From: Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 04/13] selftest/mm: fix cgroup task placement and drop memory.current checks in hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:45:58 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1ac1cac332a692e8d2dd70922bb09c0582340143.1774591179.git.sayalip@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1774591179.git.sayalip@linux.ibm.com>
Launch write_to_hugetlbfs as a separate process and move only its PID
into the target cgroup before waiting for completion. This avoids moving
the test shell itself, prevents unintended charging to the shell, and
ensures hugetlb and memcg accounting is attributed only to the intended
workload.
Add a short delay before the hugetlb allocation to avoid a race where
memory may be charged before the task migration takes effect, which
can lead to incorrect accounting and intermittent test failures.
The test currently validates both hugetlb usage and memory.current.
However, memory.current includes internal memcg allocations and
per-CPU batched accounting (MEMCG_CHARGE_BATCH), which are not
synchronized and can vary across systems, leading to
non-deterministic results.
Since hugetlb memory is accounted via hugetlb.<size>.current,
memory.current is not a reliable indicator here. Drop memory.current
checks and rely only on hugetlb controller statistics for stable
and accurate validation.
Fixes: 29750f71a9b4 ("hugetlb_cgroup: add hugetlb_cgroup reservation tests")
Signed-off-by: Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com>
---
.../selftests/mm/hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh | 42 ++++++++-----------
.../testing/selftests/mm/write_to_hugetlbfs.c | 5 ++-
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh
index 073a71fa36b4..1e87ac67d43e 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh
@@ -104,22 +104,17 @@ function assert_with_retry() {
}
function assert_state() {
- local expected_a="$1"
- local expected_a_hugetlb="$2"
- local expected_b=""
+ local expected_a_hugetlb="$1"
local expected_b_hugetlb=""
- if [ ! -z ${3:-} ] && [ ! -z ${4:-} ]; then
- expected_b="$3"
- expected_b_hugetlb="$4"
+ if [ ! -z ${2:-} ]; then
+ expected_b_hugetlb="$2"
fi
- assert_with_retry "$CGROUP_ROOT/a/memory.$usage_file" "$expected_a"
assert_with_retry \
"$CGROUP_ROOT/a/hugetlb.${MB_DISPLAY}${UNIT}.$usage_file" "$expected_a_hugetlb"
- if [[ -n "$expected_b" && -n "$expected_b_hugetlb" ]]; then
- assert_with_retry "$CGROUP_ROOT/a/b/memory.$usage_file" "$expected_b"
+ if [[ -n "$expected_b_hugetlb" ]]; then
assert_with_retry \
"$CGROUP_ROOT/a/b/hugetlb.${MB_DISPLAY}${UNIT}.$usage_file" "$expected_b_hugetlb"
fi
@@ -153,18 +148,17 @@ write_hugetlbfs() {
local size="$3"
if [[ $cgroup2 ]]; then
- echo $$ >$CGROUP_ROOT/$cgroup/cgroup.procs
+ cg_file="$CGROUP_ROOT/$cgroup/cgroup.procs"
else
echo 0 >$CGROUP_ROOT/$cgroup/cpuset.mems
echo 0 >$CGROUP_ROOT/$cgroup/cpuset.cpus
- echo $$ >"$CGROUP_ROOT/$cgroup/tasks"
- fi
- ./write_to_hugetlbfs -p "$path" -s "$size" -m 0 -o
- if [[ $cgroup2 ]]; then
- echo $$ >$CGROUP_ROOT/cgroup.procs
- else
- echo $$ >"$CGROUP_ROOT/tasks"
+ cg_file="$CGROUP_ROOT/$cgroup/tasks"
fi
+
+ # Spawn write_to_hugetlbfs in a separate task to ensure correct cgroup accounting
+ ./write_to_hugetlbfs -p "$path" -s "$size" -m 0 -o -d & pid=$!
+ echo "$pid" > "$cg_file"
+ wait "$pid"
echo
}
@@ -202,21 +196,21 @@ if [[ ! $cgroup2 ]]; then
write_hugetlbfs a "$MNT"/test $size
echo Assert memory charged correctly for parent use.
- assert_state 0 $size 0 0
+ assert_state $size 0
write_hugetlbfs a/b "$MNT"/test2 $size
echo Assert memory charged correctly for child use.
