 @@ static int set_capability(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	cap_set_flag(caps, CAP_EFFECTIVE, 2, cap_values, CAP_SET);
-	cap_set_flag(caps, CAP_PERMITTED, 2, cap_values, CAP_SET);
-
-	cap = (struct libcap *) caps;
-
-	/* 40 -> CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE */
-	cap->data[1].effective |= 1 << (40 - 32);
-	cap->data[1].permitted |= 1 << (40 - 32);
+	cap_set_flag(caps, CAP_EFFECTIVE, 3, cap_values, CAP_SET);
+	cap_set_flag(caps, CAP_PERMITTED, 3, cap_values, CAP_SET);
 
 	if (cap_set_proc(caps)) {
 		perror("cap_set_proc");
-- 
2.54.0



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