From: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
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Subject: [PATCH v5 11/11] selftests/mm: add PMD swap entry tests
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:19:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260722152043.2273289-12-usama.arif@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260722152043.2273289-1-usama.arif@linux.dev>
Exercise the PMD swap entry paths. The tests allocate a PMD-mapped
THP, write a known pattern, swap it out via MADV_PAGEOUT, and then
exercise different code paths:
- swap-out / swap-in round-trip with data verification
- fork with read-only access from both parent and child
- fork with writes in both processes to verify COW isolation
- repeated swap cycles to catch reference counting issues
- write fault on a swapped PMD to verify dirty handling and PMD
mapping restoration
- userfaultfd RWP preservation across PMD-order swap-in
- munmap of a swapped PMD (zap_huge_pmd swap slot cleanup)
- mprotect on a swapped PMD (change_non_present_huge_pmd)
- UFFDIO_MOVE on a swapped PMD, including destination RWP preservation
- mremap of a swapped PMD (move_soft_dirty_pmd)
- pagemap reading (pagemap_pmd_range_thp softleaf_has_pfn guard)
- mincore on a swapped PMD without faulting it in
- MADV_FREE on a swapped PMD: verifies swap slots are freed via
pagemap and the memory reads back as zero
- MADV_WILLNEED on a swapped PMD
- swapoff with active PMD swap entries, including RWP preservation
Add a pmd_swap category and ksft_pmd_swap.sh wrapper so the default mm
selftest invocation and CI execute the test. PMD_SWAP_DEVICE remains
optional for the destructive swapoff case.
When zswap is enabled, PMD-order consumers may split a PMD swap entry
and retry through the PTE path because zswap stores the range as
per-page entries. In that configuration, the tests still verify data
correctness and log that the PMD mapping assertion is skipped. With
zswap disabled, the tests assert that write faults, UFFDIO_MOVE,
MADV_WILLNEED, and swapoff restore a PMD-mapped THP where expected.
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile | 2 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksft_pmd_swap.sh | 4 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/pmd_swap.c | 874 ++++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh | 4 +
4 files changed, 884 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksft_pmd_swap.sh
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/mm/pmd_swap.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
index eae504bd94c8..25af4d7b633e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES += guard-regions
TEST_GEN_FILES += merge
TEST_GEN_FILES += rmap
TEST_GEN_FILES += folio_split_race_test
+TEST_GEN_FILES += pmd_swap
ifneq ($(ARCH),arm64)
TEST_GEN_FILES += soft-dirty
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ TEST_PROGS += ksft_mremap.sh
TEST_PROGS += ksft_pagemap.sh
TEST_PROGS += ksft_pfnmap.sh
TEST_PROGS += ksft_pkey.sh
+TEST_PROGS += ksft_pmd_swap.sh
TEST_PROGS += ksft_process_madv.sh
TEST_PROGS += ksft_process_mrelease.sh
TEST_PROGS += ksft_rmap.sh
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksft_pmd_swap.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksft_pmd_swap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..0f070b4729a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksft_pmd_swap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+./run_vmtests.sh -t pmd_swap
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pmd_swap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pmd_swap.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7cf9ac074e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pmd_swap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,874 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Test PMD-level swap entries.
