[PATCH v3] selftests/mm: khugepaged: initialize file contents via mmap

Vineet Agarwal
2026-04-28T10:01:31Z

file_setup_area() currently allocates anonymous memory, fills it,
and writes it into the backing file used for collapse testing.

Instead of copying data through write(), resize the file with
ftruncate(), map it directly with MAP_SHARED, and initialize the
mapped area in place.

This simplifies the setup path and avoids the need for explicit
partial write handling.

Signed-off-by: Vineet Agarwal <agarwal.vineet2006@gmail.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
index 3fe7ef04ac62..57ca4224bd5a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -369,7 +369,6 @@ static void *file_setup_area(int nr_hpages)
int fd;
void *p;
unsigned long size;
-
unlink(finfo.path); /* Cleanup from previous failed tests */
printf("Creating %s for collapse%s...", finfo.path,
finfo.type == VMA_SHMEM ? " (tmpfs)" : "");
@@ -381,11 +380,21 @@ static void *file_setup_area(int nr_hpages)
}

size = nr_hpages * hpage_pmd_size;
- p = alloc_mapping(nr_hpages);
+ if (ftruncate(fd, size)) {
+ perror("ftruncate()");
+ close(fd);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ p = mmap(BASE_ADDR, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+ if (p == MAP_FAILED || p != BASE_ADDR) {
+ perror("mmap()");
+ close(fd);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
fill_memory(p, 0, size);
- write(fd, p, size);
- close(fd);
munmap(p, size);
+ close(fd);
success("OK");

printf("Opening %s read only for collapse...", finfo.path);
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