From: Sarthak Sharma <sarthak.sharma@arm.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.com>,
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 v2 00/12] improve mremap_test
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 15:43:44 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f2df3351-ccc8-44c6-bcfc-d380264fb8fd@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261102100211.141831-1-sarthak.sharma@arm.com>
On 11/2/26 3:31 PM, Sarthak Sharma wrote:
> This series fixes correctness issues in mremap_test, simplifies its
> test infrastructure and strengthens validation of remapped mappings.
>
> Patches 1-3 remove unused command line handling, unnecessary cleanup
> checks and redundant errno handling. Patch 4 converts the test to use
> kselftest helpers and removes manual failure tracking.
>
> Patches 5-8 fix handling of unavailable userfaultfd support, unexpected
> mremap() successes, data-corruption failures and cleanup after mmap()
> failures. Patch 9 removes perf tests and timing infrastructure.
>
> Patches 10 and 11 replace threshold-based random-data validation with
> sampled validation and a deterministic data pattern. Patch 12
> strengthens multi VMA validation by also checking the mapping state
> of holes after remapping.
>
> This is a resend of v2 without any changes.
Hi,
It has been some time since I've posted this series (v1 posted around 2
months back :)) but it hasn't been reviewed enough. Requesting for some
review on this series, if someone has some time to look at it.
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Add a first patch to remove command-line options (David)
> - Add a second patch to remove munmap() checks from cleanup paths (David)
> - Add a third patch to simplify errno handling
> - Drop the "correct multiple VMA range size" patch
> - Add an eighth patch to fix cleanup after target mmap() failures
> - Replace fully populating and validating large mappings with
> populating and validating 10 pages each from the start, middle
> and end (David)
> - Extend multi VMA strengthening to userfaultfd multi VMA test
> - Fix minor formatting issues
>
> Previous versions:
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261006092511.145776-1-sarthak.sharma@arm.com/
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260924050009.19974-1-sarthak.sharma@arm.com/
>
> ---
> Sarthak Sharma (12):
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: remove command line options
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: drop munmap() checks from cleanup paths
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: simplify errno handling
> 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: fail on data corruption
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: handle cleanup after mmap failures
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: remove perf tests and timing
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: replace validation threshold with sampled
> checks
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: replace random data with deterministic
> pattern
> selftests/mm: mremap_test: strengthen multi VMA validation
>
> tools/testing/selftests/mm/mremap_test.c | 701 ++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 291 insertions(+), 410 deletions(-)
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 10:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-02 10:01 Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 01/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: remove command line options Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 02/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: drop munmap() checks from cleanup paths Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 03/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: simplify errno handling Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 04/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: use kselftest helpers Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 05/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: skip test when userfaultfd is unavailable Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 06/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: fail unexpected mremap successes Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 07/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: fail on data corruption Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 08/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: handle cleanup after mmap failures Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 09/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: remove perf tests and timing Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 10/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: replace validation threshold with sampled checks Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 11/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: replace random data with deterministic pattern Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-02 10:02 ` [PATCH RESEND v2 12/12] selftests/mm: mremap_test: strengthen multi VMA validation Sarthak Sharma
2026-11-11 10:13 ` Sarthak Sharma [this message]
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