+ *
+ * Verifies that when a PMD-mapped THP is swapped out the kernel installs
+ * a single PMD-level swap entry (instead of splitting into 512 PTE-level
+ * entries), and that operations on the swapped region behave correctly:
+ * basic - swap out + swap in preserves data
+ * fork - parent and child both see the data
+ * fork_cow - COW after fork keeps parent's data isolated
+ * cycles - repeated swap out/in does not corrupt data
+ * write - faulting in via a write restores a PMD-mapped THP
+ * rwp_swapin - userfaultfd RWP survives PMD-order swap-in
+ * munmap - munmap on a PMD swap entry frees swap slots cleanly
+ * mprotect - mprotect on a PMD swap entry preserves data
+ * mremap - mremap on a PMD swap entry preserves data
+ * pagemap - pagemap reports the entries as swapped
+ * mincore - mincore walks a PMD swap entry without faulting it in
+ * madvise_free - MADV_FREE on a PMD swap entry does not crash
+ * madvise_willneed - MADV_WILLNEED handles a PMD swap entry
+ * uffdio_move - UFFDIO_MOVE moves a PMD swap entry
+ * swapoff - swapoff handles PMD swap entries (needs PMD_SWAP_DEVICE)
+ */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/random.h>
+#include <sys/swap.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <linux/userfaultfd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include "kselftest_harness.h"
+#include "vm_util.h"
+
+#define ZSWAP_ENABLED_PATH "/sys/module/zswap/parameters/enabled"
+
+static bool check_swapped(int pagemap_fd, char *addr, unsigned long size)
+{
+ unsigned long off;
+
+ for (off = 0; off < size; off += getpagesize())
+ if (!pagemap_is_swapped(pagemap_fd, addr + off))
+ return false;
+ return true;
+}
+
+static bool zswap_enabled(void)
+{
+ char enabled = 0;
+ FILE *f;
+
+ f = fopen(ZSWAP_ENABLED_PATH, "r");
+ if (!f)
+ return false;
+
+ if (fscanf(f, " %c", &enabled) != 1)
+ enabled = 0;
+ fclose(f);
+
+ return enabled == 'Y' || enabled == 'y' || enabled == '1';
+}
+
+static bool swap_available(int pagemap_fd)
+{
+ char *p;
+ bool ret;
+
+ p = mmap(NULL, getpagesize(), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+ if (p == MAP_FAILED)
+ return false;
+
+ memset(p, 0xab, getpagesize());
+ madvise(p, getpagesize(), MADV_PAGEOUT);
+ ret = pagemap_is_swapped(pagemap_fd, p);
+ munmap(p, getpagesize());
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static unsigned long read_vm_event(const char *name)
+{
+ char line[256];
+ size_t name_len = strlen(name);
+ unsigned long val = 0;
+ FILE *f;
+
+ f = fopen("/proc/vmstat", "r");
+ if (!f)
+ return 0;
+ while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f)) {
+ if (!strncmp(line, name, name_len) && line[name_len] == ' ') {
+ val = strtoul(line + name_len + 1, NULL, 10);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ fclose(f);
+ return val;
+}
+
+static unsigned int random_seed(void)
+{
+ unsigned int seed;
+
+ if (getrandom(&seed, sizeof(seed), 0) != sizeof(seed))
+ seed = (unsigned int)time(NULL);
+ return seed;
+}
+
+static unsigned char pattern_byte(unsigned int seed, unsigned long off)
+{
+ return (unsigned char)(seed + off);
+}
+
+static void fill_pattern(char *buf, unsigned long size, unsigned int seed)
+{
+ unsigned long i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
+ buf[i] = (char)pattern_byte(seed, i);
+}
+
+static bool verify_pattern(char *buf, unsigned long size, unsigned int seed)
+{
+ unsigned long i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
+ if ((unsigned char)buf[i] != pattern_byte(seed, i))
+ return false;
+ return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * mmap an anonymous PMD-aligned region of pmd_size bytes. Over-allocates
+ * by one PMD and trims the unaligned head/tail so the returned address is
+ * PMD-aligned (required for whole-PMD UFFDIO_MOVE).
+ */
+static char *mmap_pmd_aligned(unsigned long pmd_size)
+{
+ unsigned long pad = pmd_size;
+ char *raw, *aligned;
+
+ raw = mmap(NULL, pmd_size + pad, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+ if (raw == MAP_FAILED)
+ return MAP_FAILED;
+
+ aligned = (char *)(((uintptr_t)raw + pmd_size - 1) & ~(pmd_size - 1));
+ if (aligned != raw)
+ munmap(raw, aligned - raw);
+ if (aligned + pmd_size != raw + pmd_size + pad)
+ munmap(aligned + pmd_size,
+ (raw + pmd_size + pad) - (aligned + pmd_size));
+ return aligned;
+}
+
+/*
+ * mmap a PMD-aligned PMD-sized region, request THP, fill with a pattern,
+ * and swap it out. Verifies via the thp_swpout_pmd vmstat counter that
+ * the swap-out installed a PMD swap entry rather than splitting to PTEs.
