From: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Nico Pache <nico.pache@linux.dev>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>, Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>,
Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] kselftest: mm: replace usage of /proc/self/smaps for check_huge_xxx() helper
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:40:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260820-fix_split-v1-2-ab430c58c7cf@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260820-fix_split-v1-0-ab430c58c7cf@arm.com>
Since glibc commit 321e1fc73f (“malloc: Enable 2MB THP by default on AArch64”),
glibc may call madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE) for sufficiently large allocations
made by memalign().
The underlying VMA may start at a different address from the aligned
address returned by memalign(). Furthermore, a subsequent
madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE) call does not split the VMA because the flag is
already set.
This causes split_huge_page_test to fail because the check_huge_xxx()
helpers incorrectly require the address returned by memalign() to
match the VMA start address reported in /proc/self/smaps.
Fix this by using /proc/self/pagemap and /proc/kpageflags instead of
/proc/self/smaps to detect huge pages and change the meaning of
check_huge_xxx()'s nr_hpages argument:
- nr_hpages > 0: check all of pages in the range are huge page.
- nr_hpages < 0: check all of pages in the range are not huge page.
- nr_hpages == 0: invalid.
Reported-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c | 26 ++---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c | 6 +-
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c | 135 ++++++++++++++++++----
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
index 10e8dedcb087d..2e4665e6d5852 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static void __madvise_collapse(const char *msg, char *p, int nr_hpages,
ret = madvise_collapse_retry(p, nr_hpages * hpage_pmd_size);
if (((bool)ret) == expect)
fail("Fail: Bad return value");
- else if (!ops->check_huge(p, expect ? nr_hpages : 0))
+ else if (!ops->check_huge(p, expect ? nr_hpages : -nr_hpages))
fail("Fail: check_huge()");
else
success("OK");
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static void madvise_collapse(const char *msg, char *p, int nr_hpages,
struct mem_ops *ops, bool expect)
{
/* Sanity check */
- if (!ops->check_huge(p, 0))
+ if (!ops->check_huge(p, -nr_hpages))
ksft_exit_fail_msg("Unexpected huge page\n");
__madvise_collapse(msg, p, nr_hpages, ops, expect);
}
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static bool wait_for_scan(const char *msg, char *p, int nr_hpages,
int timeout = 6; /* 3 seconds */
/* Sanity check */
- if (!ops->check_huge(p, 0))
+ if (!ops->check_huge(p, -nr_hpages))
ksft_exit_fail_msg("Unexpected huge page\n");
madvise(p, nr_hpages * hpage_pmd_size, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static void khugepaged_collapse(const char *msg, char *p, int nr_hpages,
if (ops != &__anon_ops)
ops->fault(p, 0, nr_hpages * hpage_pmd_size);
- if (ops->check_huge(p, expect ? nr_hpages : 0))
+ if (ops->check_huge(p, expect ? nr_hpages : -nr_hpages))
success("OK");
else
fail("Fail");
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static void alloc_at_fault(void)
madvise(p, page_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
ksft_print_msg("Split huge PMD on MADV_DONTNEED...");
- if (check_huge_anon(p, 0, hpage_pmd_size))
+ if (check_huge_anon(p, -1, hpage_pmd_size))
success("OK");
else
fail("Fail");
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static void collapse_single_pte_entry_compound(struct collapse_context *c, struc
madvise(p, hpage_pmd_size, MADV_NOHUGEPAGE);
ksft_print_msg("Split huge page leaving single PTE mapping compound page...");
madvise(p + page_size, hpage_pmd_size - page_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
- if (ops->check_huge(p, 0))
+ if (ops->check_huge(p, -1))
success("OK");
else
fail("Fail");
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ static void collapse_full_of_compound(struct collapse_context *c, struct mem_ops
ksft_print_msg("Split huge page leaving single PTE page table full of compound pages...");
madvise(p, page_size, MADV_NOHUGEPAGE);
madvise(p, hpage_pmd_size, MADV_NOHUGEPAGE);
- if (ops->check_huge(p, 0))
+ if (ops->check_huge(p, -1))
success("OK");
else
fail("Fail");
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ static void collapse_fork(struct collapse_context *c, struct mem_ops *ops)
ksft_print_msg("Allocate small page...");
ops->fault(p, 0, page_size);
- if (ops->check_huge(p, 0))
+ if (ops->check_huge(p, -1))
