linux-kernel - [RFC] selftests/mm: Skip tests dependent on a binary not built

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Message-ID: <20250523184312.2647781-1-khaledelnaggarlinux@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 21:43:12 +0300
From: Khaled Elnaggar <khaledelnaggarlinux@...il.com>
To: linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: Khaled Elnaggar <khaledelnaggarlinux@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	shuah@...nel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC] selftests/mm: Skip tests dependent on a binary not built

Hello.

Running the mm selftests from the kernel's root directory
on an x86_64 debian machine using:

  make defconfig
  sudo make kselftest TARGETS=mm

the tests run normally till we reach one which stalls
for 180 seconds and times out according to the following logs:

```
 -----------------------------------------------
 running ./charge_reserved_hugetlb.sh -cgroup-v2
 -----------------------------------------------
 CLEANUP DONE
 CLEANUP DONE
  
 Test normal case.
 private=, populate=, method=0, reserve=
 nr hugepages = 10
 writing cgroup limit: 20971520
 writing reseravation limit: 20971520

 Starting:
 hugetlb_usage=0
 reserved_usage=0
 expect_failure is 0
 Putting task in cgroup 'hugetlb_cgroup_test'
 Method is 0
 >>> write_hugetlb_memory.sh: line 22: ./write_to_hugetlbfs: No such file or directory <<<
 Waiting for hugetlb memory reservation to reach size 10485760.
 0
 Waiting for hugetlb memory reservation to reach size 10485760.
 0
 ...
 Waiting for hugetlb memory reservation to reach size 10485760.
 0
 Waiting for hugetlb memory reservation to reach size 10485760.
 0

 not ok 1 selftests: mm: run_vmtests.sh # TIMEOUT 180 seconds
 make[3]: Leaving directory '/linux/tools/testing/selftests/mm'
```

Logs show that the executable "write_to_hugetlbfs" is missing, causing
the test to hang waiting for hugepage reservations.

The executable not found means it was not built by the Make system.
It is mentioned in Makefile:136-142, and only built if ARCH is 64-bit

```
   ifneq (,$(filter $(ARCH),arm64 mips64 parisc64 powerpc riscv64 s390x sparc64 x86_64 s390))
   TEST_GEN_FILES += va_high_addr_switch
   ifneq ($(ARCH),riscv64)
   TEST_GEN_FILES += virtual_address_range
   endif
   TEST_GEN_FILES += write_to_hugetlbfs
   endif
```

So, for some reason, the top-level Makefile provides ARCH as x86.

My proposed solution is similar to existing virtual_address_range check
that is to check for the binary, and if it is not found, skip these 2
test cases: charge_reserved_hugetlb.sh and hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh
since they directly and indirectly depend on write_to_hugetlbfs binary.

This is just a workaround, the root issue of different ARCH detection
when running tests from the kernel root directory should still be
addressed. I am not sure how to approach it and open for your suggestions.

Note that this issue does not happen when ran from selftests/mm using
something like

  sudo make -C tools/testing/selftests/mm

because then mm/Makefile's ARCH detection runs correctly (x86_64)

Kindly review and share your thoughts.

Signed-off-by: Khaled Elnaggar <khaledelnaggarlinux@...il.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
index dddd1dd8af14..cdbcfdb62f8a 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
@@ -375,8 +375,13 @@ CATEGORY="process_mrelease" run_test ./mrelease_test
 CATEGORY="mremap" run_test ./mremap_test

 CATEGORY="hugetlb" run_test ./thuge-gen
+
+# the following depend on write_to_hugetlbfs binary
+if [ -x ./write_to_hugetlbfs ]; then
 CATEGORY="hugetlb" run_test ./charge_reserved_hugetlb.sh -cgroup-v2
 CATEGORY="hugetlb" run_test ./hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh -cgroup-v2
+fi
+
 if $RUN_DESTRUCTIVE; then
 nr_hugepages_tmp=$(cat /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages)
 enable_soft_offline=$(cat /proc/sys/vm/enable_soft_offline)
--
2.47.2