From: Chunyu Hu <chuhu@redhat.com>
To: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, david@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org, ljs@kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com,
vbabka@suse.cz, surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com,
baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com, npache@redhat.com,
ryan.roberts@arm.com, dev.jain@arm.com, baohua@kernel.org,
lance.yang@linux.dev, Li Wang <liwang@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 3/4] selftests/mm: split_huge_page_test: skip the test when thp is not available
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:51:23 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <abd-O8yFlB-ZFu7e@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DC5C1A71-2250-4723-9CEF-EDD300DD26E8@nvidia.com>
On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 11:27:30AM -0400, Zi Yan wrote:
> On 13 Mar 2026, at 11:15, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 10:11:12AM -0400, Zi Yan wrote:
> >> On 12 Mar 2026, at 7:40, Chunyu Hu wrote:
> >>
> >>> When thp is not enabled on some kernel config such as realtime kernel, the
> >>> test will report failure. Fix the false positive by skipping the test
> >>> directly when thp is not enabled.
> >>>
> >>> There's a naming conflict on write_file() function, both thp_settings.h and
> >>> split_huge_page_test.c define it. To make use of thp_is_enabled() helper in
> >>> the thp_settings.h, rename this local write_file to safe_write_file to
> >>> avoid the conflict. The reason to use 'safe_' is it does some error check.
> >>
> >> Both write_file() do safe checks. Actually the code of both functions looks
> >> almost identical except that the thp_settings one does exit() instead of
> >> ksft_exit_fail_msg().
> >>
> >> Can you rename the split_huge_page_test’s write_file() to write_file_local()
> >> and add a comment above the function like
> >> /* add _local to avoid a function conflict with thp_settings.h */?
> >
> > Looks like we can move the version that uses ksft_exit_fail_msg() to
> > vm_util and drop the other one.
>
> Could work.
>
> tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c uses the write_file() from
> thp_settings.h in file_setup_area(), which is part of struct mem_ops.
> I thought struct mem_ops was passed to some syscall, but it turns out
> that it is used locally. The only downside is that file_setup_area() now
> has this ksefltest friendly code. Someone might want to clean up
> tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c with kselftests APIs. :)
It looks like work in my try, even before the cleanup with the
kselftest APIs.
>
>
> >
> >> With that, feel free to add:
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Tested with thp disabled kernel:
> >>> Before The fix:
> >>> # --------------------------------------------------
> >>> # running ./split_huge_page_test /tmp/xfs_dir_Ywup9p
> >>> # --------------------------------------------------
> >>> # TAP version 13
> >>> # Bail out! Reading PMD pagesize failed
> >>> # # Totals: pass:0 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
> >>> # [FAIL]
> >>> not ok 61 split_huge_page_test /tmp/xfs_dir_Ywup9p # exit=1
> >>>
> >>> After the fix:
> >>> # --------------------------------------------------
> >>> # running ./split_huge_page_test /tmp/xfs_dir_YHPUPl
> >>> # --------------------------------------------------
> >>> # TAP version 13
> >>> # 1..0 # SKIP Transparent Hugepages not available
> >>> # [SKIP]
> >>> ok 6 split_huge_page_test /tmp/xfs_dir_YHPUPl # SKIP
> >>>
> >>> CC: Li Wang <liwang@redhat.com>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Chunyu Hu <chuhu@redhat.com>
> >>> ---
> >>> tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c | 9 +++++++--
> >>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
> >>> index e0167111bdd1..615b75ca62cc 100644
> >>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
> >>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
> >>> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
> >>> #include <time.h>
> >>> #include "vm_util.h"
> >>> #include "kselftest.h"
> >>> +#include "thp_settings.h"
> >>>
> >>> uint64_t pagesize;
> >>> unsigned int pageshift;
> >>> @@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ static int check_after_split_folio_orders(char *vaddr_start, size_t len,
> >>> return status;
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> -static void write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen)
> >>> +static void safe_write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen)
> >>> {
> >>> int fd;
> >>> ssize_t numwritten;
> >>> @@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ static void write_debugfs(const char *fmt, ...)
> >>> if (ret >= INPUT_MAX)
> >>> ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s: Debugfs input is too long\n", __func__);
> >>>
> >>> - write_file(SPLIT_DEBUGFS, input, ret + 1);
> >>> + safe_write_file(SPLIT_DEBUGFS, input, ret + 1);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> static char *allocate_zero_filled_hugepage(size_t len)
> >>> @@ -772,6 +773,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
> >>> ksft_finished();
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> + if (!thp_is_enabled()) {
> >>> + ksft_exit_skip("Transparent Hugepages not available\n");
> >>> + }
> >>> +
> >>> if (argc > 1)
> >>> optional_xfs_path = argv[1];
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> 2.53.0
> >>
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >> Yan, Zi
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely yours,
> > Mike.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Yan, Zi
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-16 3:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-12 11:40 [PATCH 0/4] selftests/mm: skip several tests when thp is not available Chunyu Hu
2026-03-12 11:40 ` [RESEND PATCH 1/4] selftests/mm/guard-regions: skip collapse test when thp not enabled Chunyu Hu
2026-03-12 13:58 ` Zi Yan
2026-03-12 19:48 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-13 15:35 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-12 11:40 ` [RESEND PATCH 2/4] selftests/mm: soft-dirty: skip two tests when thp is not available Chunyu Hu
2026-03-12 14:00 ` Zi Yan
2026-03-12 19:43 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-13 17:37 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-12 11:40 ` [RESEND PATCH 3/4] selftests/mm: split_huge_page_test: skip the test " Chunyu Hu
2026-03-12 14:11 ` Zi Yan
2026-03-13 2:29 ` Chunyu Hu
2026-03-13 15:15 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-03-13 15:27 ` Zi Yan
2026-03-13 18:00 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-16 3:51 ` Chunyu Hu [this message]
2026-03-16 3:46 ` Chunyu Hu
2026-03-12 19:44 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-13 2:25 ` Chunyu Hu
2026-03-12 11:40 ` [RESEND PATCH 4/4] selftests/mm: transhuge_stress: skip the test when thp " Chunyu Hu
2026-03-12 14:11 ` Zi Yan
2026-03-12 19:46 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-13 2:43 ` Chunyu Hu
2026-03-13 18:01 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-12 14:03 ` [PATCH 0/4] selftests/mm: skip several tests when thp is " Mike Rapoport
2026-03-13 0:26 ` Chunyu Hu
2026-03-13 15:19 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-03-13 15:40 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-14 0:22 ` Chunyu Hu
2026-03-14 0:27 ` Chunyu Hu
2026-03-12 19:39 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-13 2:21 ` Chunyu Hu
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