+ */
+static char *alloc_fill_swap_thp(unsigned long pmd_size, int pagemap_fd,
+ unsigned int seed)
+{
+ unsigned long pmd_before, pmd_after;
+ char *mem;
+
+ mem = mmap_pmd_aligned(pmd_size);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ return MAP_FAILED;
+
+ madvise(mem, pmd_size, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
+ fill_pattern(mem, pmd_size, seed);
+
+ pmd_before = read_vm_event("thp_swpout_pmd");
+
+ if (madvise(mem, pmd_size, MADV_PAGEOUT) ||
+ !check_swapped(pagemap_fd, mem, pmd_size)) {
+ munmap(mem, pmd_size);
+ return MAP_FAILED;
+ }
+
+ pmd_after = read_vm_event("thp_swpout_pmd");
+ printf("# thp_swpout_pmd: %lu -> %lu\n", pmd_before, pmd_after);
+ if (pmd_after - pmd_before < 1) {
+ munmap(mem, pmd_size);
+ return MAP_FAILED;
+ }
+ return mem;
+}
+
+struct rwp_access_args {
+ unsigned char *addr;
+ unsigned char expected;
+ bool write;
+ bool ok;
+};
+
+static void *rwp_access_thread(void *data)
+{
+ struct rwp_access_args *args = data;
+
+ if (args->write)
+ *args->addr = args->expected;
+ args->ok = *args->addr == args->expected;
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static int register_rwp(char *addr, unsigned long size, bool protect)
+{
+ struct uffdio_register reg = {};
+ struct uffdio_rwprotect rwp = {};
+ struct uffdio_api api = {};
+ int uffd;
+
+ uffd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
+ if (uffd < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ api.api = UFFD_API;
+ api.features = UFFD_FEATURE_RWP;
+ if (ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_API, &api) ||
+ !(api.features & UFFD_FEATURE_RWP))
+ goto error;
+
+ reg.range.start = (unsigned long)addr;
+ reg.range.len = size;
+ reg.mode = UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_RWP;
+ if (ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_REGISTER, ®))
+ goto error;
+
+ if (!protect)
+ return uffd;
+
+ rwp.range.start = (unsigned long)addr;
+ rwp.range.len = size;
+ rwp.mode = UFFDIO_RWPROTECT_MODE_RWP;
+ if (!ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_RWPROTECT, &rwp))
+ return uffd;
+
+error:
+ close(uffd);
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static bool expect_rwp_fault(int uffd, char *addr, unsigned long size,
+ unsigned char expected, bool write)
+{
+ struct rwp_access_args args = {
+ .addr = (unsigned char *)addr,
+ .expected = expected,
+ .write = write,
+ };
+ struct uffdio_rwprotect rwp = {
+ .range = {
+ .start = (unsigned long)addr,
+ .len = size,
+ },
+ };
+ struct pollfd pollfd = {
+ .fd = uffd,
+ .events = POLLIN,
+ };
+ struct uffd_msg msg = {};
+ pthread_t thread;
+ bool saw_rwp = false;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (pthread_create(&thread, NULL, rwp_access_thread, &args))
+ return false;
+
+ ret = poll(&pollfd, 1, 5000);
+ if (ret == 1 && (pollfd.revents & POLLIN) &&
+ read(uffd, &msg, sizeof(msg)) == (ssize_t)sizeof(msg)) {
+ saw_rwp = msg.event == UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT &&
+ (msg.arg.pagefault.flags & UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_RWP);
+ }
+
+ /* Resolve the access even on failure so the worker cannot remain blocked. */
+ ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_RWPROTECT, &rwp);
+ if (pthread_join(thread, NULL))
+ return false;
+ return saw_rwp && args.ok;
+}
+
+FIXTURE(pmd_swap)
+{
+ unsigned long pmd_size;
+ int pagemap_fd;
+ unsigned int seed;
+ bool zswap_enabled;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(pmd_swap)
+{
+ self->pagemap_fd = -1;
+
+ self->pmd_size = read_pmd_pagesize();
+ if (!self->pmd_size)
+ SKIP(return, "Cannot determine PMD size\n");
+
+ self->pagemap_fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY);
+ if (self->pagemap_fd < 0)
+ SKIP(return, "Cannot open /proc/self/pagemap\n");
+
+ if (!swap_available(self->pagemap_fd))
+ SKIP(return, "Swap not available or not working\n");
+
+ self->seed = random_seed();
+ self->zswap_enabled = zswap_enabled();
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(pmd_swap)
+{
+ if (self->pagemap_fd >= 0)
+ close(self->pagemap_fd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Allocate a PMD-sized THP, write a pattern, swap it out, read it back,
+ * verify the pattern.
