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From: Sarthak Sharma <sarthak.sharma@arm.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
	"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
	Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>,
	Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
	Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>, Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
	John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Sarthak Sharma <sarthak.sharma@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/5] tools/lib/mm: add shared file helpers
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 19:54:29 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260527142432.230127-3-sarthak.sharma@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260527142432.230127-1-sarthak.sharma@arm.com>

Move read_file(), write_file(), read_num(), and write_num() out of
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c into a new shared helper under
tools/lib/mm/.

These helpers are used by mm selftests today and will also be needed by
shared hugepage helpers in subsequent patches. Move them to a generic
location so they can be reused outside selftests as well.

Keep the helpers exposed to mm selftests through vm_util.h by including
the new shared header there, and link the new helper into the
selftests/mm build.

Add tools/lib/mm/ to the MEMORY MANAGEMENT - MISC entry in MAINTAINERS.

Signed-off-by: Sarthak Sharma <sarthak.sharma@arm.com>
---
 MAINTAINERS                          |  1 +
 tools/lib/mm/file_utils.c            | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/lib/mm/file_utils.h            | 12 ++++
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile  |  6 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c | 73 -------------------------
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h |  6 +-
 6 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/lib/mm/file_utils.c
 create mode 100644 tools/lib/mm/file_utils.h

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 6a123fd3cfd5..5d2f72bbd128 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -16936,6 +16936,7 @@ F:	mm/memory-tiers.c
 F:	mm/page_idle.c
 F:	mm/pgalloc-track.h
 F:	mm/process_vm_access.c
+F:	tools/lib/mm/
 F:	tools/testing/selftests/mm/
 
 MEMORY MANAGEMENT - NUMA MEMBLOCKS AND NUMA EMULATION
diff --git a/tools/lib/mm/file_utils.c b/tools/lib/mm/file_utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00610013e80e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/mm/file_utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "file_utils.h"
+
+int read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen)
+{
+	int fd;
+	ssize_t numread;
+
+	if (buflen < 2)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		return -errno;
+
+	numread = read(fd, buf, buflen - 1);
+	if (numread < 1) {
+		int err = numread ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+
+		close(fd);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	buf[numread] = '\0';
+	close(fd);
+
+	return (int)numread;
+}
+
+int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen)
+{
+	int fd, saved_errno;
+	ssize_t numwritten;
+
+	if (buflen < 2)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		return -errno;
+
+	numwritten = write(fd, buf, buflen - 1);
+	saved_errno = errno;
+	close(fd);
+	if (numwritten < 0)
+		return -saved_errno;
+	if (numwritten != (ssize_t)(buflen - 1))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int read_num(const char *path, unsigned long *num)
+{
+	char buf[21];
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!num)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	*num = strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int write_num(const char *path, unsigned long num)
+{
+	char buf[21];
+
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%lu", num);
+	return write_file(path, buf, strlen(buf) + 1);
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/mm/file_utils.h b/tools/lib/mm/file_utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38576790a342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/mm/file_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __MM_FILE_UTILS_H__
+#define __MM_FILE_UTILS_H__
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+int read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen);
+int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen);
+int read_num(const char *path, unsigned long *num);
+int write_num(const char *path, unsigned long num);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
index e6df968f0971..b5fb4b6ab31b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endif
 # LDLIBS.
 MAKEFLAGS += --no-builtin-rules
 
-CFLAGS = -Wall -O2 -I $(top_srcdir) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(KHDR_INCLUDES) $(TOOLS_INCLUDES)
+CFLAGS = -Wall -O2 -I $(top_srcdir) -I $(top_srcdir)/tools/lib $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(KHDR_INCLUDES) $(TOOLS_INCLUDES)
 CFLAGS += -Wunreachable-code
 LDLIBS = -lrt -lpthread -lm
 
