kernel/linux.git/lib/test_vmalloc.c, branch v6.18.21

lib/test_vmalloc.c: introduce xfail for failing tests

2025-07-13T23:38:32+00:00

The test align_shift_alloc_test is expected to fail. Reporting the test as fail confuses to be a genuine failure. Introduce widely used xfail sematics to address the issue. Note: a warn_alloc dump similar to below is still expected: Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x80 warn_alloc+0x137/0x1b0 ? __get_vm_area_node+0x134/0x140 Snippet of dmesg after change: Summary: random_size_align_alloc_test passed: 1 failed: 0 xfailed: 0 .. Summary: align_shift_alloc_test passed: 0 failed: 0 xfailed: 1 .. Summary: pcpu_alloc_test passed: 1 failed: 0 xfailed: 0 .. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250702064319.885-1-raghavendra.kt@amd.com Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T Reviewed-by: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" Cc: Dev Jain Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

lib/test_vmalloc.c: restrict default test mask to avoid test warnings

2025-07-10T05:42:21+00:00

When the vmalloc test is built into the kernel, it runs automatically during the boot. The current-default "run_test_mask" includes all test cases, including those which are designed to fail and which trigger kernel warnings. These kernel splats can be misinterpreted as actual kernel bugs, leading to false alarms and unnecessary reports. To address this, limit the default test mask to only the first few tests which are expected to pass cleanly. These tests are safe and should not generate any warnings unless there is a real bug. Users who wish to explicitly run specific test cases have to pass the run_test_mask as a boot parameter or at module load time. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250623184035.581229-2-urezki@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) Reviewed-by: Baoquan He Cc: Harry Yoo Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan Cc: David Wang <00107082@163.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

lib/test_vmalloc.c: use late_initcall() if built-in for init ordering

2025-07-10T05:42:21+00:00

When the vmalloc test code is compiled as a built-in, use late_initcall() instead of module_init() to defer a vmalloc test execution until most subsystems are up and running. It avoids interfering with components that may not yet be initialized at module_init() time. For example, there was a recent report of memory profiling infrastructure not being ready early enough leading to kernel crash. By using late_initcall() in the built-in case, we ensure the tests are run at a safer point during a boot sequence. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250623184035.581229-1-urezki@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) Reviewed-by: Baoquan He Cc: Harry Yoo Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan Cc: David Wang <00107082@163.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

lib/test_vmalloc.c: allow built-in execution

2025-05-12T00:48:34+00:00

Remove the dependency on module loading ("m") for the vmalloc test suite, enabling it to be built directly into the kernel, so both ("=m") and ("=y") are supported. Motivation: - Faster debugging/testing of vmalloc code; - It allows to configure the test via kernel-boot parameters. Configuration example: test_vmalloc.nr_threads=64 test_vmalloc.run_test_mask=7 test_vmalloc.sequential_test_order=1 Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250417161216.88318-2-urezki@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) Reviewed-by: Baoquan He Reviewed-by: Adrian Huang Tested-by: Adrian Huang Cc: Christop Hellwig Cc: Mateusz Guzik Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

lib/test_vmalloc.c: replace RWSEM to SRCU for setup

2025-05-12T00:48:33+00:00

The test has the initialization step during which threads are created. To prevent the workers from starting prematurely a write lock was previously used by the main setup thread, while each worker would block on a read lock. Replace this RWSEM based synchronization with a simpler SRCU based approach. Which does two basic steps: - Main thread wraps the setup phase in an SRCU read-side critical section. Pair of srcu_read_lock()/srcu_read_unlock(). - Each worker calls synchronize_srcu() on entry, ensuring it waits for the initialization phase to be completed. This patch eliminates the need for down_read()/up_read() and down_write()/up_write() pairs thus simplifying the logic and improving clarity. [urezki@gmail.com: fix compile error with CONFIG_TINY_RCU] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250420142029.103169-1-urezki@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250417161216.88318-1-urezki@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) Reviewed-by: Adrian Huang Tested-by: Adrian Huang Cc: Baoquan He Cc: Christop Hellwig Cc: Mateusz Guzik Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

mm: alloc_pages_bulk: rename API

2025-01-26T04:22:31+00:00

The previous commit removed the page_list argument from alloc_pages_bulk_noprof() along with the alloc_pages_bulk_list() function. Now that only the *_array() flavour of the API remains, we can do the following renaming (along with the _noprof() ones): alloc_pages_bulk_array -> alloc_pages_bulk alloc_pages_bulk_array_mempolicy -> alloc_pages_bulk_mempolicy alloc_pages_bulk_array_node -> alloc_pages_bulk_node Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/275a3bbc0be20fbe9002297d60045e67ab3d4ada.1734991165.git.luizcap@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino Acked-by: David Hildenbrand Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Yunsheng Lin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

lib/test_vmalloc.c: use unsigned long constant

2024-03-05T01:01:22+00:00

Use an unsigned long constant instead of an int constant and a cast. This fixes the checkpatch warning WARNING: Unnecessary typecast of c90 int constant - '(unsigned long) 1' could be '1UL' + align = ((unsigned long) 1) << i; Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240226191159.39509-4-martin@kaiser.cx Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

lib/test_vmalloc.c: drop empty exit function

2024-03-05T01:01:21+00:00

The module is never loaded successfully. Therefore, it'll never be unloaded and we can remove the exit function. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240226191159.39509-3-martin@kaiser.cx Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

lib/test_vmalloc.c: fix typo in function name

2024-03-05T01:01:21+00:00

Fix a typo and change the function name to init_test_configuration. Both caller and definition have the same typo, so the current code already works. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240226191159.39509-2-martin@kaiser.cx Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

lib/test_vmalloc.c: avoid garbage in page array

2023-06-12T18:31:51+00:00

It turns out that alloc_pages_bulk_array() does not treat the page_array parameter as an output parameter, but rather reads the array and skips any entries that have already been allocated. This is somewhat unexpected and breaks this test, as we allocate the pages array uninitialised on the assumption it will be overwritten. As a result, the test was referencing uninitialised data and causing the PFN to not be valid and thus a WARN_ON() followed by a null pointer deref and panic. In addition, this is an array of pointers not of struct page objects, so we need only allocate an array with elements of pointer size. We solve both problems by simply using kcalloc() and referencing sizeof(struct page *) rather than sizeof(struct page). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230524082424.10022-1-lstoakes@gmail.com Fixes: 869cb29a61a1 ("lib/test_vmalloc.c: add vm_map_ram()/vm_unmap_ram() test case") Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) Reviewed-by: Baoquan He Cc: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton