linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] tools/selftests: add file/shmem-backed mapping guard region tests

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Message-ID: <69673396-96a2-4aa3-a958-c3ba0e52be45@suse.cz>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:18:14 +0100
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
 "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
 Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, "Paul E . McKenney"
 <paulmck@...nel.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
 David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
 John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>, Juan Yescas <jyescas@...gle.com>,
 Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] tools/selftests: add file/shmem-backed mapping guard
 region tests

On 2/13/25 19:17, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Extend the guard region self tests to explicitly assert that guard regions
> work correctly for functionality specific to file-backed and shmem
> mappings.
> 
> In addition to testing all of the existing guard region functionality that
> is currently tested against anonymous mappings against file-backed and
> shmem mappings (except those which are exclusive to anonymous mapping), we
> now also:
> 
> * Test that MADV_SEQUENTIAL does not cause unexpected readahead behaviour.
> * Test that MAP_PRIVATE behaves as expected with guard regions installed in
>   both a shared and private mapping of an fd.
> * Test that a read-only file can correctly establish guard regions.
> * Test a probable fault-around case does not interfere with guard regions
>   (or vice-versa).
> * Test that truncation does not eliminate guard regions.
> * Test that hole punching functions as expected in the presence of guard
>   regions.
> * Test that a read-only mapping of a memfd write sealed mapping can have
>   guard regions established within it and function correctly without
>   violation of the seal.
> * Test that guard regions installed into a mapping of the anonymous zero
>   page function correctly.

Impressive.

> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>