[PATCH] getrusage: Add smoke test for getrusage
Ondrej Marek
ondrejm4rek@gmail.com
Sat Jun 27 12:48:24 GMT 2026
Add smoke test verifying that getrusage returns non-negative user time and fails with invalid who value.
Co-authored-by: Frantisek Cech <fr.cech@proton.me>
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Marek <ondrejm4rek@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- use volatile variables to prevent compiler from optimizing away the loop
- RUSAGE_CHILDREN test forks new processes
- use both fields of timeval struct for elapsed time comparison
resource/Makefile | 1 +
resource/tst-getrusage.c | 139 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 140 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 resource/tst-getrusage.c
diff --git a/resource/Makefile b/resource/Makefile
index 589b73f44f..dac48434dd 100644
--- a/resource/Makefile
+++ b/resource/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ routines := getrlimit setrlimit getrlimit64 setrlimit64 getrusage ulimit \
tests := \
bug-ulimit1 \
tst-getrlimit \
+ tst-getrusage \
# tests
diff --git a/resource/tst-getrusage.c b/resource/tst-getrusage.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c50456b9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource/tst-getrusage.c
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/* Test of the getrusage function.
+ Copyright (C) 2005-2026 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 <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+static int
+get_child_elapsed_time (long *result)
+{
+ pid_t pid;
+ pid = fork ();
+
+ if (pid == -1)
+ {
+ perror ("Fork failed");
+ return 1;
+ }
+ else if (pid > 0)
+ {
+ int status;
+ if (waitpid (pid, &status, 0) == -1)
+ {
+ perror ("waitpid");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if (!WIFEXITED (status))
+ {
+ puts ("An error occured in the child process\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ struct rusage rusage = { 0 };
+
+ int ret_val = getrusage (RUSAGE_CHILDREN, &rusage);
+ TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret_val == 0);
+ long elapsed_time = (rusage.ru_utime.tv_sec * 1000000L) + rusage.ru_utime.tv_usec;
+ TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (elapsed_time >= 0);
+
+ *result = elapsed_time;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Simulate some work */
+ volatile unsigned long long sink = 0;
+
+ for (unsigned long long i = 0; i < 1000000000ULL; i++) {
+ sink += i;
+ }
+
+ _exit(0);
+ }
+}
+
+static void
+test_getrusage_children (void)
+{
+ long elapsed_time_before;
+ long elapsed_time_after;
+
+ int ret_val = get_child_elapsed_time (&elapsed_time_before);
+ TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret_val == 0);
+ int ret_val2 = get_child_elapsed_time (&elapsed_time_after);
+ TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret_val2 == 0);
+ TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (elapsed_time_after >= elapsed_time_before);
+}
+
+static void
+test_getrusage (int who)
+{
+ struct rusage before_usage = { 0 };
+ struct rusage after_usage = { 0 };
+
+ int ret_val = getrusage (who, &before_usage);
+ TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret_val == 0);
+ long elapsed_time_before = (before_usage.ru_utime.tv_sec * 1000000L) + before_usage.ru_utime.tv_usec;
+ TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (elapsed_time_before >= 0);
+
+ /* Simulate some work */
+ volatile unsigned long long sink = 0;
+
+ for (unsigned long long i = 0; i < 1000000000ULL; i++)
+ {
+ sink += i;
+ }
+
+ int ret_val2 = getrusage (who, &after_usage);
+ TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (ret_val2 == 0);
+
+ long elapsed_time_after = (after_usage.ru_utime.tv_sec * 1000000L) + after_usage.ru_utime.tv_usec;
+ TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (elapsed_time_after >= elapsed_time_before);
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+ int whos[] = { RUSAGE_SELF, RUSAGE_THREAD };
+ for (int i = 0; i < sizeof (whos) / sizeof (int); i++)
+ {
+ int who = whos[i];
+ test_getrusage (who);
+ }
+
+ /* RUSAGE_CHILDREN test case with forking children */
+ test_getrusage_children ();
+
+ /* Invalid who value test case */
+ struct rusage usage_struct = { 0 };
+ int invalid_who = 999;
+ int ret_val = getrusage (invalid_who, &usage_struct);
+ TEST_VERIFY (ret_val == -1);
+
+ puts ("Everything OK\n");
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
--
2.47.3
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