Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] selftests: vm: add KSM zero page merging test

From: Pavel Tatashin
Date: Tue Aug 03 2021 - 22:00:10 EST


On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 4:56 AM Zhansaya Bagdauletkyzy
<zhansayabagdaulet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add check_ksm_zero_page_merge() function to test that empty pages are
> being handled properly. For this, several zero pages are allocated and
> merged using madvise. If use_zero_pages is enabled, the pages must be
> shared with the special kernel zero pages; otherwise, they are merged
> as usual duplicate pages. The test is run as follows: ./ksm_tests -Z
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhansaya Bagdauletkyzy <zhansayabagdaulet@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>