From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: Sarthak Sharma <sarthak.sharma@arm.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@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>,
John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>,
Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>,
Park Tae-sun <ts930@dgu.ac.kr>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/9] selftests/mm: improve mremap_test
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:36:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <art4dfRkyu5OCwvd@gremlin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260924050009.19974-1-sarthak.sharma@arm.com>
On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 10:30:00AM +0530, Sarthak Sharma wrote:
> This series fixes several correctness issues in mremap_test and
> simplifies and strengthens its data validation.
>
> Patch 1 converts the mremap_test to use kselftest helpers, removes
> manual tracking of failed tests and corrects some spelling errors.
>
> Patches 2 to 5 fix userfaultfd skipping, unexpected mremap success
> handling, multi-VMA data validation and failure reporting when data
> corruption is detected.
>
> Patch 6 removes the randomization and uses a simple pattern based approach.
>
> Patch 7 removes perf tests and timing infrastructure.
>
> Patch 8 removes validation threshold and always validates complete mappings.
>
> Patch 9 strengthens the multi VMA validation by also checking the
> mapping state of holes after remapping.
Even if I don't get a chance to look through this, just want to say thanks for
taking a look at this! The mremap tests have always been hairy, when I added
extra tests there I didn't love what I saw so it's great to see it get some
attention! :)
>
> ---
> Sarthak Sharma (9):
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: use kselftest helpers
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: skip test when userfaultfd is unavailable
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: fail unexpected mremap successes
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: correct multiple VMA range size
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: fail on data corruption
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: replace random data with deterministic
> pattern
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: remove perf tests and timing
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: remove validation threshold
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: strengthen multi VMA validation
>
> tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_test.c | 600 +++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 220 insertions(+), 380 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.53.0
>
--
Cheers, Lorenzo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-29 8:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-24 5:00 Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-24 5:00 ` [PATCH RESEND 1/9] selftests/mm: mremap_test: use kselftest helpers Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-29 7:58 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-29 9:12 ` Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-24 5:00 ` [PATCH RESEND 2/9] selftests/mm: mremap_test: skip test when userfaultfd is unavailable Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-29 8:00 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-29 9:17 ` Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-24 5:00 ` [PATCH RESEND 3/9] selftests/mm: mremap_test: fail unexpected mremap successes Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-29 8:17 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-24 5:00 ` [PATCH RESEND 4/9] selftests/mm: mremap_test: correct multiple VMA range size Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-24 5:00 ` [PATCH RESEND 5/9] selftests/mm: mremap_test: fail on data corruption Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-24 5:00 ` [PATCH RESEND 6/9] selftests/mm: mremap_test: replace random data with deterministic pattern Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-24 5:00 ` [PATCH RESEND 7/9] selftests/mm: mremap_test: remove perf tests and timing Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-24 5:00 ` [PATCH RESEND 8/9] selftests/mm: mremap_test: remove validation threshold Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-24 5:00 ` [PATCH RESEND 9/9] selftests/mm: mremap_test: strengthen multi VMA validation Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-29 5:54 ` [PATCH RESEND 0/9] selftests/mm: improve mremap_test Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-29 7:32 ` Kalesh Singh
2026-09-29 7:47 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-29 9:05 ` Sarthak Sharma
2026-09-29 8:36 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) [this message]
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