From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
kernel-team@fb.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] selftests/mm: Add UFFDIO_MOVE huge zeropage PMD regression test
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:42:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <abwZTnbQ5QWSYvAh@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <abongwF3X0G8xY1I@chrisdown.name>
On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 12:18:11PM +0800, Chris Down wrote:
> The existing uffd-unit-tests move-pmd coverage exercises PMD-sized
> UFFDIO_MOVE on anonymous THPs, but it does not force the huge zeropage
> PMD path in move_pages_huge_pmd().
>
> Add a dedicated anonymous UFFDIO_MOVE PMD test that exercises this
> relatively comprehensively.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c | 100 +++++++++++++++++++
> tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c | 12 +++
> tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 113 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
> index 6f5e404a446c..9cc4cbab9a23 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
> @@ -1227,6 +1227,99 @@ static void uffd_move_pmd_test(uffd_global_test_opts_t *gopts, uffd_test_args_t
> uffd_move_pmd_handle_fault);
> }
>
> +static void uffd_move_pmd_huge_zeropage_test(uffd_global_test_opts_t *gopts,
> + uffd_test_args_t *targs)
> +{
> + unsigned long pmd_size = read_pmd_pagesize();
> + unsigned long pmd_pages;
> + unsigned long bytes = gopts->nr_pages * gopts->page_size;
> + char *orig_area_src = gopts->area_src, *orig_area_dst = gopts->area_dst;
> + char *aligned_src, *aligned_dst;
> + unsigned long src_offs, dst_offs, max_offs;
> + pthread_t uffd_mon;
> + struct uffd_args args = { 0 };
> + char c = '\0';
> + int pagemap_fd;
> +
> + if (pmd_size <= gopts->page_size) {
> + uffd_test_skip("huge page size is 0, feature missing?");
> + return;
> + }
> + if (!detect_huge_zeropage()) {
> + uffd_test_skip("transparent huge zeropage disabled");
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + pmd_pages = pmd_size / gopts->page_size;
> + if (bytes < pmd_size) {
> + uffd_test_skip("not enough pages for one PMD-sized move");
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + aligned_src = ALIGN_UP(orig_area_src, pmd_size);
> + aligned_dst = ALIGN_UP(orig_area_dst, pmd_size);
> + src_offs = (aligned_src - orig_area_src) / gopts->page_size;
> + dst_offs = (aligned_dst - orig_area_dst) / gopts->page_size;
> + max_offs = src_offs > dst_offs ? src_offs : dst_offs;
> + if (max_offs + pmd_pages > gopts->nr_pages) {
> + uffd_test_skip("could not find aligned PMD-sized src/dst window");
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + if (madvise(orig_area_dst, bytes, MADV_HUGEPAGE))
> + err("madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE) failure");
> + if (madvise(orig_area_src, bytes, MADV_DONTFORK))
> + err("madvise(MADV_DONTFORK) failure");
> + if (madvise(aligned_src, pmd_size, MADV_DONTNEED))
> + err("madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) failure");
> +
> + /* Fault in a PMD-sized huge zeropage mapping in the source. */
> + force_read_pages(aligned_src, pmd_pages, gopts->page_size);
> +
> + pagemap_fd = pagemap_open();
> + if (!pagemap_is_huge_zero(pagemap_fd, aligned_src)) {
> + close(pagemap_fd);
> + uffd_test_skip("could not fault in the huge zeropage");
> + return;
> + }
> + gopts->area_src = aligned_src;
> + gopts->area_dst = aligned_dst;
> +
> + if (uffd_register(gopts->uffd, gopts->area_dst, pmd_size, true, false, false))
> + err("register failure");
> +
> + args.gopts = gopts;
> + args.handle_fault = uffd_move_pmd_handle_fault;
> + if (pthread_create(&uffd_mon, NULL, uffd_poll_thread, &args))
> + err("uffd_poll_thread create");
> +
> + /*
> + * One fault on dst should trigger a single PMD-sized UFFDIO_MOVE from
> + * the huge zeropage PMD we populated in the source.