success("OK");
else
fail("Fail");
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static void collapse_fork(struct collapse_context *c, struct mem_ops *ops)
ksft_print_msg("Share small page over fork()...");
if (!fork()) {
/* Do not touch settings on child exit */
- if (ops->check_huge(p, 0))
+ if (ops->check_huge(p, -1))
success("OK");
else
fail("Fail");
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static void collapse_fork(struct collapse_context *c, struct mem_ops *ops)
exit_status = WEXITSTATUS(wstatus);
ksft_print_msg("Check if parent still has small page...");
- if (ops->check_huge(p, 0))
+ if (ops->check_huge(p, -1))
success("OK");
else
fail("Fail");
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ static void collapse_fork_compound(struct collapse_context *c, struct mem_ops *o
ksft_print_msg("Split huge page PMD in child process...");
madvise(p, page_size, MADV_NOHUGEPAGE);
madvise(p, hpage_pmd_size, MADV_NOHUGEPAGE);
- if (ops->check_huge(p, 0))
+ if (ops->check_huge(p, -1))
success("OK");
else
fail("Fail");
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ static void collapse_max_ptes_shared(struct collapse_context *c, struct mem_ops
ksft_print_msg("Trigger CoW on page %d of %d...",
hpage_pmd_nr - max_ptes_shared - 1, hpage_pmd_nr);
ops->fault(p, 0, (hpage_pmd_nr - max_ptes_shared - 1) * page_size);
- if (ops->check_huge(p, 0))
+ if (ops->check_huge(p, -1))
success("OK");
else
fail("Fail");
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ static void collapse_max_ptes_shared(struct collapse_context *c, struct mem_ops
hpage_pmd_nr - max_ptes_shared, hpage_pmd_nr);
ops->fault(p, 0, (hpage_pmd_nr - max_ptes_shared) *
page_size);
- if (ops->check_huge(p, 0))
+ if (ops->check_huge(p, -1))
success("OK");
else
fail("Fail");
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
index 99b45e5518199..4fcd330cf0726 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static void verify_rss_anon_split_huge_page_all_zeroes(char *one_page, int nr_hp
if (one_page[i] != (char)0)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("%ld byte corrupted\n", i);
- if (!check_huge_anon(one_page, 0, pmd_pagesize))
+ if (!check_huge_anon(one_page, -nr_hpages, pmd_pagesize))
ksft_exit_fail_msg("Still AnonHugePages not split\n");
rss_anon_after = rss_anon();
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static void split_pmd_thp_to_order(int order)
(pmd_order + 1)))
ksft_exit_fail_msg("Unexpected THP split\n");
- if (!check_huge_anon(one_page, 0, pmd_pagesize))
+ if (!check_huge_anon(one_page, -4, pmd_pagesize))
ksft_exit_fail_msg("Still AnonHugePages not split\n");
ksft_test_result_pass("Split huge pages to order %d successful\n", order);
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ static void split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order_at(size_t fd_size,
goto out;
}
- if (!check_huge_file(addr, 0, pmd_pagesize)) {
+ if (!check_huge_file(addr, -(fd_size / pmd_pagesize), pmd_pagesize)) {
ksft_print_msg("Still FilePmdMapped not split\n");
err = EXIT_FAILURE;
goto out;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
index 311fc5b4513eb..166d5d79289f3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
#define PMD_SIZE_FILE_PATH "/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hpage_pmd_size"
#define SMAP_FILE_PATH "/proc/self/smaps"
#define STATUS_FILE_PATH "/proc/self/status"
+#define PAGEMAP_FILE_PATH "/proc/self/pagemap"
+#define KPAGEFLAGS_FILE_PATH "/proc/kpageflags"
#define MAX_LINE_LENGTH 500
unsigned int __page_size;
@@ -229,37 +231,128 @@ char *__get_smap_entry(void *addr, const char *pattern, char *buf, size_t len)
return entry;
}
-bool __check_huge(void *addr, char *pattern, int nr_hpages,
- uint64_t hpage_size)
-{
- char buffer[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
- uint64_t thp = -1;
- char *entry;
-
- entry = __get_smap_entry(addr, pattern, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
- if (!entry)
- goto err_out;
-
- if (sscanf(entry, "%9" SCNu64 " kB", &thp) != 1)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("Reading smap error\n");
-
-err_out:
- return thp == (nr_hpages * (hpage_size >> 10));
-}
-
bool check_huge_anon(void *addr, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size)
{
- return __check_huge(addr, "AnonHugePages: ", nr_hpages, hpage_size);
+ int i, pagemap_fd, nr = 0;
+ uint64_t categories;
+ bool expect_huge;
+
+ if (nr_hpages == 0 || hpage_size == 0)
+ return false;
+
+ if (nr_hpages < 0) {
+ nr_hpages = -nr_hpages;
+ expect_huge = false;
+ } else
+ expect_huge = true;
+
+ pagemap_fd = open(PAGEMAP_FILE_PATH, O_RDONLY);
