linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests: hugetlb_dio: Check for initial conditions to skip in the start

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Message-Id: <20241109222001.f4272214f90c72458c1c09ec@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 22:20:01 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Muhammad Usama Anjum <Usama.Anjum@...labora.com>
Cc: Donet Tom <donettom@...ux.ibm.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
 kernel@...labora.com, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests: hugetlb_dio: Check for initial conditions to
 skip in the start

On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 19:13:04 +0500 Muhammad Usama Anjum <Usama.Anjum@...labora.com> wrote:

> On 11/8/24 3:49 PM, Donet Tom wrote:
> 
> > I think below changes are required.
> > 
> > iff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb_dio.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb_dio.c
> > index 60001c142ce9..4b52106b8124 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb_dio.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb_dio.c
> > @@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ void run_dio_using_hugetlb(unsigned int start_off, unsigned int end_off)
> >         if (fd < 0)
> >                 ksft_exit_fail_perror("Error opening file\n");
> >  
> > +       /* Get the free huge pages before allocation */
> > +       free_hpage_b = get_free_hugepages();
> > +
> >         /* Allocate a hugetlb page */
> > 
> >         orig_buffer = mmap(NULL, h_pagesize, mmap_prot, mmap_flags, -1, 0);
> > 
> >         if (orig_buffer == MAP_FAILED) {
> Please can you send a fixup patch as you have working test setup?
> Otherwise I'll take it up and try to test on working setup before
> posting the fixup patch. Please let me know.

I've removed this patch from mm-hotfixes-stable.