[LTP] [PATCH v2 2/3] hugemmap10: Add private MAP_NORESERVE test mode
Huaisheng Ye
yehuaisheng@open-hieco.net
Tue Sep 29 09:24:11 CEST 2026
Add -n to apply MAP_NORESERVE only to private mappings. Shared
mappings retain their original flags and reservation behavior.
Use the private mapping flags for both the reservation probe and test
mappings. As a result, private_resv and its TDEBUG report describe whether
the private mappings actually in use create a hugetlb reservation at
mmap() time. This is true both for the kernel default and when -n forces
fault-time reservations.
The option lets the test exercise the fault-time private reservation path
used by upstream kernels without booting an older kernel.
Signed-off-by: Huaisheng Ye <yehuaisheng@open-hieco.net>
---
.../kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap10.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap10.c b/testcases/kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap10.c
index b22e11f41..1a5b0fd2f 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap10.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap10.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
static long hpage_size;
static int private_resv;
+static int private_noreserve;
+static char *private_noreserve_opt;
#define NR_SLOTS 2
#define SL_SETUP 0
@@ -90,6 +92,16 @@ static int mapping_creates_reservation(int flags)
return (flags & MAP_SHARED) || private_resv;
}
+/* Exercise the fault-time reservation path used by older kernels. */
+static int private_mmap_flags(int flags)
+{
+ if (private_noreserve &&
+ (flags & MAP_TYPE) == MAP_PRIVATE)
+ return flags | MAP_NORESERVE;
+
+ return flags;
+}
+
static unsigned long read_allowed_free_hugepages(void)
{
char path[PATH_MAX];
@@ -155,7 +167,8 @@ static int kernel_has_private_reservations(void)
read_meminfo_huge(&t, &f, &r, &s);
fd = tst_creat_unlinked(MNTPOINT, 0, 0600);
- p = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, hpage_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+ p = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, hpage_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
+ private_mmap_flags(MAP_PRIVATE), fd, 0);
read_meminfo_huge(&nt, &nf, &nr, &ns);
@@ -283,8 +296,9 @@ static int map_(int s, int hpages, int flags, char *desc, int line)
map_size[s] = hpages * hpage_size;
if (creates_reservation)
allowed_free = read_allowed_free_hugepages();
- map_addr[s] = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, map_size[s], PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, flags,
- map_fd[s], 0);
+ map_addr[s] = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, map_size[s], PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
+ private_mmap_flags(flags),
+ map_fd[s], 0);
touched[s] = 0;
et = prev_total;
@@ -533,7 +547,10 @@ static void setup(void)
{
hpage_size = SAFE_READ_MEMINFO(MEMINFO_HPAGE_SIZE)*1024;
SAFE_FILE_PRINTF(PATH_VM_OVERCOMMIT_HPAGES, "%lu", tst_hugepages);
+ private_noreserve = !!private_noreserve_opt;
private_resv = kernel_has_private_reservations();
+ tst_res(TDEBUG, "MAP_PRIVATE mmap() %s a hugetlb reservation",
+ private_resv ? "creates" : "does not create");
}
static void cleanup(void)
@@ -543,6 +560,11 @@ static void cleanup(void)
static struct tst_test test = {
.needs_root = 1,
+ .options = (struct tst_option[]) {
+ {"n", &private_noreserve_opt,
+ "Map private VMAs with MAP_NORESERVE"},
+ {}
+ },
.mntpoint = MNTPOINT,
.needs_hugetlbfs = 1,
.save_restore = (const struct tst_path_val[]) {
--
2.52.0
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