From: Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>, Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>,
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>,
Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>,
Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>,
Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] selftests/mm: fix ksm NUMA merge test for systems with memoryless NUMA nodes
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:02:34 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878cbc1dd24921d55049932dcd5fd6ee517557ca.1782811071.git.sayalip@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1782811071.git.sayalip@linux.ibm.com>
The KSM NUMA merge test allocates identical pages on different NUMA
nodes and verifies KSM behavior with merge_across_nodes enabled and
disabled.
On systems with memoryless NUMA nodes, for example:
#numactl -H
available: 2 nodes (0,4)
.....
node 0 cpus: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
node 0 size: 14825 MB
node 0 free: 1382 MB
node 4 cpus:
node 4 size: 0 MB
node 4 free: 0 MB
the test may attempt to allocate memory on a node without memory,
causing numa_alloc_onnode() to fail and resulting in a spurious test
failure.
The test currently checks numa_num_configured_nodes() to determine
whether sufficient NUMA nodes are available. However, configured nodes
do not necessarily have memory.
Reuse the existing get_first_mem_node() and get_next_mem_node()
helpers to locate NUMA nodes that actually contain memory, and skip
the test when fewer than two such nodes are available.
Before patch:
---------------------------
running ./ksm_tests -N -m 1
---------------------------
mbind: Invalid argument
ok 1 KSM NUMA merging
Totals: pass:1 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
[PASS]
ok 1 ksm_tests -N -m 1
---------------------------
running ./ksm_tests -N -m 0
---------------------------
mbind: Invalid argument
not ok 1 KSM NUMA merging
Totals: pass:0 fail:1 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
[FAIL]
not ok 2 ksm_tests -N -m 0 # exit=1
After patch:
---------------------------
running ./ksm_tests -N -m 1
---------------------------
At least 2 NUMA nodes with memory must be available
ok 1
SKIP KSM NUMA merging
Totals: pass:0 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:1 error:0
[PASS]
ok 1 ksm_tests -N -m 1
---------------------------
running ./ksm_tests -N -m 0
---------------------------
At least 2 NUMA nodes with memory must be available
ok 1
SKIP KSM NUMA merging
Totals: pass:0 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:1 error:0
[PASS]
ok 2 ksm_tests -N -m 0
Fixes: e3820ab252dd ("selftest/vm: fix ksm selftest to run with different NUMA topologies")
Co-developed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_tests.c | 16 +++++++++-------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_tests.c
index a050f4840cfa..2ebbb544c671 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_tests.c
@@ -440,9 +440,9 @@ static int get_next_mem_node(int node)
mem_node = i % (max_node + 1);
node_size = numa_node_size(mem_node, NULL);
if (node_size > 0)
- break;
+ return mem_node;
}
- return mem_node;
+ return -ENODEV;
}
static int get_first_mem_node(void)
@@ -455,8 +455,8 @@ static int check_ksm_numa_merge(int merge_type, int mapping, int prot, int timeo
{
void *numa1_map_ptr, *numa2_map_ptr;
struct timespec start_time;
+ int first_node, second_node;
int page_count = 2;
- int first_node;
if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, &start_time)) {
ksft_perror("clock_gettime");
@@ -467,17 +467,19 @@ static int check_ksm_numa_merge(int merge_type, int mapping, int prot, int timeo
ksft_print_msg("NUMA support not enabled\n");
return KSFT_SKIP;
}
- if (numa_num_configured_nodes() <= 1) {
- ksft_print_msg("At least 2 NUMA nodes must be available\n");
+ first_node = get_first_mem_node();
+ second_node = get_next_mem_node(first_node);
+
+ if (second_node < 0) {
+ ksft_print_msg("At least 2 NUMA nodes with memory must be available\n");
return KSFT_SKIP;
}
if (ksm_write_sysfs(KSM_FP("merge_across_nodes"), merge_across_nodes))
return KSFT_FAIL;
/* allocate 2 pages in 2 different NUMA nodes and fill them with the same data */
- first_node = get_first_mem_node();
numa1_map_ptr = numa_alloc_onnode(page_size, first_node);
- numa2_map_ptr = numa_alloc_onnode(page_size, get_next_mem_node(first_node));
+ numa2_map_ptr = numa_alloc_onnode(page_size, second_node);
if (!numa1_map_ptr || !numa2_map_ptr) {
ksft_perror("numa_alloc_onnode");
return KSFT_FAIL;
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-30 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-30 9:32 [PATCH v2 0/3] selftests/mm: avoid false failures in hugetlb and KSM tests Sayali Patil
2026-06-30 9:32 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] selftests/mm: handle EINVAL when configuring gigantic hugepages Sayali Patil
2026-06-30 10:45 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-06-30 20:20 ` Sayali Patil
2026-07-01 8:48 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-08 7:01 ` Sayali Patil
2026-06-30 9:32 ` Sayali Patil [this message]
2026-06-30 10:45 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] selftests/mm: fix ksm NUMA merge test for systems with memoryless NUMA nodes Sayali Patil
2026-06-30 9:32 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] selftests/mm: fix ternary operator precedence in ksm_tests Sayali Patil
2026-06-30 10:33 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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