From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@redhat.com,
lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com,
vbabka@suse.cz, rppt@kernel.org, riel@surriel.com,
harry.yoo@oracle.com
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Subject: [Patch v3 1/2] selftests/mm: put general ksm operation into vm_util
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 02:29:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250818022905.15428-2-richard.weiyang@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250818022905.15428-1-richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
There are some general ksm operations could be used by other related
test cases. Put them into vm_util for common use.
This is a preparation patch for later use.
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
---
v3:
* rebase on latest mm-unstable
v2:
* do check on file opening in init_global_file_handlers()
* factor out ksm_merge() and ksm_unmerge() instead of partial of it
* align the return value of helpers: 0 on success, -errno on error
v1: open/close fd in function itself instead of pass as parameter
---
.../selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c | 134 +++---------------
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c | 123 ++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h | 7 +
3 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 111 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
index d8bd1911dfc0..c9d72daa3138 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ enum ksm_merge_mode {
};
static int mem_fd;
-static int ksm_fd;
-static int ksm_full_scans_fd;
-static int proc_self_ksm_stat_fd;
-static int proc_self_ksm_merging_pages_fd;
-static int ksm_use_zero_pages_fd;
static int pagemap_fd;
static size_t pagesize;
@@ -73,88 +68,6 @@ static bool range_maps_duplicates(char *addr, unsigned long size)
return false;
}
-static long get_my_ksm_zero_pages(void)
-{
- char buf[200];
- char *substr_ksm_zero;
- size_t value_pos;
- ssize_t read_size;
- unsigned long my_ksm_zero_pages;
-
- if (!proc_self_ksm_stat_fd)
- return 0;
-
- read_size = pread(proc_self_ksm_stat_fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, 0);
- if (read_size < 0)
- return -errno;
-
- buf[read_size] = 0;
-
- substr_ksm_zero = strstr(buf, "ksm_zero_pages");
- if (!substr_ksm_zero)
- return 0;
-
- value_pos = strcspn(substr_ksm_zero, "0123456789");
- my_ksm_zero_pages = strtol(substr_ksm_zero + value_pos, NULL, 10);
-
- return my_ksm_zero_pages;
-}
-
-static long get_my_merging_pages(void)
-{
- char buf[10];
- ssize_t ret;
-
- if (proc_self_ksm_merging_pages_fd < 0)
- return proc_self_ksm_merging_pages_fd;
-
- ret = pread(proc_self_ksm_merging_pages_fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, 0);
- if (ret <= 0)
- return -errno;
- buf[ret] = 0;
-
- return strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
-}
-
-static long ksm_get_full_scans(void)
-{
- char buf[10];
- ssize_t ret;
-
- ret = pread(ksm_full_scans_fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, 0);
- if (ret <= 0)
- return -errno;
- buf[ret] = 0;
-
- return strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
-}
-
-static int ksm_merge(void)
-{
- long start_scans, end_scans;
-
- /* Wait for two full scans such that any possible merging happened. */
- start_scans = ksm_get_full_scans();
- if (start_scans < 0)
- return start_scans;
- if (write(ksm_fd, "1", 1) != 1)
- return -errno;
- do {
- end_scans = ksm_get_full_scans();
- if (end_scans < 0)
- return end_scans;
- } while (end_scans < start_scans + 2);
-
- return 0;
-}
-
-static int ksm_unmerge(void)
-{
- if (write(ksm_fd, "2", 1) != 1)
- return -errno;
- return 0;
-}
-
static char *__mmap_and_merge_range(char val, unsigned long size, int prot,
enum ksm_merge_mode mode)
{
@@ -163,12 +76,12 @@ static char *__mmap_and_merge_range(char val, unsigned long size, int prot,
int ret;
/* Stabilize accounting by disabling KSM completely. */
- if (ksm_unmerge()) {
+ if (ksm_stop() < 0) {
ksft_print_msg("Disabling (unmerging) KSM failed\n");
return err_map;
}
- if (get_my_merging_pages() > 0) {
+ if (ksm_get_self_merging_pages() > 0) {
ksft_print_msg("Still pages merged\n");
return err_map;
}
@@ -218,7 +131,7 @@ static char *__mmap_and_merge_range(char val, unsigned long size, int prot,
}
/* Run KSM to trigger merging and wait. */
- if (ksm_merge()) {
+ if (ksm_start() < 0) {
ksft_print_msg("Running KSM failed\n");
goto unmap;
}
@@ -227,7 +140,7 @@ static char *__mmap_and_merge_range(char val, unsigned long size, int prot,
* Check if anything was merged at all. Ignore the zero page that is
* accounted differently (depending on kernel support).
