linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] selftests: vm: add KSM merge test

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Date:   Tue, 3 Aug 2021 21:54:13 -0400
From:   Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>
To:     Zhansaya Bagdauletkyzy <zhansayabagdaulet@...il.com>
Cc:     shuah@...nel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] selftests: vm: add KSM merge test

On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 4:56 AM Zhansaya Bagdauletkyzy
<zhansayabagdaulet@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Add check_ksm_merge() function to check the basic merging feature of
> KSM. First, some number of identical pages are allocated and the
> MADV_MERGEABLE advice is given to merge these pages. Then, pages_shared
> and pages_sharing values are compared with the expected numbers using
> assert_ksm_pages_count() function. The number of pages can be changed
> using -p option.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhansaya Bagdauletkyzy <zhansayabagdaulet@...il.com>

No comments, because I have already reviewed this series for Zhansaya
as part of the Outreachy internship, so:

Reviewed-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...een.com>