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From: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
	"Liam R . Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
	Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@nvidia.com>,
	Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbirs@nvidia.com>,
	Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>,
	Alex Sierra <alex.sierra@amd.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com>,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/3] selftests/mm: fix exclusive_cow test fork() handling
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:11:02 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260611034102.1030738-4-aboorvad@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260611034102.1030738-1-aboorvad@linux.ibm.com>

The test ignores the return value of fork(), so both the parent and
the (newly created) child run the COW verification loops and then
call hmm_buffer_free() before returning into the kselftest harness,
which _exit()s each side.  This duplicated teardown sequence has
been observed to manifest as a SIGSEGV in the test child, e.g.:

  hmm-tests[360141]: segfault (11) at 0 nip 10006964 lr 1000ac3c code 1
  in hmm-tests[6964,10000000+30000]

Fix this by adopting the same fork()-then-wait pattern already used
by the nearby anon_write_child / anon_write_child_shared tests in
this file: the child performs the COW verification and then _exit(0)s
so it does not run the test teardown, while the parent independently
verifies COW, waits for the child, and only then frees the buffer.

Fixes: b659baea75469 ("mm: selftests for exclusive device memory")
Signed-off-by: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/hmm-tests.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hmm-tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hmm-tests.c
index 8f4f82467043..e4c49699f3f7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hmm-tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hmm-tests.c
@@ -1884,6 +1884,8 @@ TEST_F(hmm, exclusive_cow)
 	unsigned long i;
 	int *ptr;
 	int ret;
+	pid_t pid;
+	int status;
 
 	npages = ALIGN(HMM_BUFFER_SIZE, self->page_size) >> self->page_shift;
 	ASSERT_NE(npages, 0);
@@ -1912,14 +1914,37 @@ TEST_F(hmm, exclusive_cow)
 	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
 	ASSERT_EQ(buffer->cpages, npages);
 
-	fork();
+	pid = fork();
+	if (pid == -1)
+		ASSERT_EQ(pid, 0);
 
-	/* Fault pages back to system memory and check them. */
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * Child verifies COW independently, then _exit(0)s so it does
+		 * not run the test teardown.  A failed ASSERT_* here makes the
+		 * harness abort() the child, so the parent sees
+		 * !WIFEXITED(status) below and fails in turn.
+		 */
+		for (i = 0, ptr = buffer->ptr; i < size / sizeof(*ptr); ++i)
+			ASSERT_EQ(ptr[i]++, i);
+
+		for (i = 0, ptr = buffer->ptr; i < size / sizeof(*ptr); ++i)
+			ASSERT_EQ(ptr[i], i + 1);
+
+		_exit(0);
+	}
+
+	/* Parent: also increment to verify COW works for both processes. */
 	for (i = 0, ptr = buffer->ptr; i < size / sizeof(*ptr); ++i)
 		ASSERT_EQ(ptr[i]++, i);
 
 	for (i = 0, ptr = buffer->ptr; i < size / sizeof(*ptr); ++i)
-		ASSERT_EQ(ptr[i], i+1);
+		ASSERT_EQ(ptr[i], i + 1);
+
+	/* Parent: wait for child and then free the buffer. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(waitpid(pid, &status, 0), pid);
+	ASSERT_TRUE(WIFEXITED(status));
+	ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 0);
 
 	hmm_buffer_free(buffer);
 }
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-11  3:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-11  3:40 [PATCH v3 0/3] selftests/mm: assorted fixes for hmm-tests Aboorva Devarajan
2026-06-11  3:41 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] selftests/mm: allow PUD-level entries in compound testcase of hmm tests Aboorva Devarajan
2026-06-15  0:16   ` Balbir Singh
2026-06-24  3:34     ` Aboorva Devarajan
2026-06-11  3:41 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] selftests/mm: remove hardcoded THP sizing assumptions in " Aboorva Devarajan
2026-06-12  8:22   ` Balbir Singh
2026-06-11  3:41 ` Aboorva Devarajan [this message]
2026-06-11  4:59   ` [PATCH v3 3/3] selftests/mm: fix exclusive_cow test fork() handling Balbir Singh

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