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author | Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com> | 2024-05-21 10:43:58 +0300 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-06-21 15:40:10 +0300 |
commit | d74ac0ab8cfeea347c59b39dba5805d0e1811955 (patch) | |
tree | f534b3f7330a7b25149d9707d3c79c3abe94ea92 /tools | |
parent | 442f84e4977c8ac83b3c6e69a857f30c498b86b4 (diff) | |
download | linux-d74ac0ab8cfeea347c59b39dba5805d0e1811955.tar.xz |
selftests/mm: compaction_test: fix bogus test success and reduce probability of OOM-killer invocation
[ Upstream commit fb9293b6b0156fbf6ab97a1625d99a29c36d9f0c ]
Reset nr_hugepages to zero before the start of the test.
If a non-zero number of hugepages is already set before the start of the
test, the following problems arise:
- The probability of the test getting OOM-killed increases. Proof:
The test wants to run on 80% of available memory to prevent OOM-killing
(see original code comments). Let the value of mem_free at the start
of the test, when nr_hugepages = 0, be x. In the other case, when
nr_hugepages > 0, let the memory consumed by hugepages be y. In the
former case, the test operates on 0.8 * x of memory. In the latter,
the test operates on 0.8 * (x - y) of memory, with y already filled,
hence, memory consumed is y + 0.8 * (x - y) = 0.8 * x + 0.2 * y > 0.8 *
x. Q.E.D
- The probability of a bogus test success increases. Proof: Let the
memory consumed by hugepages be greater than 25% of x, with x and y
defined as above. The definition of compaction_index is c_index = (x -
y)/z where z is the memory consumed by hugepages after trying to
increase them again. In check_compaction(), we set the number of
hugepages to zero, and then increase them back; the probability that
they will be set back to consume at least y amount of memory again is
very high (since there is not much delay between the two attempts of
changing nr_hugepages). Hence, z >= y > (x/4) (by the 25% assumption).
Therefore, c_index = (x - y)/z <= (x - y)/y = x/y - 1 < 4 - 1 = 3
hence, c_index can always be forced to be less than 3, thereby the test
succeeding always. Q.E.D
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240521074358.675031-4-dev.jain@arm.com
Fixes: bd67d5c15cc1 ("Test compaction of mlocked memory")
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Sri Jayaramappa <sjayaram@akamai.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c | 71 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c index 5e9bd1da9370..e140558e6f53 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c @@ -82,13 +82,16 @@ int prereq(void) return -1; } -int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size) +int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size, + unsigned long initial_nr_hugepages) { unsigned long nr_hugepages_ul; int fd, ret = -1; int compaction_index = 0; - char initial_nr_hugepages[20] = {0}; char nr_hugepages[20] = {0}; + char init_nr_hugepages[20] = {0}; + + sprintf(init_nr_hugepages, "%lu", initial_nr_hugepages); /* We want to test with 80% of available memory. Else, OOM killer comes in to play */ @@ -102,23 +105,6 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size) goto out; } - if (read(fd, initial_nr_hugepages, sizeof(initial_nr_hugepages)) <= 0) { - ksft_print_msg("Failed to read from /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n", - strerror(errno)); - goto close_fd; - } - - lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET); - - /* Start with the initial condition of 0 huge pages*/ - if (write(fd, "0", sizeof(char)) != sizeof(char)) { - ksft_print_msg("Failed to write 0 to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n", - strerror(errno)); - goto close_fd; - } - - lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET); - /* Request a large number of huge pages. The Kernel will allocate as much as it can */ if (write(fd, "100000", (6*sizeof(char))) != (6*sizeof(char))) { @@ -146,8 +132,8 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size) lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET); - if (write(fd, initial_nr_hugepages, strlen(initial_nr_hugepages)) - != strlen(initial_nr_hugepages)) { + if (write(fd, init_nr_hugepages, strlen(init_nr_hugepages)) + != strlen(init_nr_hugepages)) { ksft_print_msg("Failed to write value to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n", strerror(errno)); goto close_fd; @@ -171,6 +157,41 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size) return ret; } +int set_zero_hugepages(unsigned long *initial_nr_hugepages) +{ + int fd, ret = -1; + char nr_hugepages[20] = {0}; + + fd = open("/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages", O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK); + if (fd < 0) { + ksft_print_msg("Failed to open /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n", + strerror(errno)); + goto out; + } + if (read(fd, nr_hugepages, sizeof(nr_hugepages)) <= 0) { + ksft_print_msg("Failed to read from /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n", + strerror(errno)); + goto close_fd; + } + + lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET); + + /* Start with the initial condition of 0 huge pages */ + if (write(fd, "0", sizeof(char)) != sizeof(char)) { + ksft_print_msg("Failed to write 0 to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n", + strerror(errno)); + goto close_fd; + } + + *initial_nr_hugepages = strtoul(nr_hugepages, NULL, 10); + ret = 0; + + close_fd: + close(fd); + + out: + return ret; +} int main(int argc, char **argv) { @@ -181,6 +202,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) unsigned long mem_free = 0; unsigned long hugepage_size = 0; long mem_fragmentable_MB = 0; + unsigned long initial_nr_hugepages; ksft_print_header(); @@ -189,6 +211,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) ksft_set_plan(1); + /* Start the test without hugepages reducing mem_free */ + if (set_zero_hugepages(&initial_nr_hugepages)) + ksft_exit_fail(); + lim.rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY; lim.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY; if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK, &lim)) @@ -232,7 +258,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) entry = entry->next; } - if (check_compaction(mem_free, hugepage_size) == 0) + if (check_compaction(mem_free, hugepage_size, + initial_nr_hugepages) == 0) ksft_exit_pass(); ksft_exit_fail(); |