linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 8/8] mm: huge_memory: enable debugfs to split huge pages to any order.

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Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:10:26 -0500
From: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
To: Aishwarya TCV <aishwarya.tcv@....com>
Cc: "\"Pankaj Raghav (Samsung)\"" <kernel@...kajraghav.com>,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, "\"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)\"" <willy@...radead.org>,
 David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
 Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>,
 "\"Kirill A . Shutemov\"" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
 Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>,
 "Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@...e.com>,
 Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
 "\"Zach O'Keefe\"" <zokeefe@...gle.com>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
 Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 8/8] mm: huge_memory: enable debugfs to split huge
 pages to any order.

On 1 Mar 2024, at 15:02, Zi Yan wrote:

> On 1 Mar 2024, at 14:37, Zi Yan wrote:
>
>> On 1 Mar 2024, at 4:51, Aishwarya TCV wrote:
>>
>>> On 26/02/2024 20:55, Zi Yan wrote:
>>>> From: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
>>>>
>>>> It is used to test split_huge_page_to_list_to_order for pagecache THPs.
>>>> Also add test cases for split_huge_page_to_list_to_order via both
>>>> debugfs.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  mm/huge_memory.c                              |  34 ++++--
>>>>  .../selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c       | 115 +++++++++++++++++-
>>>>  2 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Zi,
>>>
>>> When booting the kernel against next-master(20240228)with Arm64 on
>>> Marvell Thunder X2 (TX2), the kselftest-mm test 'split_huge_page_test'
>>> is failing in our CI (with rootfs over NFS). I can send the full logs if
>>> required.
>>>
>>> A bisect (full log below) identified this patch as introducing the
>>> failure. Bisected it on the tag "next-20240228" at repo
>>> "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git".
>>>
>>> This works fine on  Linux version 6.8.0-rc6
>>
>> Hi Aishwarya,
>>
>> Can you try the attached patch and see if it fixes the failure? I changed
>> the test to accept XFS dev as input, mount XFS on a temp folder under /tmp,
>> and skip if no XFS is mounted.
>
> Please try this updated one. It allows you to specify a XFS device path
> in SPLIT_HUGE_PAGE_TEST_XFS_PATH env variable, which is passed to
> split_huge_page_test in run_vmtests.sh. It at least allow CI/CD to run
> the test without too much change.

OK. This hopefully will be my last churn. Now split_huge_page_test accepts
a path that is backed by XFS and run_vmtest.sh creates a XFS image in /tmp,
mounts it in /tmp, and gives the path to split_huge_page_test. I tested
it locally and it works. Let me know if you have any issue. Thanks.

--
Best Regards,
Yan, Zi

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