linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/8] Various mm kselftests improvements/fixes

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Message-ID: <20260107164842.3289559-1-kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
Date: Wed,  7 Jan 2026 16:48:34 +0000
From: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@....com>
To: linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@...nel.org>,
	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/8] Various mm kselftests improvements/fixes

Various improvements/fixes for the mm kselftests:

- Patch 1-3 extend support for more build configurations: out-of-tree
  $KDIR, cross-compilation, etc.

- Patch 4-6 fix issues related to faulting in pages, introducing a new
  helper for that purpose.

- Patch 7 fixes the value returned by pagemap_ioctl (PASS was always
  returned, which explains why the issue fixed in patch 6 went
  unnoticed).

- Patch 8 improves the exit code of pfnmap.

Net results:
- 1 test no longer fails (patch 6)
- 3 tests are no longer skipped (patch 4)
- More accurate return values for whole suites (patch 7, 8)
- Extra tests are more likely to be built (patch 1-3)

---
v1..v2:
- New patches: 1, 4, 5, 8

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251216142633.2401447-1-kevin.brodsky@arm.com/
---
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...nel.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
---
Kevin Brodsky (8):
  selftests/mm: default KDIR to build directory
  selftests/mm: remove flaky header check
  selftests/mm: pass down full CC and CFLAGS to check_config.sh
  selftests/mm: fix usage of FORCE_READ() in cow tests
  selftests/mm: introduce helper to read every page in range
  selftests/mm: fix faulting-in code in pagemap_ioctl test
  selftests/mm: fix exit code in pagemap_ioctl
  selftests/mm: report SKIP in pfnmap if a check fails

 tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile           |  8 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/check_config.sh    |  3 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/cow.c              | 16 ++--
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb-madvise.c  |  9 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/page_frag/Makefile |  2 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/pagemap_ioctl.c    | 10 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/pfnmap.c           | 95 ++++++++++++-------
 .../selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c       |  6 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h          |  6 ++
 9 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)


base-commit: 9ace4753a5202b02191d54e9fdf7f9e3d02b85eb
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2.51.2