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ TEST_FILES += write_hugetlb_memory.sh
 
 include ../lib.mk
 
-$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): vm_util.c hugepage_settings.c
-$(TEST_GEN_FILES): vm_util.c hugepage_settings.c
+$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): vm_util.c hugepage_settings.c $(top_srcdir)/tools/lib/mm/file_utils.c
+$(TEST_GEN_FILES): vm_util.c hugepage_settings.c $(top_srcdir)/tools/lib/mm/file_utils.c
 
 $(OUTPUT)/uffd-stress: uffd-common.c
 $(OUTPUT)/uffd-unit-tests: uffd-common.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
index 290e5c29123e..b3ee00d71aa3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
@@ -698,79 +698,6 @@ int unpoison_memory(unsigned long pfn)
 	return ret > 0 ? 0 : -errno;
 }
 
-int read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen)
-{
-	int fd;
-	ssize_t numread;
-
-	if (buflen < 2)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
-	if (fd == -1)
-		return -errno;
-
-	numread = read(fd, buf, buflen - 1);
-	if (numread < 1) {
-		int err = numread ? -errno : -ENODATA;
-
-		close(fd);
-		return err;
-	}
-
-	buf[numread] = '\0';
-	close(fd);
-
-	return (int)numread;
-}
-
-int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen)
-{
-	int fd, saved_errno;
-	ssize_t numwritten;
-
-	if (buflen < 2)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
-	if (fd == -1)
-		return -errno;
-
-	numwritten = write(fd, buf, buflen - 1);
-	saved_errno = errno;
-	close(fd);
-	if (numwritten < 0)
-		return -saved_errno;
-	if (numwritten != buflen - 1)
-		return -EIO;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int read_num(const char *path, unsigned long *num)
-{
-	char buf[21];
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!num)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	ret = read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	*num = strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int write_num(const char *path, unsigned long num)
-{
-	char buf[21];
-
-	sprintf(buf, "%lu", num);
-	return write_file(path, buf, strlen(buf) + 1);
-}
-
 static unsigned long shmall, shmmax;
 
 void __shm_limits_restore(void)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
index 28c3d7c1faed..d45135283732 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h> /* _SC_PAGESIZE */
 #include "kselftest.h"
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <mm/file_utils.h>
 
 #define BIT_ULL(nr)                   (1ULL << (nr))
 #define PM_SOFT_DIRTY                 BIT_ULL(55)
@@ -164,11 +165,6 @@ int unpoison_memory(unsigned long pfn);
 #define PAGEMAP_PRESENT(ent)	(((ent) & (1ull << 63)) != 0)
 #define PAGEMAP_PFN(ent)	((ent) & ((1ull << 55) - 1))
 
-int read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen);
-int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen);
-int read_num(const char *path, unsigned long *num);
-int write_num(const char *path, unsigned long num);
-
 void shm_limits_prepare(unsigned long length);
 void __shm_limits_restore(void);
 
-- 
2.39.5


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-27 14:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-27 14:24 [PATCH v4 0/5] selftests/mm: separate GUP microbenchmarking from functional testing Sarthak Sharma
2026-05-27 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] selftests/mm: make file helpers return errors Sarthak Sharma
2026-06-03 10:01   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-27 14:24 ` Sarthak Sharma [this message]
2026-06-01  6:10   ` [PATCH v4 2/5] tools/lib/mm: add shared file helpers Sarthak Sharma
2026-06-02  0:39     ` Andrew Morton
2026-05-27 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] tools/lib/mm: move hugepage_settings out of selftests Sarthak Sharma
2026-06-03 10:01   ` Mike Rapoport
2026-05-27 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] tools/mm: add a standalone GUP microbenchmark Sarthak Sharma
2026-05-27 14:24 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] selftests/mm: rewrite gup_test as a standalone harness-based selftest Sarthak Sharma
2026-05-27 18:47 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] selftests/mm: separate GUP microbenchmarking from functional testing Andrew Morton
2026-05-29  5:57   ` Sarthak Sharma
2026-05-29  6:06     ` Dev Jain
2026-05-29  6:31       ` Sarthak Sharma
2026-05-29 19:34     ` John Hubbard
2026-06-01 12:04       ` Sarthak Sharma

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