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, basic)
+{
+ char *mem;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, self->seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, self->seed));
+
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Allocate a THP, swap it out, fork, verify both parent and child see
+ * the correct data.
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, fork)
+{
+ char *mem;
+ pid_t pid;
+ int status;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, self->seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+ if (pid == 0)
+ _exit(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, self->seed) ? 0 : 1);
+
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, self->seed));
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(waitpid(pid, &status, 0), pid);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+ ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 0);
+
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Swap out, fork, then have parent and child write different patterns.
+ * Exercises COW on shared PMD swap entries: writes after fork must
+ * trigger copy-on-write so the parent's data stays isolated from the
+ * child's. Both processes write and then verify their own pattern so
+ * the parent-side COW path is exercised too (a parent-only-read variant
+ * only proves the swap entry survived fork).
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, fork_cow)
+{
+ unsigned int parent_seed = self->seed;
+ unsigned int child_seed = ~self->seed;
+ unsigned int post_seed = self->seed ^ 0xa5a5a5a5;
+ char *mem;
+ pid_t pid;
+ int status;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, parent_seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ pid = fork();
+ ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ fill_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, child_seed);
+ _exit(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, child_seed) ? 0 : 1);
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(waitpid(pid, &status, 0), pid);
+
+ /* Child's writes must not leak back into the parent. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, parent_seed));
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+ ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 0);
+
+ /* Now trigger the parent-side COW and confirm the write sticks. */
+ fill_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, post_seed);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, post_seed));
+
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Swap a THP out and in repeatedly without data corruption.
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, cycles)
+{
+ const int num_cycles = 5;
+ char *mem;
+ int cycle;
+
+ for (cycle = 0; cycle < num_cycles; cycle++) {
+ unsigned int seed = self->seed + cycle;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP at cycle %d\n",
+ cycle);
+
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, seed));
+
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Swap out, fault in via a write to the first page, verify the write
+ * reinstates a THP mapping and the rest of the THP is preserved.
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, write)
+{
+ unsigned int seed = self->seed;
+ char *mem;
+ unsigned long i;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ mem[0] = 0xbb;
+ ASSERT_EQ(mem[0], (char)0xbb);
+
+ if (self->zswap_enabled) {
+ TH_LOG("zswap is enabled, so PMD mapping is not checked");
+ } else {
+ ASSERT_TRUE(check_huge_anon(mem, 1, self->pmd_size));
+ }
+
+ for (i = 1; i < self->pmd_size; i++)
+ ASSERT_EQ((unsigned char)mem[i], pattern_byte(seed, i));
+
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/* RWP protection on a swap PMD must survive PMD-order swap-in. */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, rwp_swapin)
+{
+ unsigned int seed = self->seed;
+ char *mem;
+ int uffd;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ uffd = register_rwp(mem, self->pmd_size, true);
+ if (uffd < 0) {
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ SKIP(return, "Userfaultfd RWP unsupported\n");
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_TRUE(expect_rwp_fault(uffd, mem, self->pmd_size,
+ pattern_byte(seed, 0), false)) {
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, seed));
+
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * munmap while the folio is swapped out. Exercises zap_huge_pmd() on a
+ * PMD swap entry — must free the swap slots without trying to look up
+ * a folio.
