From: Donet Tom <donettom@linux.ibm.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/mm: split_huge_page_test: cleanups for split_pte_mapped_thp test
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 14:56:18 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17307d75-ec17-48ff-b79a-d08106b53966@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250902162536.956465-3-david@redhat.com>
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On 9/2/25 9:55 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> There is room for improvement, so let's clean up a bit:
>
> (1) Define "4" as a constant.
>
> (2) SKIP if we fail to allocate all THPs (e.g., fragmented) and add
> recovery code for all other failure cases: no need to exit the test.
>
> (3) Rename "len" to thp_area_size, and "one_page" to "thp_area".
>
> (4) Allocate a new area "page_area" into which we will mremap the
> pages; add "page_area_size". Now we can easily merge the two
> mremap instances into a single one.
>
> (5) Iterate THPs instead of bytes when checking for missed THPs after
> mremap.
>
> (6) Rename "pte_mapped2" to "tmp", used to verify mremap(MAP_FIXED)
> result.
>
> (7) Split the corruption test from the failed-split test, so we can just
> iterate bytes vs. thps naturally.
>
> (8) Extend comments and clarify why we are using mremap in the first
> place.
>
> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan<ziy@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand<david@redhat.com>
> ---
> .../selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c | 123 +++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
> index 72d6d8bb329ed..7731191cc8e9b 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
> @@ -389,67 +389,92 @@ static void split_pmd_thp_to_order(int order)
>
> static void split_pte_mapped_thp(void)
> {
> - char *one_page, *pte_mapped, *pte_mapped2;
> - size_t len = 4 * pmd_pagesize;
> - uint64_t thp_size;
> + const size_t nr_thps = 4;
> + const size_t thp_area_size = nr_thps * pmd_pagesize;
> + const size_t page_area_size = nr_thps * pagesize;
> + char *thp_area, *tmp, *page_area = MAP_FAILED;
> size_t i;
>
> - one_page = mmap((void *)(1UL << 30), len, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
> + thp_area = mmap((void *)(1UL << 30), thp_area_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
> - if (one_page == MAP_FAILED)
> - ksft_exit_fail_msg("Fail to allocate memory: %s\n", strerror(errno));
> + if (thp_area == MAP_FAILED) {
> + ksft_test_result_fail("Fail to allocate memory: %s\n", strerror(errno));
> + return;
> + }
>
> - madvise(one_page, len, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
> + madvise(thp_area, thp_area_size, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
>
> - for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
> - one_page[i] = (char)i;
> + for (i = 0; i < thp_area_size; i++)
> + thp_area[i] = (char)i;
>
> - if (!check_huge_anon(one_page, 4, pmd_pagesize))
> - ksft_exit_fail_msg("No THP is allocated\n");
> + if (!check_huge_anon(thp_area, nr_thps, pmd_pagesize)) {
> + ksft_test_result_skip("Not all THPs allocated\n");
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> - /* remap the first pagesize of first THP */
> - pte_mapped = mremap(one_page, pagesize, pagesize, MREMAP_MAYMOVE);
> -
> - /* remap the Nth pagesize of Nth THP */
> - for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
> - pte_mapped2 = mremap(one_page + pmd_pagesize * i + pagesize * i,
> - pagesize, pagesize,
> - MREMAP_MAYMOVE|MREMAP_FIXED,
> - pte_mapped + pagesize * i);
> - if (pte_mapped2 == MAP_FAILED)
> - ksft_exit_fail_msg("mremap failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
> - }
> -
> - /* smap does not show THPs after mremap, use kpageflags instead */
> - thp_size = 0;
> - for (i = 0; i < pagesize * 4; i++)
> - if (i % pagesize == 0 &&
> - is_backed_by_folio(&pte_mapped[i], pmd_order, pagemap_fd, kpageflags_fd))
> - thp_size++;
> -
> - if (thp_size != 4)
> - ksft_exit_fail_msg("Some THPs are missing during mremap\n");
> -
> - /* split all remapped THPs */
> - write_debugfs(PID_FMT, getpid(), (uint64_t)pte_mapped,
> - (uint64_t)pte_mapped + pagesize * 4, 0);
> -
> - /* smap does not show THPs after mremap, use kpageflags instead */
> - thp_size = 0;
> - for (i = 0; i < pagesize * 4; i++) {
> - if (pte_mapped[i] != (char)i)
> - ksft_exit_fail_msg("%ld byte corrupted\n", i);
> + /*
> + * To challenge spitting code, we will mremap a single page of each
> + * THP (page[i] of thp[i]) in the thp_area into page_area. This will
> + * replace the PMD mappings in the thp_area by PTE mappings first,
> + * but leaving the THP unsplit, to then create a page-sized hole in
> + * the thp_area.
> + * We will then manually trigger splitting of all THPs through the
> + * single mremap'ed pages of each THP in the page_area.
> + */
> + page_area = mmap(NULL, page_area_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
> + MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
> + if (page_area == MAP_FAILED) {
> + ksft_test_result_fail("Fail to allocate memory: %s\n", strerror(errno));
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> - if (i % pagesize == 0 &&
> - !is_backed_by_folio(&pte_mapped[i], 0, pagemap_fd, kpageflags_fd))
> - thp_size++;
> + for (i = 0; i < nr_thps; i++) {
> + tmp = mremap(thp_area + pmd_pagesize * i + pagesize * i,
> + pagesize, pagesize, MREMAP_MAYMOVE|MREMAP_FIXED,
> + page_area + pagesize * i);
> + if (tmp != MAP_FAILED)
> + continue;
> + ksft_test_result_fail("mremap failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Verify that our THPs were not split yet. Note that
> + * check_huge_anon() cannot be used as it checks for PMD mappings.
> + */
> + for (i = 0; i < nr_thps; i++) {
> + if (is_backed_by_folio(page_area + i * pagesize, pmd_order,
> + pagemap_fd, kpageflags_fd))
> + continue;
> + ksft_test_result_fail("THP %zu missing after mremap\n", i);
> + goto out;
> }
>
> - if (thp_size)
> - ksft_exit_fail_msg("Still %ld THPs not split\n", thp_size);
> + /* Split all THPs through the remapped pages. */
> + write_debugfs(PID_FMT, getpid(), (uint64_t)page_area,
> + (uint64_t)page_area + page_area_size, 0);
> +
> + /* Corruption during mremap or split? */
> + for (i = 0; i < page_area_size; i++) {
> + if (page_area[i] == (char)i)
> + continue;
> + ksft_test_result_fail("%zu byte corrupted\n", i);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + /* Split failed? */
> + for (i = 0; i < nr_thps; i++) {
> + if (is_backed_by_folio(page_area + i * pagesize, 0,
> + pagemap_fd, kpageflags_fd))
> + continue;
> + ksft_test_result_fail("THP %zu not split\n", i);
> + }
>
> ksft_test_result_pass("Split PTE-mapped huge pages successful\n");
> - munmap(one_page, len);
> +out:
> + munmap(thp_area, thp_area_size);
> + if (page_area != MAP_FAILED)
> + munmap(page_area, page_area_size);
> }
>
>
I have tested this patch on a system with a 64 KB page size, and all
tests passed.
# Totals: pass:34 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
Tested by: Donet Tom <donettom@linux.ibm.com>
>
>
>
>
> static void split_file_backed_thp(int order)
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-02 16:25 [PATCH v2 0/2] selftests/mm: split_huge_page_test: split_pte_mapped_thp improvements David Hildenbrand
2025-09-02 16:25 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests/mm: split_huge_page_test: fix occasional is_backed_by_folio() wrong results David Hildenbrand
2025-09-02 17:04 ` Zi Yan
2025-09-02 19:59 ` Wei Yang
2025-09-02 16:25 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/mm: split_huge_page_test: cleanups for split_pte_mapped_thp test David Hildenbrand
2025-09-02 20:00 ` Wei Yang
2025-09-05 9:26 ` Donet Tom [this message]
2025-09-03 7:02 [PATCH v2 0/2] selftests/mm: split_huge_page_test: split_pte_mapped_thp improvements David Hildenbrand
2025-09-03 7:02 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/mm: split_huge_page_test: cleanups for split_pte_mapped_thp test David Hildenbrand
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