Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] selftest/vm: verify mmap addr in mremap_test

[Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>]

On 4/20/22 3:57 PM, Sidhartha Kumar wrote:
> Avoid calling mmap with requested addresses that are less than the system's
> mmap_min_addr. When run as root, mmap returns EACCES when trying to map
> addresses < mmap_min_addr. This is not one of the error codes for the
> condition to retry the mmap in the test. Rather than arbitrarily retrying
> on EACCES, don't attempt an mmap until addr > vm.mmap_min_addr.
> 
> Add a munmap call after an alignment check as the mappings are retained
> after the retry and can reach the vm.max_map_count sysctl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@oracle.com>
> ---
> v2:
> -change comment for description of get_mmap_min_addr()
> -fix commit message formatting
> 

Thank you.

Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>

Andrew, please let me know if you would like me to take this
through kselftest tree.

thanks,
-- Shuah