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, munmap)
+{
+ char *mem;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, self->seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Change protection on a swapped PMD entry, then fault back in and
+ * verify data. Exercises change_non_present_huge_pmd().
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, mprotect)
+{
+ unsigned int seed = self->seed;
+ char *mem;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(mem, self->pmd_size, PROT_READ), 0);
+ ASSERT_EQ(mprotect(mem, self->pmd_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE), 0);
+
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, seed));
+
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * UFFDIO_MOVE a PMD swap entry from src to a registered dst. Exercises
+ * move_pages_huge_pmd() handling of pmd_is_swap_entry: the whole PMD swap
+ * entry must move to dst without splitting, and the destination must
+ * read back the original pattern after a swap-in fault.
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, uffdio_move)
+{
+ unsigned int seed = self->seed;
+ struct uffdio_register reg = {};
+ struct uffdio_move move = {};
+ struct uffdio_api api = {};
+ char *src, *dst;
+ bool rwp;
+ int uffd;
+
+ dst = mmap_pmd_aligned(self->pmd_size);
+ if (dst == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not mmap aligned dst\n");
+
+ src = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, seed);
+ if (src == MAP_FAILED) {
+ munmap(dst, self->pmd_size);
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+ }
+ if ((uintptr_t)src & (self->pmd_size - 1)) {
+ munmap(src, self->pmd_size);
+ munmap(dst, self->pmd_size);
+ SKIP(return, "src not PMD-aligned\n");
+ }
+
+ uffd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
+ if (uffd < 0) {
+ munmap(src, self->pmd_size);
+ munmap(dst, self->pmd_size);
+ SKIP(return, "userfaultfd unavailable\n");
+ }
+
+ api.api = UFFD_API;
+ api.features = UFFD_FEATURE_MOVE | UFFD_FEATURE_RWP;
+ if (ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_API, &api) ||
+ !(api.features & UFFD_FEATURE_MOVE)) {
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(src, self->pmd_size);
+ munmap(dst, self->pmd_size);
+ SKIP(return, "UFFD_FEATURE_MOVE unsupported\n");
+ }
+ rwp = api.features & UFFD_FEATURE_RWP;
+
+ reg.range.start = (unsigned long)dst;
+ reg.range.len = self->pmd_size;
+ reg.mode = UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING |
+ (rwp ? UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_RWP : 0);
+ if (ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_REGISTER, ®)) {
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(src, self->pmd_size);
+ munmap(dst, self->pmd_size);
+ SKIP(return, "UFFDIO_REGISTER failed\n");
+ }
+
+ move.dst = (unsigned long)dst;
+ move.src = (unsigned long)src;
+ move.len = self->pmd_size;
+ if (ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_MOVE, &move)) {
+ int saved_errno = errno;
+
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(src, self->pmd_size);
+ munmap(dst, self->pmd_size);
+ ASSERT_EQ(saved_errno, 0);
+ }
+ ASSERT_EQ(move.move, self->pmd_size);
+
+ /* dst inherits the PMD swap entry; reading it must restore the data. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(check_swapped(self->pagemap_fd, dst, self->pmd_size));
+ if (rwp) {
+ ASSERT_TRUE(expect_rwp_fault(uffd, dst, self->pmd_size,
+ pattern_byte(seed, 0), false)) {
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(src, self->pmd_size);
+ munmap(dst, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+ }
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(dst, self->pmd_size, seed));
+ if (self->zswap_enabled) {
+ TH_LOG("zswap is enabled, so PMD mapping is not checked");
+ } else {
+ /* The whole-PMD path must reinstate a THP, not 512 PTE folios. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(check_huge_anon(dst, 1, self->pmd_size));
+ }
+
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(src, self->pmd_size);
+ munmap(dst, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Move a swapped PMD entry to a new address, fault in, verify data.