+ if (pagemap_fd < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("open pagemap: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_hpages; i++, addr += hpage_size) {
+ categories = pagemap_scan_get_categories(pagemap_fd, addr);
+ if (!(categories & PAGE_IS_HUGE))
+ continue;
+ if (categories & PAGE_IS_FILE)
+ continue;
+ nr++;
+ }
+
+ close(pagemap_fd);
+ return expect_huge ? nr == nr_hpages : nr == 0;
}
bool check_huge_file(void *addr, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size)
{
- return __check_huge(addr, "FilePmdMapped:", nr_hpages, hpage_size);
+ int i, pagemap_fd, kpf_fd, nr = 0;
+ unsigned long pfn;
+ uint64_t categories, kpf;
+ bool expect_huge;
+
+ if (nr_hpages == 0 || hpage_size == 0)
+ return false;
+
+ if (nr_hpages < 0) {
+ nr_hpages = -nr_hpages;
+ expect_huge = false;
+ } else
+ expect_huge = true;
+
+ pagemap_fd = open(PAGEMAP_FILE_PATH, O_RDONLY);
+ if (pagemap_fd < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("open pagemap: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ kpf_fd = open(KPAGEFLAGS_FILE_PATH, O_RDONLY);
+ if (kpf_fd < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("open kpageflags: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_hpages; i++, addr += hpage_size) {
+ categories = pagemap_scan_get_categories(pagemap_fd, addr);
+ pfn = pagemap_get_pfn(pagemap_fd, addr);
+ if (pfn == -1UL)
+ continue;
+ if (pageflags_get(pfn, kpf_fd, &kpf))
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("read kpageflags: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ if (!(categories & PAGE_IS_HUGE))
+ continue;
+ if (!(categories & PAGE_IS_FILE))
+ continue;
+ if (kpf & KPF_SWAPBACKED)
+ continue;
+ nr++;
+ }
+
+ close(pagemap_fd);
+ close(kpf_fd);
+
+ return expect_huge ? nr == nr_hpages : nr == 0;
}
bool check_huge_shmem(void *addr, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size)
{
- return __check_huge(addr, "ShmemPmdMapped:", nr_hpages, hpage_size);
+ int i, pagemap_fd, kpf_fd, nr = 0;
+ unsigned long pfn;
+ uint64_t categories, kpf;
+ bool expect_huge;
+
+ if (nr_hpages == 0 || hpage_size == 0)
+ return false;
+
+ if (nr_hpages < 0) {
+ nr_hpages = -nr_hpages;
+ expect_huge = true;
+ } else
+ expect_huge = false;
+
+ pagemap_fd = open(PAGEMAP_FILE_PATH, O_RDONLY);
+ if (pagemap_fd < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("open pagemap: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ kpf_fd = open(KPAGEFLAGS_FILE_PATH, O_RDONLY);
+ if (kpf_fd < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("open kpageflags: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_hpages; i++, addr += hpage_size) {
+ categories = pagemap_scan_get_categories(pagemap_fd, addr);
+ pfn = pagemap_get_pfn(pagemap_fd, addr);
+ if (pfn == -1UL)
+ continue;
+ if (pageflags_get(pfn, kpf_fd, &kpf))
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("read kpageflags: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ if (!(categories & PAGE_IS_HUGE))
+ continue;
+ if (!(categories & PAGE_IS_FILE))
+ continue;
+ if (!(kpf & KPF_SWAPBACKED))
+ continue;
+ nr++;
+ }
+
+ close(pagemap_fd);
+ close(kpf_fd);
+
+ return expect_huge ? nr == nr_hpages : nr == 0;
}
int64_t allocate_transhuge(void *ptr, int pagemap_fd)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
index ea8fc8fdf0eb0..0a1627f36efc3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#define PM_SWAP BIT_ULL(62)
#define PM_PRESENT BIT_ULL(63)
+#define KPF_SWAPBACKED BIT_ULL(14)
#define KPF_COMPOUND_HEAD BIT_ULL(15)
#define KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL BIT_ULL(16)
#define KPF_HWPOISON BIT_ULL(19)
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-20 19:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-20 19:40 [PATCH 0/2] kselftest: mm: fix some failure of split_huge_page_test Yeoreum Yun
2026-08-20 19:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] kselftest: mm: prevent random failure of huge page split for khugepaged Yeoreum Yun
2026-08-20 19:51 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-20 21:23 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-08-20 23:37 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-20 23:55 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-08-20 19:40 ` Yeoreum Yun [this message]
2026-08-20 19:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] kselftest: mm: replace usage of /proc/self/smaps for check_huge_xxx() helper Zi Yan
2026-08-20 21:26 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-08-21 0:09 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-21 0:26 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-08-21 1:19 ` Baolin Wang
2026-08-21 1:40 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-20 23:49 ` Yeoreum Yun
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