- assert_state 0 $(($size * 2)) 0 $size
+ assert_state $(($size * 2)) $size
rmdir "$CGROUP_ROOT"/a/b
echo Assert memory reparent correctly.
- assert_state 0 $(($size * 2))
+ assert_state $(($size * 2))
rm -rf "$MNT"/*
umount "$MNT"
echo Assert memory uncharged correctly.
- assert_state 0 0
+ assert_state 0
cleanup
fi
@@ -230,16 +224,16 @@ echo write
write_hugetlbfs a/b "$MNT"/test2 $size
echo Assert memory charged correctly for child only use.
-assert_state 0 $(($size)) 0 $size
+assert_state $(($size)) $size
rmdir "$CGROUP_ROOT"/a/b
echo Assert memory reparent correctly.
-assert_state 0 $size
+assert_state $size
rm -rf "$MNT"/*
umount "$MNT"
echo Assert memory uncharged correctly.
-assert_state 0 0
+assert_state 0
cleanup
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/write_to_hugetlbfs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/write_to_hugetlbfs.c
index ecb5f7619960..6b01b0485bd0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/write_to_hugetlbfs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/write_to_hugetlbfs.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
self = argv[0];
- while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "s:p:m:owlrn")) != -1) {
+ while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "s:p:m:owlrnd")) != -1) {
switch (c) {
case 's':
if (sscanf(optarg, "%zu", &size) != 1) {
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
case 'n':
reserve = 0;
break;
+ case 'd':
+ sleep(1);
+ break;
default:
errno = EINVAL;
perror("Invalid arg");
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-27 7:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-27 7:15 [PATCH v3 00/13] selftests/mm: fix failures and robustness improvements Sayali Patil
2026-03-27 7:15 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] selftests/mm: restore default nr_hugepages value during cleanup in charge_reserved_hugetlb.sh Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 14:52 ` Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 16:05 ` Sayali Patil
2026-03-27 7:15 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] selftests/mm: fix hugetlb pathname construction " Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 14:06 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-27 7:15 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] selftests/mm: fix hugetlb pathname construction in hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 14:06 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-27 7:15 ` Sayali Patil [this message]
2026-04-01 14:08 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] selftest/mm: fix cgroup task placement and drop memory.current checks " David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-03 19:59 ` Sayali Patil
2026-03-27 7:15 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] selftests/mm: size tmpfs according to PMD page size in split_huge_page_test Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 16:20 ` Sayali Patil
2026-03-27 7:16 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] selftest/mm: adjust hugepage-mremap test size for large huge pages Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 14:10 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-01 20:45 ` Sayali Patil
2026-03-27 7:16 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] selftest/mm: register existing mapping with userfaultfd in hugepage-mremap Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 14:18 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-01 14:43 ` Sayali Patil
2026-04-02 7:31 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-03 17:41 ` Sayali Patil
2026-03-27 7:16 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] selftests/mm: ensure destination is hugetlb-backed " Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 14:21 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-01 14:40 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-04-01 20:39 ` Sayali Patil
2026-04-02 7:33 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-02 9:05 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-04-03 17:41 ` Sayali Patil
2026-04-07 10:22 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-27 7:16 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] selftests/mm: skip uffd-wp-mremap if UFFD write-protect is unsupported Sayali Patil
2026-04-02 6:59 ` Sayali Patil
2026-03-27 7:16 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] selftests/mm: skip uffd-stress test when nr_pages_per_cpu is zero Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 14:23 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-27 7:16 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] selftests/mm: fix double increment in linked list cleanup in compaction_test Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 14:32 ` Sayali Patil
2026-04-01 14:39 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-01 17:33 ` Sayali Patil
2026-03-27 7:16 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] selftests/mm: move hwpoison setup into run_test() and silence modprobe output for memory-failure category Sayali Patil
2026-04-02 7:15 ` Sayali Patil
2026-03-27 7:16 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] selftests/cgroup: extend test_hugetlb_memcg.c to support all huge page sizes Sayali Patil
2026-04-03 17:16 ` Sayali Patil
2026-03-27 18:11 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] selftests/mm: fix failures and robustness improvements Andrew Morton
2026-03-30 5:57 ` Sayali Patil
2026-03-30 22:11 ` Andrew Morton
2026-04-01 14:05 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-01 15:03 ` Sayali Patil
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