+ * Exercises move_huge_pmd() and move_soft_dirty_pmd().
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, mremap)
+{
+ unsigned int seed = self->seed;
+ char *mem, *new_mem;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ new_mem = mremap(mem, self->pmd_size, self->pmd_size, MREMAP_MAYMOVE);
+ if (new_mem == MAP_FAILED) {
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ ASSERT_NE(new_mem, MAP_FAILED);
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(new_mem, self->pmd_size, seed));
+
+ munmap(new_mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Read /proc/self/pagemap on a PMD swap entry. Exercises the pagemap
+ * PMD walker which must handle PMD swap entries without trying to
+ * convert them to a page via softleaf_to_page().
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, pagemap)
+{
+ char *mem;
+ uint64_t entry;
+ unsigned long off;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, self->seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ for (off = 0; off < self->pmd_size; off += getpagesize()) {
+ entry = pagemap_get_entry(self->pagemap_fd, mem + off);
+ /* Bit 62 = swapped */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(entry & (1ULL << 62));
+ }
+
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * mincore() on a swapped-out PMD-mapped THP must handle the non-present PMD
+ * entry in place. The call must not fault the PMD back in or split the entry.
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, mincore)
+{
+ unsigned long pages = self->pmd_size / getpagesize();
+ unsigned char *vec;
+ char *mem;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, self->seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ vec = calloc(pages, sizeof(*vec));
+ ASSERT_NE(vec, NULL) {
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(mincore(mem, self->pmd_size, vec), 0) {
+ free(vec);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+ ASSERT_TRUE(check_swapped(self->pagemap_fd, mem, self->pmd_size)) {
+ free(vec);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+
+ free(vec);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * MADV_FREE on a swapped-out PMD must free the swap slots and clear the
+ * entry. After the call, pagemap must no longer report the pages as
+ * swapped, and accessing the region must yield zero pages.
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, madvise_free)
+{
+ char *mem;
+ unsigned long i;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, self->seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ ASSERT_TRUE(check_swapped(self->pagemap_fd, mem, self->pmd_size));
+ ASSERT_EQ(madvise(mem, self->pmd_size, MADV_FREE), 0);
+ ASSERT_FALSE(check_swapped(self->pagemap_fd, mem, self->pmd_size));
+
+ for (i = 0; i < self->pmd_size; i += getpagesize())
+ ASSERT_EQ(mem[i], 0);
+
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * MADV_WILLNEED on a swapped-out PMD-mapped THP may schedule PMD-order
+ * swapin I/O, find the PMD-sized folio already resident in the swap cache,
+ * or split to the PTE path when zswap has per-page state for the range.
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap, madvise_willneed)
+{
+ char *mem;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, self->seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(madvise(mem, self->pmd_size, MADV_WILLNEED), 0);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(check_swapped(self->pagemap_fd, mem, self->pmd_size));
+
+ /* First touch faults the data back in. */
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, self->seed));
+
+ if (self->zswap_enabled)
+ TH_LOG("zswap is enabled, so PMD mapping is not checked");
+ else
+ ASSERT_TRUE(check_huge_anon(mem, 1, self->pmd_size));
+
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * swapoff requires a dedicated swap device path. Use a separate fixture
+ * that picks the device up from the PMD_SWAP_DEVICE environment variable
+ * and skips when unset.
+ */
+FIXTURE(pmd_swap_swapoff)
+{
+ unsigned long pmd_size;
+ int pagemap_fd;
+ const char *swap_dev;
+ unsigned int seed;
+ bool zswap_enabled;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(pmd_swap_swapoff)
+{
+ self->pagemap_fd = -1;
+ self->swap_dev = getenv("PMD_SWAP_DEVICE");
+ if (!self->swap_dev)
+ SKIP(return, "PMD_SWAP_DEVICE env var not set\n");
+
+ self->pmd_size = read_pmd_pagesize();
+ if (!self->pmd_size)
+ SKIP(return, "Cannot determine PMD size\n");
+
+ self->pagemap_fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY);
+ if (self->pagemap_fd < 0)
+ SKIP(return, "Cannot open /proc/self/pagemap\n");
+
+ if (!swap_available(self->pagemap_fd))
+ SKIP(return, "Swap not available or not working\n");
+
+ self->seed = random_seed();
+ self->zswap_enabled = zswap_enabled();
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(pmd_swap_swapoff)
+{
+ if (self->pagemap_fd >= 0)
+ close(self->pagemap_fd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Swap out a THP, then turn off swap. Verify data is intact. When zswap is
+ * not active, the PMD-order swapoff path should preserve the huge mapping.
