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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam01 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4D886100007 X-Stat-Signature: om5eu74b44q3rtakyufths1aympx575g X-HE-Tag: 1788800937-691632 X-HE-Meta: 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 xoKcY5Un V/++UW6FtjH4+0UYsJQVrh2oPicr1MmFKFnG5DO1oGb9DgZKhf7AjKkueI3ieTHrtSYMuiMLuluMdWpiFJTSsAxpr8kxR9Z7YWjJY3OcTbTemgi6HnTpdKTd/rZkF9pYMVOoS9n6U6pAEx6SH8oDQn/fkygttmzQj66NhSY16UvI/PhuZu2S2TUdJMiDfmX/HPxwQe8vYA1oldJDVwOqnMzNuXu+2A90MUKpAX+H5pw4qm2YrbbO3eFpMfpA6TopOZOd6eDOnPkZ2cTmfkGSxDOKAdCLDJ+ut6tfjBYWjUYarwOb8np3ZscflXlfONcG8xtVJhyrmxdqcf7s= Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 9/2/26 20:00, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote: > Assert that MAP_PRIVATE-mapped /dev/zero mappings behave like they are > anonymous. > > We test both unfaulted and faulted/unfaulted merges - each with the regions > having page offset of 0, which would not merge if the mappings were treated > as if they were file-backed. > > With the recent change that makes them behave as pure anonymous mappings, > the merges should succeed as their page offsets are equal to their > anonymous page offsets. > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) > --- > tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 104 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c > index 52b8727b6628..7c528d470404 100644 > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/merge.c > @@ -1362,6 +1362,110 @@ TEST_F(merge, anon_and_page_offset_mismatch_memfd) > ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_end, (unsigned long)ptr + 5 * page_size); > } > > +TEST_F(merge, merge_map_private_dev_zero_unfaulted) > +{ > + struct procmap_fd *procmap = &self->procmap; > + unsigned int page_size = self->page_size; > + char *carveout = self->carveout; > + char *ptr, *ptr2; > + int fd_zero; > + > + if (access("/dev/zero", F_OK)) > + SKIP(return, "No /dev/zero."); > + fd_zero = open("/dev/zero", O_RDWR); > + ASSERT_NE(fd_zero, -1); > + > + /* > + * Map two MAP_PRIVATE-/dev/zero VMAs next to one another with offset 0 > + * each. > + * > + * With these being made truly anonymous upon mapping, they will > + * merge. If they were file-backed VMAs the page offsets would prevent > + * merge: Nit: "the" merge? You're the native speaker, so I don't know if what you have is just correct :) > + * > + * |-----||------| |-------------| > + * | ptr || ptr2 | -> | ptr | > + * |-----||------| |-------------| > + */ > + ptr = mmap(carveout, 5 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, > + MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE, fd_zero, 0); > + if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) { > + close(fd_zero); > + ASSERT_TRUE(false); > + } > + ptr2 = mmap(&carveout[5 * page_size], 5 * page_size, > + PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE, fd_zero, 0); > + if (ptr2 == MAP_FAILED) { > + close(fd_zero); Is the close() really required before the ASSERT? After all, you're also not munmap'ing, so I wonder to which degree we have to clean up. So maybe this could just become a ASSERT_NE(ptr2, MAP_FAILED); Same for ptr above. You could likely also do ptr = mmap() ptr2 = mmap() close(fd_zero); ASSERT_NE(ptr, MAP_FAILED); ASSERT_NE(ptr2, MAP_FAILED); > + ASSERT_TRUE(false); > + } > + close(fd_zero); > + > + /* Assert that they merged. */ > + ASSERT_TRUE(find_vma_procmap(procmap, ptr)); > + ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_start, (unsigned long)ptr); > + ASSERT_EQ(procmap->query.vma_end, (unsigned long)ptr + 10 * page_size); > +} > + > +TEST_F(merge, merge_map_private_dev_zero_faulted_unfaulted) > +{ > + struct procmap_fd *procmap = &self->procmap; > + unsigned int page_size = self->page_size; > + char *carveout = self->carveout; > + char *ptr, *ptr2; > + int fd_zero; > + > + if (access("/dev/zero", F_OK)) > + SKIP(return, "No /dev/zero."); > + fd_zero = open("/dev/zero", O_RDWR); > + ASSERT_NE(fd_zero, -1); > + > + /* > + * Map a MAP_PRIVATE mapping of /dev/zero with page offset 0, then fault > + * it in: > + * > + * |-------------------------------| > + * | faulted | > + * |-------------------------------| > + */ > + ptr = mmap(carveout, 15 * page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, > + MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE, fd_zero, 0); > + if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) { > + close(fd_zero); > + ASSERT_TRUE(false); Same question regarding cleanup requirements. The ASSERT_TRUE(false) looks a bit odd. -- Cheers, David