*/
- if (val && !get_my_merging_pages()) {
+ if (val && !ksm_get_self_merging_pages()) {
ksft_print_msg("No pages got merged\n");
goto unmap;
}
@@ -274,6 +187,7 @@ static void test_unmerge(void)
ksft_test_result(!range_maps_duplicates(map, size),
"Pages were unmerged\n");
unmap:
+ ksm_stop();
munmap(map, size);
}
@@ -286,15 +200,12 @@ static void test_unmerge_zero_pages(void)
ksft_print_msg("[RUN] %s\n", __func__);
- if (proc_self_ksm_stat_fd < 0) {
- ksft_test_result_skip("open(\"/proc/self/ksm_stat\") failed\n");
- return;
- }
- if (ksm_use_zero_pages_fd < 0) {
- ksft_test_result_skip("open \"/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/use_zero_pages\" failed\n");
+ if (ksm_get_self_zero_pages() < 0) {
+ ksft_test_result_skip("accessing \"/proc/self/ksm_stat\" failed\n");
return;
}
- if (write(ksm_use_zero_pages_fd, "1", 1) != 1) {
+
+ if (ksm_use_zero_pages() < 0) {
ksft_test_result_skip("write \"/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/use_zero_pages\" failed\n");
return;
}
@@ -306,7 +217,7 @@ static void test_unmerge_zero_pages(void)
/* Check if ksm_zero_pages is updated correctly after KSM merging */
pages_expected = size / pagesize;
- if (pages_expected != get_my_ksm_zero_pages()) {
+ if (pages_expected != ksm_get_self_zero_pages()) {
ksft_test_result_fail("'ksm_zero_pages' updated after merging\n");
goto unmap;
}
@@ -319,7 +230,7 @@ static void test_unmerge_zero_pages(void)
/* Check if ksm_zero_pages is updated correctly after unmerging */
pages_expected /= 2;
- if (pages_expected != get_my_ksm_zero_pages()) {
+ if (pages_expected != ksm_get_self_zero_pages()) {
ksft_test_result_fail("'ksm_zero_pages' updated after unmerging\n");
goto unmap;
}
@@ -329,7 +240,7 @@ static void test_unmerge_zero_pages(void)
*((unsigned int *)&map[offs]) = offs;
/* Now we should have no zeropages remaining. */
- if (get_my_ksm_zero_pages()) {
+ if (ksm_get_self_zero_pages()) {
ksft_test_result_fail("'ksm_zero_pages' updated after write fault\n");
goto unmap;
}
@@ -338,6 +249,7 @@ static void test_unmerge_zero_pages(void)
ksft_test_result(!range_maps_duplicates(map, size),
"KSM zero pages were unmerged\n");
unmap:
+ ksm_stop();
munmap(map, size);
}
@@ -366,6 +278,7 @@ static void test_unmerge_discarded(void)
ksft_test_result(!range_maps_duplicates(map, size),
"Pages were unmerged\n");
unmap:
+ ksm_stop();
munmap(map, size);
}
@@ -452,6 +365,7 @@ static void test_unmerge_uffd_wp(void)
close_uffd:
close(uffd);
unmap:
+ ksm_stop();
munmap(map, size);
}
#endif
@@ -515,6 +429,7 @@ static int test_child_ksm(void)
else if (map == MAP_MERGE_SKIP)
return -3;
+ ksm_stop();
munmap(map, size);
return 0;
}
@@ -644,6 +559,7 @@ static void test_prctl_unmerge(void)
ksft_test_result(!range_maps_duplicates(map, size),
"Pages were unmerged\n");
unmap:
+ ksm_stop();
munmap(map, size);
}
@@ -685,19 +601,15 @@ static void init_global_file_handles(void)
mem_fd = open("/proc/self/mem", O_RDWR);
if (mem_fd < 0)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("opening /proc/self/mem failed\n");
- ksm_fd = open("/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run", O_RDWR);
- if (ksm_fd < 0)
- ksft_exit_skip("open(\"/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run\") failed\n");
- ksm_full_scans_fd = open("/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/full_scans", O_RDONLY);
- if (ksm_full_scans_fd < 0)
- ksft_exit_skip("open(\"/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/full_scans\") failed\n");
+ if (ksm_stop() < 0)
+ ksft_exit_skip("accessing \"/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run\") failed\n");
+ if (ksm_get_full_scans() < 0)
+ ksft_exit_skip("accessing \"/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/full_scans\") failed\n");
pagemap_fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY);
if (pagemap_fd < 0)
ksft_exit_skip("open(\"/proc/self/pagemap\") failed\n");
- proc_self_ksm_stat_fd = open("/proc/self/ksm_stat", O_RDONLY);
- proc_self_ksm_merging_pages_fd = open("/proc/self/ksm_merging_pages",
- O_RDONLY);
- ksm_use_zero_pages_fd = open("/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/use_zero_pages", O_RDWR);
+ if (ksm_get_self_merging_pages() < 0)
+ ksft_exit_skip("accessing \"/proc/self/ksm_merging_pages\") failed\n");
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
index 6a239aa413e2..ab7271ed5ff3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
@@ -565,3 +565,126 @@ bool detect_huge_zeropage(void)
close(fd);
return enabled;
}
+
+long ksm_get_self_zero_pages(void)
+{
+ int proc_self_ksm_stat_fd;
+ char buf[200];
+ char *substr_ksm_zero;
+ size_t value_pos;
+ ssize_t read_size;
+
+ proc_self_ksm_stat_fd = open("/proc/self/ksm_stat", O_RDONLY);
+ if (proc_self_ksm_stat_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ read_size = pread(proc_self_ksm_stat_fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, 0);
+ close(proc_self_ksm_stat_fd);
+ if (read_size < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ buf[read_size] = 0;
+
+ substr_ksm_zero = strstr(buf, "ksm_zero_pages");
+ if (!substr_ksm_zero)
+ return 0;
+
+ value_pos = strcspn(substr_ksm_zero, "0123456789");
+ return strtol(substr_ksm_zero + value_pos, NULL, 10);
+}
+
+long ksm_get_self_merging_pages(void)
+{
+ int proc_self_ksm_merging_pages_fd;
+ char buf[10];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ proc_self_ksm_merging_pages_fd = open("/proc/self/ksm_merging_pages",
+ O_RDONLY);
+ if (proc_self_ksm_merging_pages_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ ret = pread(proc_self_ksm_merging_pages_fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, 0);
+ close(proc_self_ksm_merging_pages_fd);
+ if (ret <= 0)
+ return -errno;
+ buf[ret] = 0;
+
+ return strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
+}
+
+long ksm_get_full_scans(void)
+{
+ int ksm_full_scans_fd;
+ char buf[10];
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ksm_full_scans_fd = open("/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/full_scans", O_RDONLY);
+ if (ksm_full_scans_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ ret = pread(ksm_full_scans_fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, 0);
+ close(ksm_full_scans_fd);
+ if (ret <= 0)
+ return -errno;
+ buf[ret] = 0;
+
+ return strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
+}
+
+int ksm_use_zero_pages(void)
+{
+ int ksm_use_zero_pages_fd;
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ksm_use_zero_pages_fd = open("/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/use_zero_pages", O_RDWR);
+ if (ksm_use_zero_pages_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ ret = write(ksm_use_zero_pages_fd, "1", 1);
+ close(ksm_use_zero_pages_fd);
+ return ret == 1 ? 0 : -errno;
+}
+
+int ksm_start(void)
+{
+ int ksm_fd;
+ ssize_t ret;
+ long start_scans, end_scans;
+
+ ksm_fd = open("/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run", O_RDWR);
+ if (ksm_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ /* Wait for two full scans such that any possible merging happened. */
+ start_scans = ksm_get_full_scans();
+ if (start_scans < 0) {
+ close(ksm_fd);
+ return start_scans;
+ }
+ ret = write(ksm_fd, "1", 1);
+ close(ksm_fd);
+ if (ret != 1)
+ return -errno;
+ do {
+ end_scans = ksm_get_full_scans();
+ if (end_scans < 0)
+ return end_scans;
+ } while (end_scans < start_scans + 2);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int ksm_stop(void)
+{
+ int ksm_fd;
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ ksm_fd = open("/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run", O_RDWR);
+ if (ksm_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ ret = write(ksm_fd, "2", 1);
+ close(ksm_fd);
+ return ret == 1 ? 0 : -errno;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
index 1843ad48d32b..ba4d9fa44a7d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ static inline void log_test_result(int result)
void *sys_mremap(void *old_address, unsigned long old_size,
unsigned long new_size, int flags, void *new_address);
+long ksm_get_self_zero_pages(void);
+long ksm_get_self_merging_pages(void);
+long ksm_get_full_scans(void);
+int ksm_use_zero_pages(void);
+int ksm_start(void);
+int ksm_stop(void);
+
/*
* On ppc64 this will only work with radix 2M hugepage size
*/
--
2.34.1
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