+ */
+TEST_F(pmd_swap_swapoff, basic)
+{
+ unsigned int seed = self->seed;
+ char *mem;
+ int uffd, ret, err;
+
+ mem = alloc_fill_swap_thp(self->pmd_size, self->pagemap_fd, seed);
+ if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+ SKIP(return, "Could not create swapped THP\n");
+ uffd = register_rwp(mem, self->pmd_size, true);
+
+ ret = swapoff(self->swap_dev);
+ err = errno;
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("swapoff(%s) failed: %s", self->swap_dev, strerror(err));
+ if (uffd >= 0)
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Check the PMD residency before touching the memory. If we read
+ * first, a bug that left a PMD swap entry in place after swapoff
+ * would silently trigger do_huge_pmd_swap_page() and reinstall a
+ * PMD mapping, masking the regression.
+ */
+ if (self->zswap_enabled) {
+ TH_LOG("zswap is enabled, so PMD mapping is not checked");
+ } else {
+ ASSERT_TRUE(check_huge_anon(mem, 1, self->pmd_size)) {
+ swapon(self->swap_dev, 0);
+ if (uffd >= 0)
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+ }
+ if (uffd >= 0) {
+ ASSERT_TRUE(expect_rwp_fault(uffd, mem, self->pmd_size,
+ pattern_byte(seed, 0), false)) {
+ swapon(self->swap_dev, 0);
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_TRUE(verify_pattern(mem, self->pmd_size, seed)) {
+ swapon(self->swap_dev, 0);
+ if (uffd >= 0)
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+
+ ret = swapon(self->swap_dev, 0);
+ err = errno;
+ ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0) {
+ TH_LOG("swapon(%s) failed: %s", self->swap_dev, strerror(err));
+ if (uffd >= 0)
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+ }
+
+ if (uffd >= 0)
+ close(uffd);
+ munmap(mem, self->pmd_size);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
index 687d115e3bd8..0a860c4852f2 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ separated by spaces:
test pagemap_scan IOCTL
- pfnmap
tests for VM_PFNMAP handling
+- pmd_swap
+ tests for PMD-level swap entries
- process_madv
test for process_madv
- cow
@@ -399,6 +401,8 @@ CATEGORY="pagemap" run_test ./pagemap_ioctl
CATEGORY="pfnmap" run_test ./pfnmap
+CATEGORY="pmd_swap" run_test ./pmd_swap
+
# COW tests
CATEGORY="cow" run_test ./cow
--
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2026-07-22 15:19 [PATCH v5 00/11] mm: PMD-level swap entries for anonymous THPs Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` [PATCH v5 01/11] mm: add PMD swap entry detection support Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` [PATCH v5 02/11] mm: add PMD swap entry splitting support Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` [PATCH v5 03/11] mm: handle PMD swap entries in fork path Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` [PATCH v5 04/11] mm: zswap: add range lookup for large-folio swapin Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` [PATCH v5 05/11] mm: swap in PMD swap entries as whole THPs during swapoff Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` [PATCH v5 06/11] mm: handle PMD swap entries in non-present PMD walkers Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` [PATCH v5 07/11] mm: handle PMD swap entries in MADV_WILLNEED Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` [PATCH v5 08/11] mm: handle PMD swap entries in UFFDIO_MOVE Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` [PATCH v5 09/11] mm: handle PMD swap entry faults on swap-in Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] mm: install PMD swap entries on swap-out Usama Arif
2026-07-22 15:19 ` Usama Arif [this message]
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