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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2016-12-09 08:18:27 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2016-12-09 08:18:27 +0100
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parentc03073774f915fe7841c2b551fe304544143470f (diff)
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support: Introduce new subdirectory for test infrastructure
The new test driver in <support/test-driver.c> has feature parity with
the old one.  The main difference is that its hooking mechanism is
based on functions and function pointers instead of macros.  This
commit also implements a new environment variable, TEST_COREDUMPS,
which disables the code which disables coredumps (that is, it enables
them if the invocation environment has not disabled them).

<test-skeleton.c> defines wrapper functions so that it is possible to
use existing macros with the new-style hook functionality.

This commit changes only a few test cases to the new test driver, to
make sure that it works as expected.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog80
-rw-r--r--Makeconfig26
-rw-r--r--dirent/opendir-tst1.c8
-rw-r--r--dlfcn/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--dlfcn/bug-atexit3-lib.cc7
-rw-r--r--elf/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--extra-lib.mk5
-rw-r--r--io/tst-open-tmpfile.c7
-rw-r--r--io/tst-posix_fallocate-common.c26
-rw-r--r--libio/tst-fseek.c8
-rw-r--r--malloc/tst-malloc-backtrace.c14
-rw-r--r--malloc/tst-malloc-fork-deadlock.c32
-rw-r--r--malloc/tst-malloc-thread-exit.c121
-rw-r--r--nptl/tst-cancel7.c44
-rw-r--r--nptl/tst-cleanup0.c3
-rw-r--r--posix/tst-posix_fadvise-common.c21
-rw-r--r--rt/tst-shm.c10
-rw-r--r--stdlib/tst-secure-getenv.c26
-rw-r--r--support/Makefile64
-rw-r--r--support/README29
-rw-r--r--support/README-testing.c19
-rw-r--r--support/check.c53
-rw-r--r--support/check.h49
-rw-r--r--support/delayed_exit.c57
-rw-r--r--support/ignore_stderr.c38
-rw-r--r--support/oom_error.c29
-rw-r--r--support/set_fortify_handler.c34
-rw-r--r--support/support.h58
-rw-r--r--support/support_test_main.c406
-rw-r--r--support/temp_file-internal.h31
-rw-r--r--support/temp_file.c125
-rw-r--r--support/temp_file.h37
-rw-r--r--support/test-driver.c158
-rw-r--r--support/test-driver.h68
-rw-r--r--support/write_message.c29
-rw-r--r--support/xasprintf.c38
-rw-r--r--support/xcalloc.c34
-rw-r--r--support/xmalloc.c34
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_barrier_destroy.c26
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_barrier_init.c27
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_barrier_wait.c28
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_cancel.c25
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_check_return.c34
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_cond_wait.c26
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_create.c29
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_detach.c25
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_join.c27
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_mutex_lock.c25
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_mutex_unlock.c25
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_sigmask.c34
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_spin_lock.c25
-rw-r--r--support/xpthread_spin_unlock.c25
-rw-r--r--support/xrealloc.c32
-rw-r--r--support/xsignal.h34
-rw-r--r--support/xthread.h61
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-fallocate-common.c27
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-sync_file_range.c20
-rw-r--r--test-skeleton.c751
-rw-r--r--time/bug-getdate1.c24
59 files changed, 2198 insertions, 962 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e19db5d054..fa3c109180 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,83 @@
+2016-12-09  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
+
+	New subdirectory support for build and test infrastructure.
+	* extra-libs.mk (extra-libs-noinstall): Add variable.  Use it when
+	setting install-lib.
+	* Makeconfig (link-extra-libs-tests): Define.
+	(+link-pie-tests, +link-static-tests, +link-tests): Use
+	link-extra-libs-tests.
+	(rpath-dirs, all-subdirs): Add support.
+	(built-modules): Add libsupport.
+	(libsupport): Define.
+	* support: New directory.
+	* support/Makefile: New file.
+	* support/check.c: Likewise.
+	* support/check.h: Likewise.
+	* support/delayed_exit.c: Likewise.
+	* support/ignore_stderr.c: Likewise.
+	* support/oom_error.c: Likewise.
+	* support/set_fortify_handler.c: Likewise.
+	* support/support.h: Likewise.
+	* support/temp_file-internal.h: Likewise.
+	* support/temp_file.c: Likewise.
+	* support/test-driver.c: Likewise.
+	* support/test-driver.h: Likewise.
+	* support/test_main.c: Likewise.
+	* support/write_message.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xasprintf.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xcalloc.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xmalloc.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_barrier_destroy.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_barrier_init.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_barrier_wait.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_cancel.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_check_return.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_cond_wait.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_create.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_detach.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_join.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_mutex_lock.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_mutex_unlock.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_sigmask.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_spin_lock.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xpthread_spin_unlock.c: Likewise.
+	* support/xrealloc.c: Likweise.
+	* support/xsignal.h: Likewise.
+	* support/xthread.h: Likewise.
+	* support_tempfile.h: Likewise.
+	* test-skeleton.c: Include <support/support.h>, <support/xsignal.h>.
+	(TEST_DATA_LIMIT): Remove unused macro.
+	(_FAIL, FAIL_RET, FAIL_EXIT, FAIL_EXIT1): Remove.  Now in
+	<support/check.h>.
+	(oom_error, xmalloc, xcalloc, xrealloc, xasprintf, write_message)
+	(ignore_stderr, set_fortify_handler): Remove.  Now in
+	<support/support.h>.
+	(xpthread_sigmask): Remove.  Now in <support/xsignal.h>.
+	(xpthread_mutex_lock, xpthread_spin_lock, xpthread_cond_wait)
+	(xpthread_barrier_wait, xpthread_create, xpthread_detach)
+	(xpthread_join): Remove.  Now in <support/xthread.h>.
+	(TEST_FUNCTION, PREPARE, CLEANUP_HANDLER, CMDLINE_PROCESS):
+	Introduce legacy wrappers.
+	* dlfcn/Makefile (bug-atexit3-lib.so): Link with $(libsupport).
+	* dlfcn/bug-atexit3-lib.cc: Include <support/support.h>.
+	(write_message): Remove.
+	* dirent/opendir-tst1.c: Use <support/test-driver.h> instead of
+	test-skeleton.c.
+	* io/test-open-tmpfile: Likewise.
+	* io/tst-posix_fallocate-common.c: Likewise.
+	* libio/tst-fseek.c: Likewise.
+	* malloc/tst-malloc-backtrace.c: Likewise.
+	* malloc/tst-malloc-fork-deadlock.c: Likewise.
+	* malloc/tst-malloc-thread-exit.c: Likewise.
+	* nptl/tst-cancel7.c: Likewise.
+	* nptl/tst-cleanup0.c: Likewise.
+	* posix/tst-posix_fadvise-common.c: Likewise.
+	* rt/tst-shm.c: Likewise.
+	* time/bug-getdate1.c: Likewise.
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-fallocate-common.c: Likewise.
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-sync_file_range.c: Likewise.
+	* elf/Makefile (tst-piemod1.so): Link against libsupport.
+
 2016-12-08  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* Rules [$(run-built-tests) != no] (tests-expected): Add
diff --git a/Makeconfig b/Makeconfig
index e9d8da9d60..be45c3a0b9 100644
--- a/Makeconfig
+++ b/Makeconfig
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ ifndef after-link
 after-link =
 endif
 
+# Additional libraries to link into every test.
+link-extra-libs-tests = $(libsupport)
+
 # Command for linking PIE programs with the C library.
 ifndef +link-pie
 +link-pie-before-libc = $(CC) -pie -Wl,-O1 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -o $@ \
@@ -412,8 +415,8 @@ $(+link-pie-before-libc) $(rtld-LDFLAGS) $(link-libc) $(+link-pie-after-libc)
 $(call after-link,$@)
 endef
 define +link-pie-tests
-$(+link-pie-before-libc) $(rtld-tests-LDFLAGS) $(link-libc-tests) \
-			 $(+link-pie-after-libc)
+$(+link-pie-before-libc) $(link-extra-libs-tests) \
+  $(rtld-tests-LDFLAGS) $(link-libc-tests) $(+link-pie-after-libc)
 $(call after-link,$@)
 endef
 define +link-pie-printers-tests
@@ -439,7 +442,8 @@ $(+link-static-before-libc) $(link-libc-static) $(+link-static-after-libc)
 $(call after-link,$@)
 endef
 define +link-static-tests
-$(+link-static-before-libc) $(link-libc-static-tests) $(+link-static-after-libc)
+$(+link-static-before-libc) $(link-extra-libs-tests) \
+  $(link-libc-static-tests) $(+link-static-after-libc)
 $(call after-link,$@)
 endef
 endif
@@ -468,8 +472,8 @@ $(+link-before-libc) $(rtld-LDFLAGS) $(link-libc) $(+link-after-libc)
 $(call after-link,$@)
 endef
 define +link-tests
-$(+link-before-libc) $(rtld-tests-LDFLAGS) $(link-libc-tests) \
-		     $(+link-after-libc)
+$(+link-before-libc) $(link-extra-libs-tests) \
+  $(rtld-tests-LDFLAGS) $(link-libc-tests) $(+link-after-libc)
 $(call after-link,$@)
 endef
 define +link-printers-tests
@@ -545,7 +549,7 @@ link-libc-printers-tests = $(link-libc-rpath) \
 			   $(link-libc-tests-after-rpath-link)
 
 # This is how to find at build-time things that will be installed there.
-rpath-dirs = math elf dlfcn nss nis rt resolv crypt mathvec
+rpath-dirs = math elf dlfcn nss nis rt resolv crypt mathvec support
 rpath-link = \
 $(common-objdir):$(subst $(empty) ,:,$(patsubst ../$(subdir),.,$(rpath-dirs:%=$(common-objpfx)%)))
 else  # build-static
@@ -892,7 +896,7 @@ libio-include = -I$(..)libio
 # List of non-library modules that we build.
 built-modules = iconvprogs iconvdata ldconfig lddlibc4 libmemusage \
 		libSegFault libpcprofile librpcsvc locale-programs \
-		memusagestat nonlib nscd extramodules libnldbl
+		memusagestat nonlib nscd extramodules libnldbl libsupport
 
 in-module = $(subst -,_,$(firstword $(libof-$(basename $(@F))) \
 				    $(libof-$(<F)) \
@@ -1133,6 +1137,12 @@ libm = $(common-objpfx)math/libm.a
 libmvec = $(common-objpfx)mathvec/libmvec.a
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(build-shared),yes)
+libsupport = $(common-objpfx)support/libsupport_nonshared.a
+else
+libsupport = $(common-objpfx)support/libsupport.a
+endif
+
 # These are the subdirectories containing the library source.  The order
 # is more or less arbitrary.  The sorting step will take care of the
 # dependencies.
@@ -1140,7 +1150,7 @@ all-subdirs = csu assert ctype locale intl catgets math setjmp signal	    \
 	      stdlib stdio-common libio malloc string wcsmbs time dirent    \
 	      grp pwd posix io termios resource misc socket sysvipc gmon    \
 	      gnulib iconv iconvdata wctype manual shadow gshadow po argp   \
-	      crypt localedata timezone rt conform debug mathvec	    \
+	      crypt localedata timezone rt conform debug mathvec support    \
 	      $(add-on-subdirs) dlfcn elf
 
 ifndef avoid-generated
diff --git a/dirent/opendir-tst1.c b/dirent/opendir-tst1.c
index e96a817398..bb23234623 100644
--- a/dirent/opendir-tst1.c
+++ b/dirent/opendir-tst1.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ real_test (void)
 
 
 static int
-do_test (int argc, char *argv[])
+do_test (void)
 {
   int retval;
 
