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From: Chunyu Hu <chuhu@redhat.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, ljs@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com,
	vbabka@suse.cz, rppt@kernel.org, surenb@google.com,
	mhocko@suse.com, ziy@nvidia.com, baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com,
	npache@redhat.com, ryan.roberts@arm.com, dev.jain@arm.com,
	baohua@kernel.org, lance.yang@linux.dev, chuhu@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH v5 4/6] selftests/mm/vm_util: robust write_file()
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:17:51 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260323151753.2576137-5-chuhu@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260323151753.2576137-1-chuhu@redhat.com>

Add two more checks for buflen and numwritten. The buflen should be at
least one, otherwise the 'buflen - 1' could underflow and cause trouble.
The numwritten should be equal to 'buflen - 1'. The test will exit if
any of these conditions aren't met.

Additionally, add more print information when a write failure occurs or
a truncated write happens, providing clearer diagnostics.

Signed-off-by: Chunyu Hu <chuhu@redhat.com>
---
Chagnes in v5:
  - new patch for making improve on write_file. Add more safety checks and
    diagnostics info in log
---
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
index ad96d19d1b85..02db3caad646 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ void write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
 	int fd;
 	ssize_t numwritten;
+	if (buflen < 1)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Incorrect buffer len: %zu\n", buflen);
 
 	fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
 	if (fd == -1)
@@ -777,5 +779,9 @@ void write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen)
 	numwritten = write(fd, buf, buflen - 1);
 	close(fd);
 	if (numwritten < 1)
-		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Write failed\n");
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s write(%s) failed: %s\n", path, buf,
+				strerror(errno));
+	if (numwritten != buflen - 1)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s write(%s) is truncated, expected %zu bytes, got %zd bytes\n",
+				path, buf, buflen - 1, numwritten);
 }
-- 
2.53.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-23 15:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-23 15:17 [PATCH v5 0/6] selftests/mm: skip several tests when thp is not available Chunyu Hu
2026-03-23 15:17 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] selftests/mm/guard-regions: skip collapse test when thp not enabled Chunyu Hu
2026-03-23 15:17 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] selftests/mm: soft-dirty: skip two tests when thp is not available Chunyu Hu
2026-03-23 15:17 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] selftests/mm: move write_file helper to vm_util Chunyu Hu
2026-03-23 15:48   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-24  0:23     ` Chunyu Hu
2026-03-23 15:17 ` Chunyu Hu [this message]
2026-03-23 22:39   ` [PATCH v5 4/6] selftests/mm/vm_util: robust write_file() Andrew Morton
2026-03-24  0:18     ` Chunyu Hu
2026-03-23 15:17 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] selftests/mm: split_huge_page_test: skip the test when thp is not available Chunyu Hu
2026-03-23 15:17 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] selftests/mm: transhuge_stress: skip the test when thp " Chunyu Hu

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