linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/7] selftests/vm: anon_cow: test COW handling of anonymous memory

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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:07:49 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Christoph von Recklinghausen <crecklin@...hat.com>,
        Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/7] selftests/vm: anon_cow: test COW handling of
 anonymous memory

On 27.09.22 13:01, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Let's start adding tests for our COW handling of anonymous memory. We'll
> focus on basic tests that we can achieve without additional libraries or
> gup_test extensions.
> 
> We'll add THP and hugetlb tests separately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> ---

The following fixup on top:

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/anon_cow.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/anon_cow.c
index 9d2b15c829e6..4613294af758 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/anon_cow.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/anon_cow.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static int child_vmsplice_memcmp_fn(char *mem, size_t size,
                 .iov_base = mem,
                 .iov_len = size,
         };
-       size_t cur, total, transferred;
+       ssize_t cur, total, transferred;
         char *old, *new;
         int fds[2];
         char buf;
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static void do_test_vmsplice_in_parent(char *mem, size_t size,
                 .iov_base = mem,
                 .iov_len = size,
         };
-       size_t cur, total, transferred;
+       ssize_t cur, total, transferred;
         struct comm_pipes comm_pipes;
         char *old, *new;
         int ret, fds[2];


-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb