From: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
To: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Chen Wandun <chenwandun1@gmail.com>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, shuah@kernel.org, zokeefe@google.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests/mm: add MADV_COLLAPSE sub-PMD range tests
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 16:03:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <af37QMPPJPkOeMJM@lucifer> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bdc711fc-c625-4696-b6bc-28461c0c80f2@kernel.org>
On Fri, May 08, 2026 at 02:23:41PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> On 5/7/26 09:05, Chen Wandun wrote:
> > Add madv_collapse_range to verify the fix for the spurious -EINVAL
> > returned by madvise_collapse() when the madvised range contains no
> > complete PMD-aligned window.
>
> Do we really need 141 LOC of test to verify a "userspace is being stupid" scenario?
>
> Nothing was really broken, it's just a suboptimal return value, or what am I
> missing?
Agreed, drop this please.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> David
Thanks, Lorenzo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-08 15:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-07 7:05 [PATCH 0/2] mm/khugepaged: fix sub-PMD MADV_COLLAPSE range handling Chen Wandun
2026-05-07 7:05 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm/khugepaged: fix spurious -EINVAL from sub-PMD MADV_COLLAPSE range Chen Wandun
2026-05-08 12:27 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-08 15:02 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-05-08 15:04 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-05-09 7:53 ` Wandun
2026-05-08 19:29 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-09 7:04 ` Wandun
2026-05-09 5:56 ` Wandun
2026-05-07 7:05 ` [PATCH 2/2] selftests/mm: add MADV_COLLAPSE sub-PMD range tests Chen Wandun
2026-05-08 12:23 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-05-08 15:03 ` Lorenzo Stoakes [this message]
2026-05-09 9:47 ` [PATCH 0/2] mm/khugepaged: fix sub-PMD MADV_COLLAPSE range handling Lance Yang
2026-05-11 2:06 ` Wandun
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