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ do_cleanup (void)
 {
   remove (tmpname);
 }
-#define CLEANUP_HANDLER do_cleanup ()
+#define CLEANUP_HANDLER do_cleanup
 
-
-/* Include the test skeleton.  */
-#include <test-skeleton.c>
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/dlfcn/Makefile b/dlfcn/Makefile
index deab96e6a7..713e555b82 100644
--- a/dlfcn/Makefile
+++ b/dlfcn/Makefile
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ $(objpfx)bug-atexit2.out: $(objpfx)bug-atexit2-lib.so
 
 ifneq (,$(CXX))
 LDLIBS-bug-atexit3-lib.so = -lstdc++ -lgcc_eh
+$(objpfx)bug-atexit3-lib.so: $(libsupport)
 $(objpfx)bug-atexit3: $(libdl)
 $(objpfx)bug-atexit3.out: $(objpfx)bug-atexit3-lib.so
 endif
diff --git a/dlfcn/bug-atexit3-lib.cc b/dlfcn/bug-atexit3-lib.cc
index aba772004d..ed3334709a 100644
--- a/dlfcn/bug-atexit3-lib.cc
+++ b/dlfcn/bug-atexit3-lib.cc
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-static void
-write_message (const char *message)
-{
-  ssize_t unused __attribute__ ((unused));
-  unused = write (STDOUT_FILENO, message, strlen (message));
-}
+#include <support/support.h>
 
 struct statclass
 {
diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index f57927f403..330397e5d8 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -981,6 +981,7 @@ $(objpfx)tst-array5-static-cmp.out: tst-array5-static.exp \
 CFLAGS-tst-pie1.c += $(pie-ccflag)
 CFLAGS-tst-pie2.c += $(pie-ccflag)
 
+$(objpfx)tst-piemod1.so: $(libsupport)
 $(objpfx)tst-pie1: $(objpfx)tst-piemod1.so
 
 ifeq (yes,$(build-shared))
diff --git a/extra-lib.mk b/extra-lib.mk
index b10748d185..2552049135 100644
--- a/extra-lib.mk
+++ b/extra-lib.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 # The variable $($(lib)-routines) defines the list of modules
 # to be included in that library.  A sysdep Makefile can add to
 # $(lib)-sysdep_routines to include additional modules.
+#
+# Libraries listed in $(extra-libs-noinstall) are built, but not
+# installed.
 
 lib := $(firstword $(extra-libs-left))
 extra-libs-left := $(filter-out $(lib),$(extra-libs-left))
@@ -28,7 +31,9 @@ extra-objs := $(extra-objs)
 all-$(lib)-routines := $($(lib)-routines) $($(lib)-sysdep_routines)
 
 # Add each flavor of library to the lists of things to build and install.
+ifeq (,$(filter $(lib), $(extra-libs-noinstall)))
 install-lib += $(foreach o,$(object-suffixes-$(lib)),$(lib:lib%=$(libtype$o)))
+endif
 extra-objs += $(foreach o,$(filter-out .os .oS,$(object-suffixes-$(lib))),\
 			$(patsubst %,%$o,$(filter-out \
 					   $($(lib)-shared-only-routines),\
diff --git a/io/tst-open-tmpfile.c b/io/tst-open-tmpfile.c
index 9242d62392..23fa819c3c 100644
--- a/io/tst-open-tmpfile.c
+++ b/io/tst-open-tmpfile.c
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-static int do_test (void);
-
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+#include <support/support.h>
 
 #ifdef O_TMPFILE
 typedef int (*wrapper_func) (const char *, int, mode_t);
@@ -317,3 +314,5 @@ do_test (void)
 }
 
 #endif  /* O_TMPFILE */
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/io/tst-posix_fallocate-common.c b/io/tst-posix_fallocate-common.c
index 2f15a5df18..3073ffea95 100644
--- a/io/tst-posix_fallocate-common.c
+++ b/io/tst-posix_fallocate-common.c
@@ -17,32 +17,27 @@
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-static void do_prepare (void);
-#define PREPARE(argc, argv)     do_prepare ()
-static int do_test (void);
-#define TEST_FUNCTION           do_test ()
-
-#define TIMEOUT 20 /* sec.  */
-
-#include <test-skeleton.c>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
 
 static char *temp_filename;
 static int temp_fd;
 
 static void
-do_prepare (void)
+do_prepare (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   temp_fd = create_temp_file ("tst-posix_fallocate.", &temp_filename);
   if (temp_fd == -1)
     FAIL_EXIT1 ("cannot create temporary file: %m\n");
 }
-
-#define FAIL(str) \
-  do { printf ("error: %s (line %d)\n", str, __LINE__); return 1; } while (0)
+#define PREPARE do_prepare
 
 static int
 do_test_with_offset (off_t offset)
@@ -83,3 +78,8 @@ do_test_with_offset (off_t offset)
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+/* This function is defined by the individual tests.  */
+static int do_test (void);
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/libio/tst-fseek.c b/libio/tst-fseek.c
index 9bb0d7f707..1a81740ed9 100644
--- a/libio/tst-fseek.c
+++ b/libio/tst-fseek.c
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-/* Defined in test-skeleton.c.  */
-static int create_temp_file (const char *base, char **filename);
-
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
 
 static int
 do_seek_end (FILE *fp)
@@ -168,6 +166,4 @@ do_test (void)
   return ret;
 }
 
-
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/malloc/tst-malloc-backtrace.c b/malloc/tst-malloc-backtrace.c
index 3aee7fdb28..1f1f0e803c 100644
--- a/malloc/tst-malloc-backtrace.c
+++ b/malloc/tst-malloc-backtrace.c
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#include <support/support.h>
+
 #define SIZE 4096
 
 /* Wrap free with a function to prevent gcc from optimizing it out.  */
@@ -30,13 +32,6 @@ call_free (void *ptr)
   *(size_t *)(ptr - sizeof (size_t)) = 1;
 }
 
-int do_test (void);
-
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
-#define EXPECTED_SIGNAL SIGABRT
-
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
-
 int
 do_test (void)
 {
@@ -53,3 +48,6 @@ do_test (void)
      doesn't optimize out that malloc call.  */
   return (ptr1 == ptr2);
 }
+
+#define EXPECTED_SIGNAL SIGABRT
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/malloc/tst-malloc-fork-deadlock.c b/malloc/tst-malloc-fork-deadlock.c
index 94549ca459..cdef2257d2 100644
--- a/malloc/tst-malloc-fork-deadlock.c
+++ b/malloc/tst-malloc-fork-deadlock.c
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
-static int do_test (void);
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
 
 enum {
   /* Number of threads which call fork.  */
@@ -117,30 +117,14 @@ static void
 create_threads (pthread_t *threads, size_t count, void *(*func) (void *))
 {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
-    {
-      int ret = pthread_create (threads + i, NULL, func, NULL);
-      if (ret != 0)
-        {
-          errno = ret;
-          printf ("error: pthread_create: %m\n");
-          abort ();
-        }
-    }
+    threads[i] = xpthread_create (NULL, func, NULL);
 }
 
 static void
 join_threads (pthread_t *threads, size_t count)
 {
   for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i)
-    {
-      int ret = pthread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-      if (ret != 0)
-        {
-          errno = ret;
-          printf ("error: pthread_join: %m\n");
-          abort ();
-        }
-    }
+    xpthread_join (threads[i]);
 }
 
 /* Create a file which consists of a single long line, and assigns
@@ -189,8 +173,8 @@ do_test (void)
 
   /* Leave some room for shutting down all threads gracefully.  */
   int timeout = 3;
-  if (timeout > TIMEOUT)
-    timeout = TIMEOUT - 1;
+  if (timeout > DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
+    timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT - 1;
 
   create_file_with_large_line ();
 
@@ -218,3 +202,5 @@ do_test (void)
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/malloc/tst-malloc-thread-exit.c b/malloc/tst-malloc-thread-exit.c
index fa6ebf98bf..9f92318c8d 100644
--- a/malloc/tst-malloc-thread-exit.c
+++ b/malloc/tst-malloc-thread-exit.c
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-static int do_test (void);
-
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
 
 static bool termination_requested;
 static int inner_thread_count = 4;
@@ -53,19 +52,8 @@ static void *
 malloc_first_thread (void * closure)
 {
   pthread_barrier_t *barrier = closure;
-  void *ptr = malloc (malloc_size);
-  if (ptr == NULL)
-    {
-      printf ("error: malloc: %m\n");
-      abort ();
-    }
-  int ret = pthread_barrier_wait (barrier);
-  if (ret != 0 && ret != PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD)
-    {
-      errno = ret;
-      printf ("error: pthread_barrier_wait: %m\n");
-      abort ();
-    }
+  void *ptr = xmalloc (malloc_size);
+  xpthread_barrier_wait (barrier);
   unoptimized_free (ptr);
   return NULL;
 }
@@ -74,19 +62,8 @@ static void *
 wait_first_thread (void * closure)
 {
   pthread_barrier_t *barrier = closure;
-  int ret = pthread_barrier_wait (barrier);
-  if (ret != 0 && ret != PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD)
-    {
-      errno = ret;
-      printf ("error: pthread_barrier_wait: %m\n");
-      abort ();
-    }
-  void *ptr = malloc (malloc_size);
-  if (ptr == NULL)
-    {
-      printf ("error: malloc: %m\n");
-      abort ();
-    }
+  xpthread_barrier_wait (barrier);
+  void *ptr = xmalloc (malloc_size);
   unoptimized_free (ptr);
   return NULL;
 }
@@ -94,23 +71,11 @@ wait_first_thread (void * closure)
 static void *
 outer_thread (void *closure)
 {
-  pthread_t *threads = calloc (sizeof (*threads), inner_thread_count);
-  if (threads == NULL)
-    {
-      printf ("error: calloc: %m\n");
-      abort ();
-    }
-
+  pthread_t *threads = xcalloc (sizeof (*threads), inner_thread_count);
   while (!__atomic_load_n (&termination_requested, __ATOMIC_RELAXED))
     {
       pthread_barrier_t barrier;
-      int ret = pthread_barrier_init (&barrier, NULL, inner_thread_count + 1);
-      if (ret != 0)
-        {
-          errno = ret;
-          printf ("pthread_barrier_init: %m\n");
-          abort ();
-        }
+      xpthread_barrier_init (&barrier, NULL, inner_thread_count + 1);
       for (int i = 0; i < inner_thread_count; ++i)
         {
           void *(*func) (void *);
@@ -118,38 +83,12 @@ outer_thread (void *closure)
             func = malloc_first_thread;
           else
             func = wait_first_thread;
-          ret = pthread_create (threads + i, NULL, func, &barrier);
-          if (ret != 0)
-            {
-              errno = ret;
-              printf ("error: pthread_create: %m\n");
-              abort ();
-            }
-        }
-      ret = pthread_barrier_wait (&barrier);
-      if (ret != 0 && ret != PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD)
-        {
-          errno = ret;
-          printf ("pthread_wait: %m\n");
-          abort ();
+          threads[i] = xpthread_create (NULL, func, &barrier);
         }
+      xpthread_barrier_wait (&barrier);
       for (int i = 0; i < inner_thread_count; ++i)
-        {
-          ret = pthread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-          if (ret != 0)
-            {
-              ret = errno;
-              printf ("error: pthread_join: %m\n");
-              abort ();
-            }
-        }
-      ret = pthread_barrier_destroy (&barrier);
-      if (ret != 0)
-        {
-          ret = errno;
-          printf ("pthread_barrier_destroy: %m\n");
-          abort ();
-        }
+        xpthread_join (threads[i]);
+      xpthread_barrier_destroy (&barrier);
     }
 
   free (threads);
@@ -172,26 +111,12 @@ do_test (void)
 
   /* Leave some room for shutting down all threads gracefully.  */
   int timeout = 3;
-  if (timeout > TIMEOUT)
-    timeout = TIMEOUT - 1;
-
-  pthread_t *threads = calloc (sizeof (*threads), outer_thread_count);
-  if (threads == NULL)
-    {
-      printf ("error: calloc: %m\n");
-      abort ();
-    }
+  if (timeout > DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
+    timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT - 1;
 
+  pthread_t *threads = xcalloc (sizeof (*threads), outer_thread_count);
   for (long i = 0; i < outer_thread_count; ++i)
-    {
-      int ret = pthread_create (threads + i, NULL, outer_thread, NULL);
-      if (ret != 0)
-        {
-          errno = ret;
-          printf ("error: pthread_create: %m\n");
-          abort ();
-        }
-    }
+    threads[i] = xpthread_create (NULL, outer_thread, NULL);
 
   struct timespec ts = {timeout, 0};
   if (nanosleep (&ts, NULL))
@@ -203,16 +128,10 @@ do_test (void)
   __atomic_store_n (&termination_requested, true, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
 
   for (long i = 0; i < outer_thread_count; ++i)
-    {
-      int ret = pthread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-      if (ret != 0)
-        {
-          errno = ret;
-          printf ("error: pthread_join: %m\n");
-          abort ();
-        }
-    }
+    xpthread_join (threads[i]);
   free (threads);
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/nptl/tst-cancel7.c b/nptl/tst-cancel7.c
index 7f20862952..8eff3a8dac 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-cancel7.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-cancel7.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
 
 const char *command;
 const char *pidfile;
@@ -105,18 +108,8 @@ do_test (void)
     sleep (1);
   while (access (pidfilename, R_OK) != 0);
 
-  if (pthread_cancel (th) != 0)
-    {
-      puts ("pthread_cancel failed");
-      return 1;
-    }
-
-  void *r;
-  if (pthread_join (th, &r) != 0)
-    {
-      puts ("pthread_join failed");
-      return 1;
-    }
+  xpthread_cancel (th);
+  void *r = xpthread_join (th);
 
   sleep (1);
 
@@ -196,15 +189,20 @@ do_cleanup (void)
 #define CMDLINE_OPTIONS \
   { "command", required_argument, NULL, OPT_COMMAND },	\
   { "pidfile", required_argument, NULL, OPT_PIDFILE },
-#define CMDLINE_PROCESS \
-  case OPT_COMMAND:	\
-    command = optarg;	\
-    break;		\
-  case OPT_PIDFILE:	\
-    pidfile = optarg;	\
-    break;
-#define CLEANUP_HANDLER do_cleanup ()
-#define PREPARE(argc, argv) do_prepare (argc, argv)
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
+static void
+cmdline_process (int c)
+{
+  switch (c)
+    {
+      command = optarg;
+      break;
+    case OPT_PIDFILE:
+      pidfile = optarg;
+      break;
+    }
+}
+#define CMDLINE_PROCESS cmdline_process
+#define CLEANUP_HANDLER do_cleanup
+#define PREPARE do_prepare
 #define TIMEOUT 5
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/nptl/tst-cleanup0.c b/nptl/tst-cleanup0.c
index 011e5a60c1..601ad73634 100644
--- a/nptl/tst-cleanup0.c
+++ b/nptl/tst-cleanup0.c
@@ -71,5 +71,4 @@ do_test (void)
 
 
 #define EXPECTED_STATUS 9
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/posix/tst-posix_fadvise-common.c b/posix/tst-posix_fadvise-common.c
index bb04c6116f..38dc0ce81c 100644
--- a/posix/tst-posix_fadvise-common.c
+++ b/posix/tst-posix_fadvise-common.c
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-static void do_prepare (void);
-#define PREPARE(argc, argv)     do_prepare ()
-static int do_test (void);
-#define TEST_FUNCTION           do_test ()
-
-#include <test-skeleton.c>
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
 
 static char *temp_filename;
 static int temp_fd;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static char fifoname[] = "/tmp/tst-posix_fadvise-fifo-XXXXXX";
 static int fifofd;
 
 static void
-do_prepare (void)
+do_prepare (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   temp_fd = create_temp_file ("tst-posix_fadvise.", &temp_filename);
   if (temp_fd == -1)
@@ -101,3 +101,10 @@ do_test_common (void)
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+#define PREPARE do_prepare
+
+/* This function is defined by the individual tests.  */
+static int do_test (void);
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/rt/tst-shm.c b/rt/tst-shm.c
index 36fb9ebcd0..95a4f9b21d 100644
--- a/rt/tst-shm.c
+++ b/rt/tst-shm.c
@@ -199,9 +199,13 @@ do_test (void)
   return (!WIFEXITED (status1) || WEXITSTATUS (status1) != 0
 	  || !WIFEXITED (status2) || WEXITSTATUS (status2) != 0);
 }
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
 
-#define CLEANUP_HANDLER shm_unlink ("/glibc-shm-test");
+static void
+cleanup_handler (void)
+{
+  shm_unlink ("/glibc-shm-test");
+}
 
+#define CLEANUP_HANDLER cleanup_handler
 
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/stdlib/tst-secure-getenv.c b/stdlib/tst-secure-getenv.c
index 58208dbc59..ce8e73c97c 100644
--- a/stdlib/tst-secure-getenv.c
+++ b/stdlib/tst-secure-getenv.c
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+
 static char MAGIC_ARGUMENT[] = "run-actual-test";
 #define MAGIC_STATUS 19
 
-static const char *test_dir;
-
 /* Return a GID which is not our current GID, but is present in the
    supplementary group list.  */
 static gid_t
@@ -64,27 +65,17 @@ choose_gid (void)
 static int
 run_executable_sgid (gid_t target)
 {
-  char *dirname = 0;
-  char *execname = 0;
+  char *dirname = xasprintf ("%s/secure-getenv.%jd",
+			     test_dir, (intmax_t) getpid ());
+  char *execname = xasprintf ("%s/bin", dirname);
   int infd = -1;
   int outfd = -1;
   int ret = -1;
-  if (asprintf (&dirname, "%s/secure-getenv.%jd",
-		test_dir, (intmax_t) getpid ()) < 0)
-    {
-      printf ("asprintf: %m\n");
-      goto err;
-    }
   if (mkdir (dirname, 0700) < 0)
     {
       printf ("mkdir: %m\n");
       goto err;
     }
-  if (asprintf (&execname, "%s/bin", dirname) < 0)
-    {
-      printf ("asprintf: %m\n");
-      goto err;
-    }
   infd = open ("/proc/self/exe", O_RDONLY);
   if (infd < 0)
     {
@@ -247,6 +238,5 @@ alternative_main (int argc, char **argv)
     }
 }
 
