Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: remove PROT_EXEC req from file-collapse tests

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 09.09.25 21:05, Zach O'Keefe wrote:
> As of v6.8 commit 7fbb5e188248 ("mm: remove VM_EXEC requirement for THP eligibility")
> thp collapse no longer requires file-backed mappings be created with
> PROT_EXEC.
> 
> Remove the overly-strict dependency from thp collapse tests so we test
> the least-strict requirement for success.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@google.com>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
> index a18c50d51141..3fe7ef04ac62 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
> @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static void *file_setup_area(int nr_hpages)
>   		perror("open()");
>   		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
>   	}
> -	p = mmap(BASE_ADDR, size, PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC,
> +	p = mmap(BASE_ADDR, size, PROT_READ,
>   		 MAP_PRIVATE, finfo.fd, 0);
>   	if (p == MAP_FAILED || p != BASE_ADDR) {
>   		perror("mmap()");

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

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Cheers

David / dhildenb