linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/29] selftests/mm: Allow allocate

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:42:31 -0400
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Leonardo Bras Soares Passos <lsoaresp@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/29] selftests/mm: Allow allocate_area() to fail
 properly

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 02:02:30PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 12:08:15PM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> > Mostly to detect hugetlb allocation errors and skip hugetlb tests when
> > pages are not allocated.
> 
> Wouldn't we want to skip anon and shmem tests as well for consistency?

Much less possibile (and useful) than hugetlb for sure, but it's indeed
more consistent.  Will do.

-- 
Peter Xu