-#define PREPARE(argc, argv) alternative_main(argc, argv)
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+#define PREPARE alternative_main
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/Makefile b/support/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd425afc2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Makefile for support library, used only at build and test time
+# Copyright (C) 2016 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
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+subdir := support
+
+include ../Makeconfig
+
+extra-libs := libsupport
+extra-libs-others = $(extra-libs)
+extra-libs-noinstall := $(extra-libs)
+
+libsupport-routines = \
+  check \
+  delayed_exit \
+  ignore_stderr \
+  oom_error \
+  set_fortify_handler \
+  support_test_main \
+  temp_file \
+  write_message \
+  xasprintf \
+  xcalloc \
+  xmalloc \
+  xpthread_barrier_destroy \
+  xpthread_barrier_init \
+  xpthread_barrier_wait \
+  xpthread_cancel \
+  xpthread_check_return \
+  xpthread_cond_wait \
+  xpthread_create \
+  xpthread_detach \
+  xpthread_join \
+  xpthread_mutex_lock \
+  xpthread_mutex_unlock \
+  xpthread_sigmask \
+  xpthread_spin_lock \
+  xpthread_spin_unlock \
+  xrealloc \
+
+libsupport-static-only-routines := $(libsupport-routines)
+# Only build one variant of the library.
+libsupport-inhibit-o := .os
+ifeq ($(build-shared),yes)
+libsupport-inhibit-o += .o
+endif
+
+tests = README-testing
+
+include ../Rules
diff --git a/support/README b/support/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..476cfcda59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/README
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+This subdirectory contains infrastructure which is not put into
+installed libraries, but may be linked into programs (installed or
+not) and tests.
+
+# Error-checking wrappers
+
+These wrappers test for error return codes an terminate the process on
+error.  They are declared in these header files:
+
+* support.h
+* xsignal.h
+* xthread.h
+
+In general, new wrappers should be added to support.h if possible.
+However, support.h must remain fully compatible with C90 and therefore
+cannot include headers which use identifers not reserved in C90.  If
+the wrappers need additional types, additional headers such as
+signal.h need to be introduced.
+
+# Test framework
+
+The test framework provides a main program for tests, including a
+timeout for hanging tests.  See README-testing.c for a minimal
+example, and test-driver.c for details how to use it.  The following
+header files provide related declarations:
+
+* check.h
+* temp_file.h
+* test-driver.h
diff --git a/support/README-testing.c b/support/README-testing.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d289c3020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/README-testing.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* This file contains an example test case which shows minimal use of
+   the test framework.  Additional testing hooks are described in
+   <support/test-driver.c>.  */
+
+/* This function will be called from the test driver.  */
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  if (3 == 5)
+    /* Indicate failure.  */
+    return 1;
+  else
+    /* Indicate success.  */
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* This file references do_test above and contains the definition of
+   the main function.  */
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/support/check.c b/support/check.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75fdf524b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/check.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* Support code for reporting test results.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static void
+print_failure (const char *file, int line, const char *format, va_list ap)
+{
+  printf ("error: %s:%d: ", file, line);
+  vprintf (format, ap);
+  puts ("");
+}
+
+int
+support_print_failure_impl (const char *file, int line,
+                            const char *format, ...)
+{
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start (ap, format);
+  print_failure (file, line, format, ap);
+  va_end (ap);
+  return 1;
+}
+
+void
+support_exit_failure_impl (int status, const char *file, int line,
+                           const char *format, ...)
+{
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start (ap, format);
+  print_failure (file, line, format, ap);
+  va_end (ap);
+  exit (status);
+}
diff --git a/support/check.h b/support/check.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff2652ca4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/check.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* Macros for reporting test results.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_CHECK_H
+#define SUPPORT_CHECK_H
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Print failure message to standard output and return 1.  */
+#define FAIL_RET(...) \
+  return support_print_failure_impl (__FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Print failure message and terminate the process with STATUS.  */
+#define FAIL_EXIT(status, ...) \
+  support_exit_failure_impl (status, __FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Print failure message and terminate with exit status 1.  */
+#define FAIL_EXIT1(...) \
+  support_exit_failure_impl (1, __FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+int support_print_failure_impl (const char *file, int line,
+                                const char *format, ...)
+  __attribute__ ((nonnull (1), format (printf, 3, 4)));
+void support_exit_failure_impl (int exit_status,
+                                const char *file, int line,
+                                const char *format, ...)
+  __attribute__ ((noreturn, nonnull (2), format (printf, 4, 5)));
+
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_CHECK_H */
diff --git a/support/delayed_exit.c b/support/delayed_exit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5b2e10927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/delayed_exit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* Time-triggered process termination.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+static void *
+delayed_exit_thread (void *seconds_as_ptr)
+{
+  int seconds = (uintptr_t) seconds_as_ptr;
+  struct timespec delay = { seconds, 0 };
+  struct timespec remaining = { 0 };
+  if (nanosleep (&delay, &remaining) != 0)
+    {
+      printf ("error: nanosleep: %m\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  /* Exit the process sucessfully.  */
+  exit (0);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+void
+delayed_exit (int seconds)
+{
+  /* Create the new thread with all signals blocked.  */
+  sigset_t all_blocked;
+  sigfillset (&all_blocked);
+  sigset_t old_set;
+  xpthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &all_blocked, &old_set);
+  /* Create a detached thread. */
+  pthread_t thr = xpthread_create
+    (NULL, delayed_exit_thread, (void *) (uintptr_t) seconds);
+  xpthread_detach (thr);
+  /* Restore the original signal mask.  */
+  xpthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &old_set, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/support/ignore_stderr.c b/support/ignore_stderr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b35d06690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/ignore_stderr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* Avoid all the buffer overflow messages on stderr.
+   Copyright (C) 2015-2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <paths.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void
+ignore_stderr (void)
+{
+  int fd = open (_PATH_DEVNULL, O_WRONLY);
+  if (fd == -1)
+    close (STDERR_FILENO);
+  else
+    {
+      dup2 (fd, STDERR_FILENO);
+      close (fd);
+    }
+  setenv ("LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_", "1", 1);
+}
diff --git a/support/oom_error.c b/support/oom_error.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b28c5b4b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/oom_error.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Reporting out-of-memory errors.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void
+oom_error (const char *function, size_t size)
+{
+  printf ("%s: unable to allocate %zu bytes: %m\n", function, size);
+  exit (1);
+}
diff --git a/support/set_fortify_handler.c b/support/set_fortify_handler.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a976f44177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/set_fortify_handler.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Set signal handler for use in fortify tests.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <signal.h>
+
+void
+set_fortify_handler (void (*handler) (int sig))
+{
+  struct sigaction sa;
+
+  sa.sa_handler = handler;
+  sa.sa_flags = 0;
+  sigemptyset (&sa.sa_mask);
+
+  sigaction (SIGABRT, &sa, NULL);
+  ignore_stderr ();
+}
diff --git a/support/support.h b/support/support.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc7fba9a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* Common extra functions.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* This header file should only contain definitions compatible with
+   C90.  (Using __attribute__ is fine because <features.h> provides a
+   fallback.)  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_H
+#define SUPPORT_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Write a message to standard output.  Can be used in signal
+   handlers.  */
+void write_message (const char *message) __attribute__ ((nonnull (1)));
+
+/* Avoid all the buffer overflow messages on stderr.  */
+void ignore_stderr (void);
+
+/* Set fortification error handler.  Used when tests want to verify that bad
+   code is caught by the library.  */
+void set_fortify_handler (void (*handler) (int sig));
+
+/* Report an out-of-memory error for the allocation of SIZE bytes in
+   FUNCTION, terminating the process.  */
+void oom_error (const char *function, size_t size)
+  __attribute__ ((nonnull (1)));
+
+/* Error-checking wrapper functions which terminate the process on
+   error.  */
+
+void *xmalloc (size_t) __attribute__ ((malloc));
+void *xcalloc (size_t n, size_t s) __attribute__ ((malloc));
+void *xrealloc (void *p, size_t n);
+char *xasprintf (const char *format, ...)
+  __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2), malloc));
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_H */
diff --git a/support/support_test_main.c b/support/support_test_main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72771bf101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/support_test_main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,406 @@
+/* Main worker function for the test driver.
+   Copyright (C) 1998-2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+#include <support/temp_file-internal.h>
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static const struct option default_options[] =
+{
+  { "direct", no_argument, NULL, OPT_DIRECT },
+  { "test-dir", required_argument, NULL, OPT_TESTDIR },
+  { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
+};
+
+/* Show people how to run the program.  */
+static void
+usage (const struct option *options)
+{
+  size_t i;
+
+  printf ("Usage: %s [options]\n"
+          "\n"
+          "Environment Variables:\n"
+          "  TIMEOUTFACTOR          An integer used to scale the timeout\n"
+          "  TMPDIR                 Where to place temporary files\n"
+          "  TEST_COREDUMPS         Do not disable coredumps if set\n"
+          "\n",
+          program_invocation_short_name);
+  printf ("Options:\n");
+  for (i = 0; options[i].name; ++i)
+    {
+      int indent;
+
+      indent = printf ("  --%s", options[i].name);
+      if (options[i].has_arg == required_argument)
+        indent += printf (" <arg>");
+      printf ("%*s", 25 - indent, "");
+      switch (options[i].val)
+        {
+        case OPT_DIRECT:
+          printf ("Run the test directly (instead of forking & monitoring)");
+          break;
+        case OPT_TESTDIR:
+          printf ("Override the TMPDIR env var");
+          break;
+        }
+      printf ("\n");
+    }
+}
+
+/* The PID of the test process.  */
+static pid_t test_pid;
+
+/* The cleanup handler passed to test_main.  */
+static void (*cleanup_function) (void);
+
+/* Timeout handler.  We kill the child and exit with an error.  */
+static void
+__attribute__ ((noreturn))
+signal_handler (int sig)
+{
+  int killed;
+  int status;
+
+  assert (test_pid > 1);
+  /* Kill the whole process group.  */
+  kill (-test_pid, SIGKILL);
+  /* In case setpgid failed in the child, kill it individually too.  */
+  kill (test_pid, SIGKILL);
+
+  /* Wait for it to terminate.  */
+  int i;
+  for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
+    {
+      killed = waitpid (test_pid, &status, WNOHANG|WUNTRACED);
+      if (killed != 0)
+        break;
+
+      /* Delay, give the system time to process the kill.  If the
+         nanosleep() call return prematurely, all the better.  We
+         won't restart it since this probably means the child process
+         finally died.  */
+      struct timespec ts;
+      ts.tv_sec = 0;
+      ts.tv_nsec = 100000000;
+      nanosleep (&ts, NULL);
+    }
+  if (killed != 0 && killed != test_pid)
+    {
+      printf ("Failed to kill test process: %m\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  if (cleanup_function != NULL)
+    cleanup_function ();
+
+  if (sig == SIGINT)
+    {
+      signal (sig, SIG_DFL);
+      raise (sig);
+    }
+
+  if (killed == 0 || (WIFSIGNALED (status) && WTERMSIG (status) == SIGKILL))
+    puts ("Timed out: killed the child process");
+  else if (WIFSTOPPED (status))
+    printf ("Timed out: the child process was %s\n",
+            strsignal (WSTOPSIG (status)));
+  else if (WIFSIGNALED (status))
+    printf ("Timed out: the child process got signal %s\n",
+            strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
+  else
+    printf ("Timed out: killed the child process but it exited %d\n",
+            WEXITSTATUS (status));
+
+  /* Exit with an error.  */
+  exit (1);
+}
+
+/* Run test_function or test_function_argv.  */
+static int
+run_test_function (int argc, char **argv, const struct test_config *config)
+{
+  if (config->test_function != NULL)
+    return config->test_function ();
+  else if (config->test_function_argv != NULL)
+    return config->test_function_argv (argc, argv);
+  else
+    {
+      printf ("error: no test function defined\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+}
+
+static bool test_main_called;
+
+const char *test_dir = NULL;
+
+int
+support_test_main (int argc, char **argv, const struct test_config *config)
+{
+  if (test_main_called)
+    {
+      printf ("error: test_main called for a second time\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  test_main_called = true;
+  const struct option *options;
+  if (config->options != NULL)
+    options = config->options;
+  else
+    options = default_options;
+
+  cleanup_function = config->cleanup_function;
+
+  int direct = 0;       /* Directly call the test function?  */
+  int status;
+  int opt;
+  unsigned int timeoutfactor = 1;
+  pid_t termpid;
+
+  if (!config->no_mallopt)
+    {
+      /* Make uses of freed and uninitialized memory known.  Do not
+         pull in a definition for mallopt if it has not been defined
+         already.  */
+      extern __typeof__ (mallopt) mallopt __attribute__ ((weak));
+      if (mallopt != NULL)
+        mallopt (M_PERTURB, 42);
+    }
+
+  while ((opt = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+", options, NULL)) != -1)
+    switch (opt)
+      {
+      case '?':
+        usage (options);
+        exit (1);
+      case OPT_DIRECT:
+        direct = 1;
+        break;
+      case OPT_TESTDIR:
+        test_dir = optarg;
+        break;
+      default:
+        if (config->cmdline_function != NULL)
+          config->cmdline_function (opt);
+      }
+
+  /* If set, read the test TIMEOUTFACTOR value from the environment.
+     This value is used to scale the default test timeout values. */
+  char *envstr_timeoutfactor = getenv ("TIMEOUTFACTOR");
+  if (envstr_timeoutfactor != NULL)
+    {
+      char *envstr_conv = envstr_timeoutfactor;
+      unsigned long int env_fact;
+
+      env_fact = strtoul (envstr_timeoutfactor, &envstr_conv, 0);
+      if (*envstr_conv == '\0' && envstr_conv != envstr_timeoutfactor)
+        timeoutfactor = MAX (env_fact, 1);
+    }
+
+  /* Set TMPDIR to specified test directory.  */
+  if (test_dir != NULL)
+    {
+      setenv ("TMPDIR", test_dir, 1);
+
+      if (chdir (test_dir) < 0)
+        {
+          printf ("chdir: %m\n");
+          exit (1);
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      test_dir = getenv ("TMPDIR");
+      if (test_dir == NULL || test_dir[0] == '\0')
+        test_dir = "/tmp";
+    }
+  if (support_set_test_dir != NULL)
+    support_set_test_dir (test_dir);
+
+  int timeout = config->timeout;
+  if (timeout == 0)
+    timeout =  DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+
+  /* Make sure we see all message, even those on stdout.  */
+  setvbuf (stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
+
+  /* Make sure temporary files are deleted.  */
+  if (support_delete_temp_files != NULL)
+      atexit (support_delete_temp_files);
+
+  /* Correct for the possible parameters.  */
+  argv[optind - 1] = argv[0];
+  argv += optind - 1;
+  argc -= optind - 1;
+
+  /* Call the initializing function, if one is available.  */
+  if (config->prepare_function != NULL)
+    config->prepare_function (argc, argv);
+
+  const char *envstr_direct = getenv ("TEST_DIRECT");
+  if (envstr_direct != NULL)
+    {
+      FILE *f = fopen (envstr_direct, "w");
+      if (f == NULL)
+        {
+          printf ("cannot open TEST_DIRECT output file '%s': %m\n",
+                  envstr_direct);
+          exit (1);
+        }
+
+      fprintf (f, "timeout=%u\ntimeoutfactor=%u\n",
+               config->timeout, timeoutfactor);
+      if (config->expected_status != 0)
+        fprintf (f, "exit=%u\n", config->expected_status);
+      if (config->expected_signal != 0)
+        fprintf (f, "signal=%s\n", strsignal (config->expected_signal));
+
+      if (support_print_temp_files != NULL)
+        support_print_temp_files (f);
+
+      fclose (f);
+      direct = 1;
+    }
+
+  bool disable_coredumps;
+  {
+    const char *coredumps = getenv ("TEST_COREDUMPS");
+    disable_coredumps = coredumps == NULL || coredumps[0] == '\0';
+  }
+
+  /* If we are not expected to fork run the function immediately.  */
+  if (direct)
+    return run_test_function (argc, argv, config);
+
+  /* Set up the test environment:
+     - prevent core dumps
+     - set up the timer
+     - fork and execute the function.  */
+
+  pid_t test_pid = fork ();
+  if (test_pid == 0)
+    {
+      /* This is the child.  */
+      if (disable_coredumps)
+        {
+          /* Try to avoid dumping core.  This is necessary because we
+             run the test from the source tree, and the coredumps
+             would end up there (and not in the build tree).  */
+          struct rlimit core_limit;
+          core_limit.rlim_cur = 0;
+          core_limit.rlim_max = 0;
+          setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &core_limit);
+        }
+
+      /* We put the test process in its own pgrp so that if it bogusly
+         generates any job control signals, they won't hit the whole build.  */
+      if (setpgid (0, 0) != 0)
+        printf ("Failed to set the process group ID: %m\n");
+
+      /* Execute the test function and exit with the return value.   */
+      exit (run_test_function (argc, argv, config));
+    }
+  else if (test_pid < 0)
+    {
+      printf ("Cannot fork test program: %m\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  /* Set timeout.  */
+  signal (SIGALRM, signal_handler);
+  alarm (config->timeout * timeoutfactor);
+
+  /* Make sure we clean up if the wrapper gets interrupted.  */
+  signal (SIGINT, signal_handler);
+
+  /* Wait for the regular termination.  */
+  termpid = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (waitpid (test_pid, &status, 0));
+  if (termpid == -1)
+    {
+      printf ("Waiting for test program failed: %m\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  if (termpid != test_pid)
+    {
+      printf ("Oops, wrong test program terminated: expected %ld, got %ld\n",
+              (long int) test_pid, (long int) termpid);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  /* Process terminated normaly without timeout etc.  */
+  if (WIFEXITED (status))
+    {
+      if (config->expected_status == 0)
+        {
+          if (config->expected_signal == 0)
+            /* Simply exit with the return value of the test.  */
+            return WEXITSTATUS (status);
+          else
+            {
+              printf ("Expected signal '%s' from child, got none\n",
+                      strsignal (config->expected_signal));
+              exit (1);
+            }
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          /* Non-zero exit status is expected */
+          if (WEXITSTATUS (status) != config->expected_status)
+            {
+              printf ("Expected status %d, got %d\n",
+                      config->expected_status, WEXITSTATUS (status));
+              exit (1);
+            }
+        }
+      return 0;
+    }
+  /* Process was killed by timer or other signal.  */
+  else
+    {
+      if (config->expected_signal == 0)
+        {
+          printf ("Didn't expect signal from child: got `%s'\n",
+                  strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
+          exit (1);
+        }
+      else if (WTERMSIG (status) != config->expected_signal)
+        {
+          printf ("Incorrect signal from child: got `%s', need `%s'\n",
+                  strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)),
+                  strsignal (config->expected_signal));
+          exit (1);
+        }
+
+      return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/temp_file-internal.h b/support/temp_file-internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1da9c4f82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/temp_file-internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* Internal weak declarations for temporary file handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_INTERNAL_H
+#define SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_INTERNAL_H
+
+/* These functions are called by the test driver if they are
+   defined.  Tests should not call them directly.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+void support_set_test_dir (const char *name) __attribute__ ((weak));
+void support_delete_temp_files (void) __attribute__ ((weak));
+void support_print_temp_files (FILE *) __attribute__ ((weak));
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/support/temp_file.c b/support/temp_file.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a67ab0bc95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/temp_file.c
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/* Temporary file handling for tests.
+   Copyright (C) 1998-2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* This is required to get an mkstemp which can create large files on
+   some 32-bit platforms. */
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+#include <support/temp_file-internal.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <paths.h>
+#include <search.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+/* List of temporary files.  */
+static struct temp_name_list
+{
+  struct qelem q;
+  char *name;
+} *temp_name_list;
+
+/* Location of the temporary files.  Set by the test skeleton via
+   support_set_test_dir.  The string is not be freed.  */
+static const char *test_dir = _PATH_TMP;
+
+void
+add_temp_file (const char *name)
+{
+  struct temp_name_list *newp
+    = (struct temp_name_list *) xcalloc (sizeof (*newp), 1);
+  char *newname = strdup (name);
+  if (newname != NULL)
+    {
+      newp->name = newname;
+      if (temp_name_list == NULL)
+	temp_name_list = (struct temp_name_list *) &newp->q;
+      else
+	insque (newp, temp_name_list);
+    }
+  else
+    free (newp);
+}
+
+int
+create_temp_file (const char *base, char **filename)
+{
+  char *fname;
+  int fd;
+
+  fname = (char *) xmalloc (strlen (test_dir) + 1 + strlen (base)
+			    + sizeof ("XXXXXX"));
+  strcpy (stpcpy (stpcpy (stpcpy (fname, test_dir), "/"), base), "XXXXXX");
+
+  fd = mkstemp (fname);
+  if (fd == -1)
+    {
+      printf ("cannot open temporary file '%s': %m\n", fname);
+      free (fname);
+      return -1;
+    }
+
+  add_temp_file (fname);
+  if (filename != NULL)
+    *filename = fname;
+  else
+    free (fname);
+
+  return fd;
+}
+
+/* Helper functions called by the test skeleton follow.  */
+
+void
+support_set_test_dir (const char *path)
+{
+  test_dir = path;
+}
+
+void
+support_delete_temp_files (void)
+{
+  while (temp_name_list != NULL)
+    {
+      remove (temp_name_list->name);
+      free (temp_name_list->name);
+
+      struct temp_name_list *next
+	= (struct temp_name_list *) temp_name_list->q.q_forw;
+      free (temp_name_list);
+      temp_name_list = next;
+    }
+}
+
+void
+support_print_temp_files (FILE *f)
+{
+  if (temp_name_list != NULL)
+    {
+      struct temp_name_list *n;
+      fprintf (f, "temp_files=(\n");
+      for (n = temp_name_list;
+           n != NULL;
+           n = (struct temp_name_list *) n->q.q_forw)
+        fprintf (f, "  '%s'\n", n->name);
+      fprintf (f, ")\n");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/temp_file.h b/support/temp_file.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1955f7b539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/temp_file.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* Declarations for temporary file handling.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_H
+#define SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_H
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Schedule a temporary file for deletion on exit.  */
+void add_temp_file (const char *name);
+
+/* Create a temporary file.  Return the opened file descriptor on
+   success, or -1 on failure.  Write the file name to *FILENAME if
+   FILENAME is not NULL.  In this case, the caller is expected to free
+   *FILENAME.  */
+int create_temp_file (const char *base, char **filename);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_TEMP_FILE_H */
diff --git a/support/test-driver.c b/support/test-driver.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a61b7bf3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/test-driver.c
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/* Main function for test programs.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* This file should be included from test cases.  It will define a
+   main function which provides the test wrapper.
+
+   It assumes that the test case defines a function
+
+     int do_test (void);
+
+   and arranges for that function being called under the test wrapper.
+   The do_test function should return 0 to indicate a passing test, 1
+   to indicate a failing test, or 77 to indicate an unsupported test.
+   Other result values could be used to indicate a failing test, but
+   the result of the expression is passed to exit and exit only
+   returns the lower 8 bits of its input.  A non-zero return with some
+   values could cause a test to incorrectly be considered passing when
+   it really failed.  For this reason, the function should always
+   return 0 (EXIT_SUCCESS), 1 (EXIT_FAILURE), or 77
+   (EXIT_UNSUPPORTED).
+
+   The test function may print out diagnostic or warning messages as well
+   as messages about failures.  These messages should be printed to stdout
+   and not stderr so that the output is properly ordered with respect to
+   the rest of the glibc testsuite run output.
+
+   Several preprocessors macros can be defined before including this
+   file.
+
+   The name of the do_test function can be changed with the
+   TEST_FUNCTION macro.  It must expand to the desired function name.
+
+   If the test case needs access to command line parameters, it must
+   define the TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV macro with the name of the test
+   function.  It must have the following type:
+
+     int TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV (int argc, char **argv);
+
+   This overrides the do_test default function and is incompatible
+   with the TEST_FUNCTION macro.
+
+   If PREPARE is defined, it must expand to the name of a function of
+   the type
+
+     void PREPARE (int argc, char **);
+
+   This function will be called early, after parsing the command line,
+   but before running the test, in the parent process which acts as
+   the test supervisor.
+
+   If CLEANUP_HANDLER is defined, it must expand to the name of a
+   function of the type
+
+     void CLEANUP_HANDLER (void);
+
+   This function will be called from the timeout (SIGALRM) signal
+   handler.
+
+   If EXPECTED_SIGNAL is defined, it must expanded to a constant which
+   denotes the expected signal number.
+
+   If EXPECTED_STATUS is defined, it must expand to the expected exit
+   status.
+
+   If TIMEOUT is defined, it must be positive constant.  It overrides
+   the default test timeout and is measured in seconds.
+
+   If TEST_NO_MALLOPT is defined, the test wrapper will not call
+   mallopt.
+
+   Custom command line handling can be implemented by defining the
+   CMDLINE_OPTION macro (after including the <getopt.h> header; this
+   requires _GNU_SOURCE to be defined).  This macro must expand to a
+   to a comma-separated list of braced initializers for struct option
+   from <getopt.h>, with a trailing comma.  CMDLINE_PROCESS can be
+   defined as the name of a function which is called to process these
+   options.  The function is passed the option character/number and
+   has this type:
+
+     void CMDLINE_PROCESS (int);
+*/
+
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  struct test_config test_config;
+  memset (&test_config, 0, sizeof (test_config));
+
+#ifdef PREPARE
+  test_config.prepare_function = (PREPARE);
+#endif
+
+#if defined (TEST_FUNCTION) && defined (TEST_FUNCTON_ARGV)
+# error TEST_FUNCTION and TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV cannot be defined at the same time
+#endif
+#if defined (TEST_FUNCTION)
+  test_config.test_function = TEST_FUNCTION;
+#elif defined (TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV)
+  test_config.test_function_argv = TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV;
+#else
+  test_config.test_function = do_test;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CLEANUP_HANDLER
+  test_config.cleanup_function = CLEANUP_HANDLER;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EXPECTED_SIGNAL
+  test_config.expected_signal = (EXPECTED_SIGNAL);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EXPECTED_STATUS
+  test_config.expected_status = (EXPECTED_STATUS);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TEST_NO_MALLOPT
+  test_config.no_mallopt = 1;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TIMEOUT
+  test_config.timeout = TIMEOUT;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CMDLINE_OPTIONS
+  struct option options[] =
+    {
+      CMDLINE_OPTIONS
+      { "direct", no_argument, NULL, OPT_DIRECT },
+      { "test-dir", required_argument, NULL, OPT_TESTDIR },
+      { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
+    };
+  test_config.options = &options;
+#endif
+#ifdef CMDLINE_PROCESS
+  test_config.cmdline_function = CMDLINE_PROCESS;
+#endif
+
+  return support_test_main (argc, argv, &test_config);
+}
diff --git a/support/test-driver.h b/support/test-driver.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7787e9c4ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/test-driver.h
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/* Interfaces for the test driver.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_TEST_DRIVER_H
+#define SUPPORT_TEST_DRIVER_H
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+struct test_config
+{
+  void (*prepare_function) (int argc, char **argv);
+  int (*test_function) (void);
+  int (*test_function_argv) (int argc, char **argv);
+  void (*cleanup_function) (void);
+  void (*cmdline_function) (int);
+  const void *options;   /* Custom options if not NULL.  */
+  int timeout;           /* Test timeout in seconds.  */
+  int expected_status;   /* Expected exit status.  */
+  int expected_signal;   /* If non-zero, expect termination by signal.  */
+  char no_mallopt;       /* Boolean flag to disable mallopt.  */
+};
+
+enum
+  {
+    /* Test exit status which indicates that the feature is
+       unsupported. */
+    EXIT_UNSUPPORTED = 77,
+
+    /* Default timeout is twenty seconds.  Tests should normally
+       complete faster than this, but if they don't, that's abnormal
+       (a bug) anyways.  */
+    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 20,
+
+    /* Used for command line argument parsing.  */
+    OPT_DIRECT = 1000,
+    OPT_TESTDIR,
+  };
+
+/* Options provided by the test driver.  */
+#define TEST_DEFAULT_OPTIONS                            \
+  { "direct", no_argument, NULL, OPT_DIRECT },          \
+  { "test-dir", required_argument, NULL, OPT_TESTDIR }, \
+
+/* The directory the test should use for temporary files.  */
+extern const char *test_dir;
+
+int support_test_main (int argc, char **argv, const struct test_config *);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_TEST_DRIVER_H */
diff --git a/support/write_message.c b/support/write_message.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be145e741a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/write_message.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Write a message to standard output.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void
+write_message (const char *message)
+{
+  ssize_t unused __attribute__ ((unused));
+  unused = write (STDOUT_FILENO, message, strlen (message));
+}
diff --git a/support/xasprintf.c b/support/xasprintf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9dc91ba4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xasprintf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for asprintf.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+char *
+xasprintf (const char *format, ...)
+{
+  va_list ap;
+  va_start (ap, format);
+  char *result;
+  if (vasprintf (&result, format, ap) < 0)
+    {
+      printf ("error: asprintf: %m\n");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  va_end (ap);
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xcalloc.c b/support/xcalloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ba5061295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xcalloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for calloc.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void *
+xcalloc (size_t n, size_t s)
+{
+  void *p;
+
+  p = calloc (n, s);
+  if (p == NULL)
+    oom_error ("calloc", n * s);
+  return p;
+}
diff --git a/support/xmalloc.c b/support/xmalloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b0fc62f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xmalloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for malloc.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void *
+xmalloc (size_t n)
+{
+  void *p;
+
+  p = malloc (n);
+  if (p == NULL)
+    oom_error ("malloc", n);
+  return p;
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_barrier_destroy.c b/support/xpthread_barrier_destroy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9ce97c93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_barrier_destroy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_barrier_destroy with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_barrier_destroy (pthread_barrier_t *barrier)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_barrier_destroy",
+                         pthread_barrier_destroy (barrier));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_barrier_init.c b/support/xpthread_barrier_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1eba8c904e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_barrier_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* pthread_barrier_init with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_barrier_init (pthread_barrier_t *barrier,
+                       pthread_barrierattr_t *attr, unsigned int count)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_barrier_init",
+                         pthread_barrier_init (barrier, attr, count));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_barrier_wait.c b/support/xpthread_barrier_wait.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45139f4a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_barrier_wait.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* pthread_barrier_wait with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+int
+xpthread_barrier_wait (pthread_barrier_t *barrier)
+{
+  int ret = pthread_barrier_wait (barrier);
+  if (ret != 0 && ret != PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD)
+    xpthread_check_return ("pthread_barrier_wait", ret);
+  return ret == PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD;
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_cancel.c b/support/xpthread_cancel.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfbcf68079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_cancel.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_cancel with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_cancel (pthread_t thr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_cancel", pthread_cancel (thr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_check_return.c b/support/xpthread_check_return.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8781ee11a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_check_return.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Return value checking for pthread functions, exit variant.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_check_return (const char *function, int value)
+{
+  if (value != 0)
+    {
+      errno = value;
+      printf ("error: %s: %m\n", function);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_cond_wait.c b/support/xpthread_cond_wait.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..844ae588ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_cond_wait.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* pthread_cond_wait with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_cond_wait (pthread_cond_t *cond, pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return
+    ("pthread_cond_wait", pthread_cond_wait (cond, mutex));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_create.c b/support/xpthread_create.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96d2d09928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_create.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* pthread_create with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+pthread_t
+xpthread_create (pthread_attr_t *attr,
+                 void *(*thread_func) (void *), void *closure)
+{
+  pthread_t thr;
+  xpthread_check_return
+    ("pthread_create", pthread_create (&thr, attr, thread_func, closure));
+  return thr;
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_detach.c b/support/xpthread_detach.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..971cb72dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_detach.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_detach with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_detach (pthread_t thr)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_detach", pthread_detach (thr));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_join.c b/support/xpthread_join.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ab8620fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_join.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* pthread_join with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void *
+xpthread_join (pthread_t thr)
+{
+  void *result;
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_join", pthread_join (thr, &result));
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutex_lock.c b/support/xpthread_mutex_lock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a72cabf90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutex_lock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_mutex_lock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutex_lock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutex_lock", pthread_mutex_lock (mutex));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_mutex_unlock.c b/support/xpthread_mutex_unlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..640bf31582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_mutex_unlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_mutex_unlock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_mutex_unlock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_mutex_unlock", pthread_mutex_unlock (mutex));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_sigmask.c b/support/xpthread_sigmask.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a938c8a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_sigmask.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* pthread_sigmask with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_sigmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset)
+{
+  if (pthread_sigmask (how, set, oldset) != 0)
+    {
+      write_message ("error: pthread_setmask failed\n");
+      /* Do not use exit because pthread_sigmask can be called from a
+         signal handler.  */
+      _exit (1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_spin_lock.c b/support/xpthread_spin_lock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e7b0b843b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_spin_lock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_spin_lock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_spin_lock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_spin_lock", pthread_spin_lock (lock));
+}
diff --git a/support/xpthread_spin_unlock.c b/support/xpthread_spin_unlock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a5047b531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xpthread_spin_unlock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* pthread_spin_unlock with error checking.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+void
+xpthread_spin_unlock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+  xpthread_check_return ("pthread_spin_unlock", pthread_spin_unlock (lock));
+}
diff --git a/support/xrealloc.c b/support/xrealloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c5a5a3d04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xrealloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* Error-checking wrapper for realloc.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/support.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void *
+xrealloc (void *p, size_t n)
+{
+  void *result = realloc (p, n);
+  if (result == NULL && (n > 0 || p == NULL))
+    oom_error ("realloc", n);
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/support/xsignal.h b/support/xsignal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b10521484c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xsignal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Support functionality for using signals.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_SIGNAL_H
+#define SUPPORT_SIGNAL_H
+
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* The following functions call the corresponding libpthread functions
+   and terminate the process on error.  */
+
+void xpthread_sigmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_SIGNAL_H */
diff --git a/support/xthread.h b/support/xthread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0dc0fa613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/xthread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* Support functionality for using threads.
+   Copyright (C) 2016 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
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef SUPPORT_THREAD_H
+#define SUPPORT_THREAD_H
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+
+__BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/* Terminate the process (with exit status 0) after SECONDS have
+   elapsed, from a helper thread.  The process is terminated with the
+   exit function, so atexit handlers are executed.  */
+void delayed_exit (int seconds);
+
+/* Terminate the process (with exit status 1) if VALUE is not zero.
+   In that case, print a failure message to standard output mentioning
+   FUNCTION.  The process is terminated with the exit function, so
+   atexit handlers are executed.  */
+void xpthread_check_return (const char *function, int value);
+
+/* The following functions call the corresponding libpthread functions
+   and terminate the process on error.  */
+
+void xpthread_barrier_init (pthread_barrier_t *barrier,
+                            pthread_barrierattr_t *attr, unsigned int count);
+void xpthread_barrier_destroy (pthread_barrier_t *barrier);
+void xpthread_mutex_lock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
+void xpthread_mutex_unlock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
+void xpthread_spin_lock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock);
+void xpthread_spin_unlock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock);
+void xpthread_cond_wait (pthread_cond_t * cond, pthread_mutex_t * mutex);
+pthread_t xpthread_create (pthread_attr_t *attr,
+                           void *(*thread_func) (void *), void *closure);
+void xpthread_detach (pthread_t thr);
+void xpthread_cancel (pthread_t thr);
+void *xpthread_join (pthread_t thr);
+
+/* This function returns non-zero if pthread_barrier_wait returned
+   PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD.  */
+int xpthread_barrier_wait (pthread_barrier_t *barrier);
+
+__END_DECLS
+
+#endif /* SUPPORT_THREAD_H */
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-fallocate-common.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-fallocate-common.c
index d98bf4a3e6..590b7a813c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-fallocate-common.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-fallocate-common.c
@@ -16,33 +16,33 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-static void do_prepare (void);
-#define PREPARE(argc, argv)     do_prepare ()
-static int do_test (void);
-#define TEST_FUNCTION           do_test ()
-
-#define TIMEOUT 20 /* sec.  */
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
 
 #define XSTR(s) STR(S)
 #define STR(s)  #s
 
-#include <test-skeleton.c>
-
 static char *temp_filename;
 static int temp_fd;
 
-void
-do_prepare (void)
+static void
+do_prepare (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   temp_fd = create_temp_file ("tst-fallocate.", &temp_filename);
   if (temp_fd == -1)
     FAIL_EXIT1 ("cannot create temporary file: %m");
 }
+#define PREPARE do_prepare
 
 static int
 do_test_with_offset (off_t offset)
@@ -91,3 +91,8 @@ do_test_with_offset (off_t offset)
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+/* This function is defined by the individual tests.  */
+static int do_test (void);
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-sync_file_range.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-sync_file_range.c
index 499a234e00..f2e5615fa9 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-sync_file_range.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-sync_file_range.c
@@ -18,21 +18,18 @@
 
 /* sync_file_range is only define for LFS.  */
 #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
-#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
-static void do_prepare (void);
-#define PREPARE(argc, argv)     do_prepare ()
-static int do_test (void);
-#define TEST_FUNCTION           do_test ()
-
-#define TIMEOUT 20 /* sec.  */
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
 
 #define XSTR(s) STR(S)
 #define STR(s)  #s
 
-#include <test-skeleton.c>
-
 static char *temp_filename;
 static int temp_fd;
 
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ static char fifoname[] = "/tmp/tst-posix_fadvise-fifo-XXXXXX";
 static int fifofd;
 
 void
-do_prepare (void)
+do_prepare (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   temp_fd = create_temp_file ("tst-file_sync_range.", &temp_filename);
   if (temp_fd == -1)
@@ -57,6 +54,7 @@ do_prepare (void)
   if (fifofd == -1)
     FAIL_EXIT1 ("cannot open fifo: %m");
 }
+#define PREPARE do_prepare
 
 static int
 do_test (void)
@@ -129,3 +127,5 @@ do_test (void)
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/test-skeleton.c b/test-skeleton.c
index 154096fd8e..55ded17cab 100644
--- a/test-skeleton.c
+++ b/test-skeleton.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Skeleton for test programs.
+/* Legacy test skeleton.
    Copyright (C) 1998-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1998.
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+/* This test skeleton is to support running existing tests.  New tests
+   should use <support/test-driver.c> instead; see the documentation
+   in that file for instructions, and <support/README-testing.c> for a
+   minimal example.  */
+
+/* This list of headers is needed so that tests which include
+   "../test-skeleton.c" at the beginning still compile.  */
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -35,733 +42,67 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-/* The test function is normally called `do_test' and it is called
-   with argc and argv as the arguments.  We nevertheless provide the
-   possibility to overwrite this name.
-
-   The TEST_FUNCTION expression should have a type of 'int' and should
-   return 0 to indicate a passing test, 1 to indicate a failing test,
-   or 77 to indicate an unsupported test.  Other result values could be
-   used to indicate a failing test, but the result of the expression
-   is passed to exit and exit only returns the lower 8 bits of its input.
-   A non-zero return with some values could cause a test to incorrectly
-   be considered passing when it really failed. For this reason the
-   expression should always return 0, 1, or 77.
-
-   The test function may print out diagnostic or warning messages as well
-   as messages about failures.  These messages should be printed to stdout
-   and not stderr so that the output is properly ordered with respect to
-   the rest of the glibc testsuite run output.  */
-
-#ifndef TEST_FUNCTION
-# define TEST_FUNCTION do_test (argc, argv)
-#endif
-
-#ifndef TEST_DATA_LIMIT
-# define TEST_DATA_LIMIT (64 << 20) /* Data limit (bytes) to run with.  */
-#endif
-
-#ifndef TIMEOUT
-  /* Default timeout is twenty seconds.  Tests should normally complete faster
-     than this, but if they don't, that's abnormal (a bug) anyways.  */
-# define TIMEOUT 20
-#endif
-
-#define OPT_DIRECT 1000
-#define OPT_TESTDIR 1001
-
-static struct option options[] =
-{
-#ifdef CMDLINE_OPTIONS
-  CMDLINE_OPTIONS
-#endif
-  { "direct", no_argument, NULL, OPT_DIRECT },
-  { "test-dir", required_argument, NULL, OPT_TESTDIR },
-  { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
-};
-
-/* PID of the test itself.  */
-static pid_t pid;
-
-/* Directory to place temporary files in.  */
-static const char *test_dir;
-
-#define _FAIL(...) \
-  printf ("error: %s:%d: ", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
-  printf (__VA_ARGS__); \
-  printf ("\n"); \
-
-#define FAIL_RET(...) \
-  ({ \
-     _FAIL (__VA_ARGS__); \
-     return 1; \
-  })
-
-#define FAIL_EXIT(value, ...) \
-  ({ \
-     _FAIL (__VA_ARGS__); \
-     exit (value); \
-  })
-
-#define FAIL_EXIT1(...) FAIL_EXIT(1, __VA_ARGS__)
-
-static void
-oom_error (const char *fn, size_t size)
-{
-  printf ("%s: unable to allocate %zu bytes: %m\n", fn, size);
-  exit (1);
-}
-
-/* Allocate N bytes of memory dynamically, with error checking.  */
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-static void *
-xmalloc (size_t n)
-{
-  void *p;
-
-  p = malloc (n);
-  if (p == NULL)
-    oom_error ("malloc", n);
-  return p;
-}
-
-/* Allocate memory for N elements of S bytes, with error checking.  */
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-static void *
-xcalloc (size_t n, size_t s)
-{
-  void *p;
-
-  p = calloc (n, s);
-  if (p == NULL)
-    oom_error ("calloc", n * s);
-  return p;
-}
-
-/* Change the size of an allocated block of memory P to N bytes,
-   with error checking.  */
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-static void *
-xrealloc (void *p, size_t n)
-{
-  void *result = realloc (p, n);
-  if (result == NULL && (n > 0 || p == NULL))
-    oom_error ("realloc", n);
-  return result;
-}
-
-/* Call asprintf with error checking.  */
-__attribute__ ((always_inline, format (printf, 1, 2)))
-static __inline__ char *
-xasprintf (const char *format, ...)
-{
-  char *result;
-  if (asprintf (&result, format, __builtin_va_arg_pack ()) < 0)
-    {
-      printf ("error: asprintf: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-  return result;
-}
-
-/* Write a message to standard output.  Can be used in signal
-   handlers.  */
-static void
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-write_message (const char *message)
-{
-  ssize_t unused __attribute__ ((unused));
-  unused = write (STDOUT_FILENO, message, strlen (message));
-}
-
-/* List of temporary files.  */
-struct temp_name_list
-{
-  struct qelem q;
-  char *name;
-} *temp_name_list;
-
-/* Add temporary files in list.  */
-static void
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-add_temp_file (const char *name)
-{
-  struct temp_name_list *newp
-    = (struct temp_name_list *) xcalloc (sizeof (*newp), 1);
-  char *newname = strdup (name);
-  if (newname != NULL)
-    {
-      newp->name = newname;
-      if (temp_name_list == NULL)
-	temp_name_list = (struct temp_name_list *) &newp->q;
-      else
-	insque (newp, temp_name_list);
-    }
-  else
-    free (newp);
-}
-
-/* Delete all temporary files.  */
-static void
-delete_temp_files (void)
-{
-  while (temp_name_list != NULL)
-    {
-      remove (temp_name_list->name);
-      free (temp_name_list->name);
-
-      struct temp_name_list *next
-	= (struct temp_name_list *) temp_name_list->q.q_forw;
-      free (temp_name_list);
-      temp_name_list = next;
-    }
-}
+#include <support/support.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xsignal.h>
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
 
-/* Create a temporary file.  Return the opened file descriptor on
-   success, or -1 on failure.  Write the file name to *FILENAME if
-   FILENAME is not NULL.  In this case, the caller is expected to free
-   *FILENAME.  */
+/* TEST_FUNCTION is no longer used. */
 static int
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-create_temp_file (const char *base, char **filename)
-{
-  char *fname;
-  int fd;
-
-  fname = (char *) xmalloc (strlen (test_dir) + 1 + strlen (base)
-			    + sizeof ("XXXXXX"));
-  strcpy (stpcpy (stpcpy (stpcpy (fname, test_dir), "/"), base), "XXXXXX");
-
-  fd = mkstemp (fname);
-  if (fd == -1)
-    {
-      printf ("cannot open temporary file '%s': %m\n", fname);
-      free (fname);
-      return -1;
-    }
-
-  add_temp_file (fname);
-  if (filename != NULL)
-    *filename = fname;
-  else
-    free (fname);
-
-  return fd;
-}
-
-/* Timeout handler.  We kill the child and exit with an error.  */
-static void
-__attribute__ ((noreturn))
-signal_handler (int sig __attribute__ ((unused)))
+legacy_test_function (int argc __attribute__ ((unused)),
+		      char **argv __attribute__ ((unused)))
 {
-  int killed;
-  int status;
-
-  assert (pid > 1);
-  /* Kill the whole process group.  */
-  kill (-pid, SIGKILL);
-  /* In case setpgid failed in the child, kill it individually too.  */
-  kill (pid, SIGKILL);
-
-  /* Wait for it to terminate.  */
-  int i;
-  for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
-    {
-      killed = waitpid (pid, &status, WNOHANG|WUNTRACED);
-      if (killed != 0)
-	break;
-
-      /* Delay, give the system time to process the kill.  If the
-	 nanosleep() call return prematurely, all the better.  We
-	 won't restart it since this probably means the child process
-	 finally died.  */
-      struct timespec ts;
-      ts.tv_sec = 0;
-      ts.tv_nsec = 100000000;
-      nanosleep (&ts, NULL);
-    }
-  if (killed != 0 && killed != pid)
-    {
-      printf ("Failed to kill test process: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-
-#ifdef CLEANUP_HANDLER
-  CLEANUP_HANDLER;
-#endif
-
-  if (sig == SIGINT)
-    {
-      signal (sig, SIG_DFL);
-      raise (sig);
-    }
-
-  /* If we expected this signal: good!  */
-#ifdef EXPECTED_SIGNAL
-  if (EXPECTED_SIGNAL == SIGALRM)
-    exit (0);
+#ifdef TEST_FUNCTION
+  return TEST_FUNCTION;
+# undef TEST_FUNCTION
+#else
+  return do_test (argc, argv);
 #endif
-
-  if (killed == 0 || (WIFSIGNALED (status) && WTERMSIG (status) == SIGKILL))
-    puts ("Timed out: killed the child process");
-  else if (WIFSTOPPED (status))
-    printf ("Timed out: the child process was %s\n",
-	    strsignal (WSTOPSIG (status)));
-  else if (WIFSIGNALED (status))
-    printf ("Timed out: the child process got signal %s\n",
-	    strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
-  else
-    printf ("Timed out: killed the child process but it exited %d\n",
-	    WEXITSTATUS (status));
-
-  /* Exit with an error.  */
-  exit (1);
 }
+#define TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV legacy_test_function
 
-/* Avoid all the buffer overflow messages on stderr.  */
+/* PREPARE is a function name in the new skeleton.  */
+#ifdef PREPARE
 static void
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-ignore_stderr (void)
+legacy_prepare_function  (int argc __attribute__ ((unused)),
+			  char **argv __attribute__ ((unused)))
 {
-  int fd = open (_PATH_DEVNULL, O_WRONLY);
-  if (fd == -1)
-    close (STDERR_FILENO);
-  else
-    {
-      dup2 (fd, STDERR_FILENO);
-      close (fd);
-    }
-  setenv ("LIBC_FATAL_STDERR_", "1", 1);
+  PREPARE (argc, argv);
 }
+# undef PREPARE
+# define PREPARE legacy_prepare_function
+#endif
 
-/* Set fortification error handler.  Used when tests want to verify that bad
-   code is caught by the library.  */
+/* CLEANUP_HANDLER is a function name in the new skeleton.  */
+#ifdef CLEANUP_HANDLER
 static void
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-set_fortify_handler (void (*handler) (int sig))
+legacy_cleanup_handler_function  (void)
 {
-  struct sigaction sa;
-
-  sa.sa_handler = handler;
-  sa.sa_flags = 0;
-  sigemptyset (&sa.sa_mask);
-
-  sigaction (SIGABRT, &sa, NULL);
-  ignore_stderr ();
+  CLEANUP_HANDLER;
 }
+# undef CLEANUP_HANDLER
+# define CLEANUP_HANDLER legacy_cleanup_handler_function
+#endif
 
