Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] memblock tests: add tests for memblock_alloc_exact_nid_raw

David Hildenbrand
2022-10-31T12:43:51Z

On 19.10.22 20:34, Rebecca Mckeever wrote:
> These patches add tests for memblock_alloc_exact_nid_raw(). There are two
> sets of tests: range tests and NUMA tests. The range tests use a normal
> (i.e., UMA) simulated physical memory and set the nid to NUMA_NO_NODE. The
> NUMA tests use a simulated physical memory that is set up with multiple
> NUMA nodes. Additionally, most of the NUMA tests set nid != NUMA_NO_NODE.
>
> For the range tests, the TEST_F_EXACT flag is used to run the same set of
> range tests used for memblock_alloc_try_nid_raw(). The NUMA tests have the
> same setup as the corresponding test for memblock_alloc_try_nid_raw(), but
> several of the memblock_alloc_exact_nid_raw() tests fail to allocate
> memory in setups where the memblock_alloc_try_nid_raw() test would
> allocate memory. Also, some memblock_alloc_exact_nid_raw() tests drop the
> lower limit of the requested range in order to allocate within the
> requested node, but the same setup in a memblock_alloc_try_nid_raw() test
> allocates within the requested range.

Thanks a lot Rebecca for moving forward with these changes even after
your Outreachy internship ended!

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb