From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
To: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com,
baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v2] selftests/mm: check content to see whether mremap corrupt data
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 17:28:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1d7e9c30-343e-41c4-814d-f6254b042509@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <27A308FD-C7D8-4C65-90BA-9B1DC117B014@nvidia.com>
[...]
>> @@ -390,67 +390,88 @@ 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, *page_area = NULL, *tmp;
>> 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));
>> + goto out;
>
> thp_area mmap failed and out label will try to munmap MAP_FAILED, which is
> (void *) -1. munmap will fail with -EINVAL.
Indeed, should just be a "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 page[x] of the
>> + * thp[x] into a smaller area, and trigger the split from that
>> + * smaller area. This will end up replacing the PMD mappings in
>> + * the thp_area by PTE mappings first, leaving the THPs unsplit.
>> + */
>> + 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], 0, pagemap_fd, kpageflags_fd))
>
> page_area + i * pagesize, like Wei pointed out in another email.
>
>> + 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)
>> + munmap(page_area, page_area_size);
>> }
>> static void split_file_backed_thp(int order)
>> --
>> 2.50.1
>
> Otherwise, LGTM. With all the changes in this email and other email,
> feel free to add Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> when you send it
> out formally.
Thanks!
I'm currently chasing why I keep getting temporary
Bail out! Some THPs are missing during mremap
Already on the old test. Something doesn't work quite right as it seems.
--
Cheers
David / dhildenb
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-02 15:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-31 2:27 Wei Yang
2025-09-01 2:08 ` wang lian
2025-09-01 7:22 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-01 8:11 ` wang lian
2025-09-01 8:16 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-01 8:34 ` wang lian
2025-09-01 8:43 ` Wei Yang
2025-09-01 12:56 ` Zi Yan
2025-09-01 13:03 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-01 17:04 ` Zi Yan
2025-09-01 19:10 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-02 2:51 ` Wei Yang
2025-09-02 7:49 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-02 8:13 ` Wei Yang
2025-09-02 8:23 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-02 8:28 ` Wei Yang
2025-09-02 8:16 ` Wei Yang
2025-09-02 8:26 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-02 14:56 ` Zi Yan
2025-09-02 15:28 ` David Hildenbrand [this message]
2025-09-02 15:39 ` Zi Yan
2025-09-02 15:40 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-09-02 15:42 ` Zi Yan
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