From: Qiliang Yuan <odys.yuan@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>, Xu Xin <xu.xin@linux.dev>,
Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@linux.dev>,
Stefan Roesch <shr@devkernel.io>,
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>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
Qiliang Yuan <odys.yuan@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/4] selftests/mm: move waiting for KSM full scans into a helper
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:57:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261107-bug-mm-ksm-smart-scan-align-skips-v3-3-16d5ce8b5fd6@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107-bug-mm-ksm-smart-scan-align-skips-v3-0-16d5ce8b5fd6@gmail.com>
ksm_start() enables ksmd and then polls full_scans until two more full
scans have completed, so that any merging that can happen has happened.
There is no helper to wait for a number of full scans while ksmd is
already running, so a test that needs one has to copy that loop.
Move the loop into ksm_wait_full_scans() and make ksm_start() call it
after enabling ksmd. The count is now read after ksmd starts rather than
before, which can only make ksm_start() wait longer.
Signed-off-by: Qiliang Yuan <odys.yuan@gmail.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
index 515031b8283da..1c2bac54696dd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
@@ -984,33 +984,38 @@ int ksm_use_zero_pages(void)
return ret == 1 ? 0 : -errno;
}
+int ksm_wait_full_scans(long nr)
+{
+ long start_scans, end_scans;
+
+ start_scans = ksm_get_full_scans();
+ if (start_scans < 0)
+ return start_scans;
+ do {
+ end_scans = ksm_get_full_scans();
+ if (end_scans < 0)
+ return end_scans;
+ } while (end_scans < start_scans + nr);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
int ksm_start(void)
{
int ksm_fd;
ssize_t ret;
- long start_scans, end_scans;
ksm_fd = open("/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run", O_RDWR);
if (ksm_fd < 0)
return -errno;
- /* Wait for two full scans such that any possible merging happened. */
- start_scans = ksm_get_full_scans();
- if (start_scans < 0) {
- close(ksm_fd);
- return start_scans;
- }
ret = write(ksm_fd, "1", 1);
close(ksm_fd);
if (ret != 1)
return -errno;
- do {
- end_scans = ksm_get_full_scans();
- if (end_scans < 0)
- return end_scans;
- } while (end_scans < start_scans + 2);
- return 0;
+ /* Wait for two full scans such that any possible merging happened. */
+ return ksm_wait_full_scans(2);
}
int ksm_stop(void)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
index b5d59729d4327..7e00030077d2f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ void *sys_mremap(void *old_address, unsigned long old_size,
long ksm_get_self_zero_pages(void);
long ksm_get_self_merging_pages(void);
long ksm_get_full_scans(void);
+int ksm_wait_full_scans(long nr);
int ksm_use_zero_pages(void);
int ksm_start(void);
int ksm_stop(void);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-07 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-07 16:56 [PATCH v3 0/4] mm/ksm: keep smart scan from losing duplicate pages Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-07 16:57 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] mm/ksm: align smart scan skips with the scan number Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-07 19:49 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-07 19:51 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-07 16:57 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] docs/mm: ksm: describe how smart scan picks the scans to skip Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-07 19:48 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-07 16:57 ` Qiliang Yuan [this message]
2026-11-07 19:48 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] selftests/mm: move waiting for KSM full scans into a helper David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-07 16:57 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] selftests/mm: cover merging KSM pages aged by smart scan Qiliang Yuan
2026-11-07 19:53 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-11-07 19:55 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] mm/ksm: keep smart scan from losing duplicate pages David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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