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From: Hongfu Li <hongfu.li@linux.dev>
To: david@kernel.org
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, hongfu.li@linux.dev,
	liam@infradead.org, lihongfu@kylinos.cn,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, ljs@kernel.org, mhocko@suse.com,
	rppt@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org, surenb@google.com,
	vbabka@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: Fix BUG_ON checking wrong variable in mremap_dontunmap
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:54:24 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260717105424.96127-1-hongfu.li@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6aa00b1b-7acd-4080-b202-0bc87f1454d2@kernel.org>

> > From: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
> > 
> > In mremap_dontunmap_partial_mapping_overwrite(), mremap() stores its
> > returned remapped address into remapped_mapping, while the BUG_ON
> > incorrectly checks dest_mapping instead.
> > 
> > If mremap() fails, dest_mapping still holds a valid pointer obtained from
> > the prior mmap() call, making this BUG_ON never trigger at all. Correct
> > the check to validate the actual mremap() return value stored in
> > remapped_mapping.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@kylinos.cn>
> > ---
> >  tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_dontunmap.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_dontunmap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_dontunmap.c
> > index a4f75d836733..96ba537facf7 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_dontunmap.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_dontunmap.c
> > @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static void mremap_dontunmap_partial_mapping_overwrite(void)
> >  	    mremap(source_mapping, 5 * page_size,
> >  		   5 * page_size,
> >  		   MREMAP_DONTUNMAP | MREMAP_MAYMOVE | MREMAP_FIXED, dest_mapping);
> > -	BUG_ON(dest_mapping == MAP_FAILED, "mremap");
> > +	BUG_ON(remapped_mapping == MAP_FAILED, "mremap");
> >  	BUG_ON(dest_mapping != remapped_mapping, "expected to remap to dest_mapping");
> 
> Given that we know from a previous
> 
> 	BUG_ON(dest_mapping == MAP_FAILED, "mmap");
> 
> We can just drop this line completely and rely on the
> 
> 	BUG_ON(dest_mapping != remapped_mapping, "expected to remap to dest_mapping");

The subsequent BUG_ON comparison will implicitly catch the MAP_FAILED
condition, so this check is redundant.

This line will be dropped in the next revision. Thanks a lot for your
review.

Best regards,
Hongfu

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-17 10:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-17  7:02 [PATCH] selftests/mm: Fix BUG_ON checking wrong variable in mremap_dontunmap Hongfu Li
2026-07-17  8:59 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-17 10:54   ` Hongfu Li [this message]
2026-07-18  0:00 ` SJ Park

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