> + */
> + force_read_pages(gopts->area_dst, pmd_pages, gopts->page_size);
> +
> + if (write(gopts->pipefd[1], &c, sizeof(c)) != sizeof(c))
> + err("pipe write");
> + if (pthread_join(uffd_mon, NULL))
> + err("join() failed");
> +
> + if (args.missing_faults != 1 || args.minor_faults != 0) {
> + uffd_test_fail("stats check error");
> + } else if (!pagemap_is_huge_zero(pagemap_fd, gopts->area_dst)) {
> + uffd_test_fail("moved destination is not a huge zeropage PMD");
> + } else if (!check_huge_anon(gopts->area_dst, 0, pmd_size)) {
> + /* vm_normal_page_pmd() must continue to treat the moved PMD as special. */
> + uffd_test_fail("moved huge zeropage PMD counted as AnonHugePages");
> + } else {
> + uffd_test_pass();
> + }
> +
> + gopts->area_src = orig_area_src;
> + gopts->area_dst = orig_area_dst;
> + close(pagemap_fd);
> +}
> +
> static void uffd_move_pmd_split_test(uffd_global_test_opts_t *gopts, uffd_test_args_t *targs)
> {
> if (madvise(gopts->area_dst, gopts->nr_pages * gopts->page_size, MADV_NOHUGEPAGE))
> @@ -1550,6 +1643,13 @@ uffd_test_case_t uffd_tests[] = {
> .uffd_feature_required = UFFD_FEATURE_MOVE,
> .test_case_ops = &uffd_move_test_pmd_case_ops,
> },
> + {
> + .name = "move-pmd-huge-zeropage",
> + .uffd_fn = uffd_move_pmd_huge_zeropage_test,
> + .mem_targets = MEM_ANON,
> + .uffd_feature_required = UFFD_FEATURE_MOVE,
> + .test_case_ops = &uffd_move_test_pmd_case_ops,
> + },
> {
> .name = "move-pmd-split",
> .uffd_fn = uffd_move_pmd_split_test,
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
> index a6d4ff7dfdc0..55cc4cc058a2 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
> @@ -120,6 +120,18 @@ bool pagemap_is_populated(int fd, char *start)
> PAGE_IS_PRESENT | PAGE_IS_SWAPPED);
> }
>
> +bool pagemap_is_huge_zero(int fd, char *start)
> +{
> + uint64_t categories;
> +
> + if (!pagemap_scan_supported(fd, start))
> + return false;
> +
> + categories = pagemap_scan_get_categories(fd, start);
> + return (categories & (PAGE_IS_PRESENT | PAGE_IS_PFNZERO | PAGE_IS_HUGE)) ==
> + (PAGE_IS_PRESENT | PAGE_IS_PFNZERO | PAGE_IS_HUGE);
> +}
> +
> unsigned long pagemap_get_pfn(int fd, char *start)
> {
> uint64_t entry = pagemap_get_entry(fd, start);
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
> index e9c4e24769c1..e0b6ae1b12f5 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
> @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ uint64_t pagemap_get_entry(int fd, char *start);
> bool pagemap_is_softdirty(int fd, char *start);
> bool pagemap_is_swapped(int fd, char *start);
> bool pagemap_is_populated(int fd, char *start);
> +bool pagemap_is_huge_zero(int fd, char *start);
> unsigned long pagemap_get_pfn(int fd, char *start);
> void clear_softdirty(void);
> bool check_for_pattern(FILE *fp, const char *pattern, char *buf, size_t len);
>
> base-commit: f0caa1d49cc07b30a7e2f104d3853ec6dc1c3cad
> --
> 2.53.0
>
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-19 15:42 UTC|newest]
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2026-03-18 4:18 [PATCH v3] selftests/mm: Add UFFDIO_MOVE huge zeropage PMD regression test Chris Down
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2026-03-19 19:34 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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