-/* Show people how to run the program.  */
+/* CMDLINE_PROCESS is a function name in the new skeleton.  */
+#ifdef CMDLINE_PROCESS
 static void
-usage (void)
+legacy_cmdline_process_function (int c)
 {
-  size_t i;
-
-  printf ("Usage: %s [options]\n"
-	  "\n"
-	  "Environment Variables:\n"
-	  "  TIMEOUTFACTOR          An integer used to scale the timeout\n"
-	  "  TMPDIR                 Where to place temporary files\n"
-	  "\n",
-	  program_invocation_short_name);
-  printf ("Options:\n");
-  for (i = 0; options[i].name; ++i)
+  switch (c)
     {
-      int indent;
-
-      indent = printf ("  --%s", options[i].name);
-      if (options[i].has_arg == required_argument)
-	indent += printf (" <arg>");
-      printf ("%*s", 25 - indent, "");
-      switch (options[i].val)
-	{
-	case OPT_DIRECT:
-	  printf ("Run the test directly (instead of forking & monitoring)");
-	  break;
-	case OPT_TESTDIR:
-	  printf ("Override the TMPDIR env var");
-	  break;
-	}
-      printf ("\n");
+      CMDLINE_PROCESS
     }
 }
-
-/* We provide the entry point here.  */
-int
-main (int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-  int direct = 0;	/* Directly call the test function?  */
-  int status;
-  int opt;
-  unsigned int timeoutfactor = 1;
-  pid_t termpid;
-
-#ifndef TEST_NO_MALLOPT
-  /* Make uses of freed and uninitialized memory known.  */
-  mallopt (M_PERTURB, 42);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef STDOUT_UNBUFFERED
-  setbuf (stdout, NULL);
-#endif
-
-  while ((opt = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+", options, NULL)) != -1)
-    switch (opt)
-      {
-      case '?':
-	usage ();
-	exit (1);
-      case OPT_DIRECT:
-	direct = 1;
-	break;
-      case OPT_TESTDIR:
-	test_dir = optarg;
-	break;
-#ifdef CMDLINE_PROCESS
-	CMDLINE_PROCESS
-#endif
-      }
-
-  /* If set, read the test TIMEOUTFACTOR value from the environment.
-     This value is used to scale the default test timeout values. */
-  char *envstr_timeoutfactor = getenv ("TIMEOUTFACTOR");
-  if (envstr_timeoutfactor != NULL)
-    {
-      char *envstr_conv = envstr_timeoutfactor;
-      unsigned long int env_fact;
-
-      env_fact = strtoul (envstr_timeoutfactor, &envstr_conv, 0);
-      if (*envstr_conv == '\0' && envstr_conv != envstr_timeoutfactor)
-	timeoutfactor = MAX (env_fact, 1);
-    }
-
-  /* Set TMPDIR to specified test directory.  */
-  if (test_dir != NULL)
-    {
-      setenv ("TMPDIR", test_dir, 1);
-
-      if (chdir (test_dir) < 0)
-	{
-	  printf ("chdir: %m\n");
-	  exit (1);
-	}
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      test_dir = getenv ("TMPDIR");
-      if (test_dir == NULL || test_dir[0] == '\0')
-	test_dir = "/tmp";
-    }
-
-  /* Make sure we see all message, even those on stdout.  */
-  setvbuf (stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
-
-  /* Make sure temporary files are deleted.  */
-  atexit (delete_temp_files);
-
-  /* Correct for the possible parameters.  */
-  argv[optind - 1] = argv[0];
-  argv += optind - 1;
-  argc -= optind - 1;
-
-  /* Call the initializing function, if one is available.  */
-#ifdef PREPARE
-  PREPARE (argc, argv);
-#endif
-
-  const char *envstr_direct = getenv ("TEST_DIRECT");
-  if (envstr_direct != NULL)
-    {
-      FILE *f = fopen (envstr_direct, "w");
-      if (f == NULL)
-        {
-          printf ("cannot open TEST_DIRECT output file '%s': %m\n",
-                  envstr_direct);
-          exit (1);
-        }
-
-      fprintf (f, "timeout=%u\ntimeoutfactor=%u\n", TIMEOUT, timeoutfactor);
-#ifdef EXPECTED_STATUS
-      fprintf (f, "exit=%u\n", EXPECTED_STATUS);
-#endif
-#ifdef EXPECTED_SIGNAL
-      switch (EXPECTED_SIGNAL)
-        {
-        default: abort ();
-# define init_sig(signo, name, text) \
-        case signo: fprintf (f, "signal=%s\n", name); break;
-# include <siglist.h>
-# undef init_sig
-        }
-#endif
-
-      if (temp_name_list != NULL)
-        {
-          struct temp_name_list *n;
-          fprintf (f, "temp_files=(\n");
-          for (n = temp_name_list;
-               n != NULL;
-               n = (struct temp_name_list *) n->q.q_forw)
-            fprintf (f, "  '%s'\n", n->name);
-          fprintf (f, ")\n");
-        }
-
-      fclose (f);
-      direct = 1;
-    }
-
-  /* If we are not expected to fork run the function immediately.  */
-  if (direct)
-    return TEST_FUNCTION;
-
-  /* Set up the test environment:
-     - prevent core dumps
-     - set up the timer
-     - fork and execute the function.  */
-
-  pid = fork ();
-  if (pid == 0)
-    {
-      /* This is the child.  */
-#ifdef RLIMIT_CORE
-      /* Try to avoid dumping core.  */
-      struct rlimit core_limit;
-      core_limit.rlim_cur = 0;
-      core_limit.rlim_max = 0;
-      setrlimit (RLIMIT_CORE, &core_limit);
+# undef CMDLINE_PROCESS
+# define CMDLINE_PROCESS legacy_cmdline_process_function
 #endif
 
-      /* We put the test process in its own pgrp so that if it bogusly
-	 generates any job control signals, they won't hit the whole build.  */
-      if (setpgid (0, 0) != 0)
-	printf ("Failed to set the process group ID: %m\n");
-
-      /* Execute the test function and exit with the return value.   */
-      exit (TEST_FUNCTION);
-    }
-  else if (pid < 0)
-    {
-      printf ("Cannot fork test program: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-
-  /* Set timeout.  */
-  signal (SIGALRM, signal_handler);
-  alarm (TIMEOUT * timeoutfactor);
-
-  /* Make sure we clean up if the wrapper gets interrupted.  */
-  signal (SIGINT, signal_handler);
-
-  /* Wait for the regular termination.  */
-  termpid = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (waitpid (pid, &status, 0));
-  if (termpid == -1)
-    {
-      printf ("Waiting for test program failed: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-  if (termpid != pid)
-    {
-      printf ("Oops, wrong test program terminated: expected %ld, got %ld\n",
-	      (long int) pid, (long int) termpid);
-      exit (1);
-    }
-
-  /* Process terminated normaly without timeout etc.  */
-  if (WIFEXITED (status))
-    {
-#ifndef EXPECTED_STATUS
-# ifndef EXPECTED_SIGNAL
-      /* Simply exit with the return value of the test.  */
-      return WEXITSTATUS (status);
-# else
-      printf ("Expected signal '%s' from child, got none\n",
-	      strsignal (EXPECTED_SIGNAL));
-      exit (1);
-# endif
-#else
-      if (WEXITSTATUS (status) != EXPECTED_STATUS)
-        {
-          printf ("Expected status %d, got %d\n",
-	          EXPECTED_STATUS, WEXITSTATUS (status));
-          exit (1);
-        }
-
-      return 0;
-#endif
-    }
-  /* Process was killed by timer or other signal.  */
-  else
-    {
-#ifndef EXPECTED_SIGNAL
-      printf ("Didn't expect signal from child: got `%s'\n",
-	      strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
-      exit (1);
-#else
-      if (WTERMSIG (status) != EXPECTED_SIGNAL)
-	{
-	  printf ("Incorrect signal from child: got `%s', need `%s'\n",
-		  strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)),
-		  strsignal (EXPECTED_SIGNAL));
-	  exit (1);
-	}
-
-      return 0;
-#endif
-    }
-}
+/* Include the new test-skeleton.  */
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
 
 /* The following functionality is only available if <pthread.h> was
    included before this file.  */
 #ifdef _PTHREAD_H
-
-/* Call pthread_sigmask with error checking.  */
-static void
-xpthread_sigmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset)
-{
-  if (pthread_sigmask (how, set, oldset) != 0)
-    {
-      write_message ("error: pthread_setmask failed\n");
-      _exit (1);
-    }
-}
-
-/* Call pthread_mutex_lock with error checking.  */
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-static void
-xpthread_mutex_lock (pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
-{
-  int ret = pthread_mutex_lock (mutex);
-  if (ret != 0)
-    {
-      errno = ret;
-      printf ("error: pthread_mutex_lock: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-}
-
-/* Call pthread_spin_lock with error checking.  */
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-static void
-xpthread_spin_lock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
-{
-  int ret = pthread_spin_lock (lock);
-  if (ret != 0)
-    {
-      errno = ret;
-      printf ("error: pthread_spin_lock: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-}
-
-/* Call pthread_cond_wait with error checking.  */
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-static void
-xpthread_cond_wait (pthread_cond_t * cond,
-		    pthread_mutex_t * mutex)
-{
-  int ret = pthread_cond_wait (cond, mutex);
-  if (ret != 0)
-    {
-      errno = ret;
-      printf ("error: pthread_cond_wait: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-}
-
-/* Call pthread_barrier_wait with error checking.  */
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-static int
-xpthread_barrier_wait (pthread_barrier_t *barrier)
-{
-  int ret = pthread_barrier_wait (barrier);
-  if (ret != 0 && ret != PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD)
-    {
-      errno = ret;
-      printf ("error: pthread_barrier_wait: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-  return ret;
-}
-
-/* Call pthread_create with error checking.  */
-static pthread_t
-xpthread_create (pthread_attr_t *attr,
-		 void *(*thread_func) (void *), void *closure)
-{
-  pthread_t thr;
-  int ret = pthread_create (&thr, attr, thread_func, closure);
-  if (ret != 0)
-    {
-      errno = ret;
-      printf ("error: pthread_create: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-  return thr;
-}
-
-/* Call pthread_detach with error checking.  */
-static void
-xpthread_detach (pthread_t thr)
-{
-  int ret = pthread_detach (thr);
-  if (ret != 0)
-    {
-      errno = ret;
-      printf ("error: pthread_detach: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-}
-
-/* Call pthread_join with error checking.  */
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-static void *
-xpthread_join (pthread_t thr)
-{
-  void *result;
-  int ret = pthread_join (thr, &result);
-  if (ret != 0)
-    {
-      errno = ret;
-      printf ("error: pthread_join: %m\n");
-      exit (1);
-    }
-  return result;
-}
-
-/* Used to implement the delayed_exit function defined below.  */
-static void *
-delayed_exit_thread (void *seconds_as_ptr)
-{
-  int seconds = (uintptr_t) seconds_as_ptr;
-  struct timespec delay = { seconds, 0 };
-  struct timespec remaining = { 0 };
-  if (nanosleep (&delay, &remaining) != 0)
-    {
-      printf ("error: nanosleep: %m\n");
-      _exit (1);
-    }
-  /* Exit the process sucessfully.  */
-  exit (0);
-  return NULL;
-}
-
-/* Exit (with status 0) after SECONDS have elapsed, from a helper
-   thread.  The process is terminated with the exit function, so
-   atexit handlers are executed.  */
-__attribute__ ((unused))
-static void
-delayed_exit (int seconds)
-{
-  /* Create the new thread with all signals blocked.  */
-  sigset_t all_blocked;
-  sigfillset (&all_blocked);
-  sigset_t old_set;
-  xpthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &all_blocked, &old_set);
-  /* Create a detached thread. */
-  pthread_t thr = xpthread_create
-    (NULL, delayed_exit_thread, (void *) (uintptr_t) seconds);
-  xpthread_detach (thr);
-  /* Restore the original signal mask.  */
-  xpthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &old_set, NULL);
-}
-
+# include <support/xthread.h>
 #endif	/* _PTHREAD_H */
diff --git a/time/bug-getdate1.c b/time/bug-getdate1.c
index 3d68cf2a79..9afafba5be 100644
--- a/time/bug-getdate1.c
+++ b/time/bug-getdate1.c
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#include <support/temp_file.h>
+
 static char *templ_filename;
 
 // Writes template given as parameter to file,
@@ -133,14 +135,18 @@ do_test (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   return res;
 }
+#define TEST_FUNCTION_ARGV do_test
 
-#define PREPARE(argc, argv) \
-  if (argc < 2)								\
-    {									\
-      puts ("Command line: progname template_filename_full_path");	\
-      exit (1);								\
-    }									\
-  add_temp_file (argv[1])
+static void
+do_prepare (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  if (argc < 2)
+    {
+      puts ("Command line: progname template_filename_full_path");
+      exit (1);
+    }
+  add_temp_file (argv[1]);
+}
+#define PREPARE do_prepare
 
-#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test (argc, argv)
-#include "../test-skeleton.c"
+#include <support/test-driver.c>