Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] selftests/mm: fix usage of FORCE_READ() in cow tests

wang lian
2026-01-08T02:05:06Z

> Commit 5bbc2b785e63 ("selftests/mm: fix FORCE_READ to read input
> value correctly") modified FORCE_READ() to take a value instead of a
> pointer. It also changed most of the call sites accordingly, but
> missed many of them in cow.c. In those cases, we ended up with the
> pointer itself being read, not the memory it points to.
>
> No failure occurred as a result, so it looks like the tests work
> just fine without faulting in. However, the huge_zeropage tests
> explicitly check that pages are populated, so those became skipped.
>
> Convert all the remaining FORCE_READ() to fault in the mapped page,
> as was originally intended. This allows the huge_zeropage tests to
> run again (3 tests in total).
>
> Fixes: 5bbc2b785e63 ("selftests/mm: fix FORCE_READ to read input value correctly")
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the fix.

This was indeed an oversight on my part. When we previously discussed this
refactoring with Ziyan and Lorenzo (and the community) regarding commit
3f6bfd4789a0 ("selftests/mm: reuse FORCE_READ to replace "asm volatile
("" : "+r" (XXX));""), the intention was to switch FORCE_READ to take a
value. I clearly missed updating these specific call sites in cow.c
during that transition.

Sorry for the trouble and the skipped tests. The changes look correct to
me.

Reviewed-by: wang lian <lianux.mm@gmail.com>

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Best Regards,
wang lian