Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] selftests/mm/guard-regions: skip collapse test when thp not enabled
From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Mon Mar 16 2026 - 02:19:56 EST
On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 12:43:31PM +0800, Chunyu Hu wrote:
> When thp is not available, just skip the collape tests to avoid the false
> positive.
... to avoid the false negative
> Without the change, run with a thp disabled kernel:
> ./run_vmtests.sh -t madv_guard
> <snip/>
> # # RUN guard_regions.file.multi_vma ...
> # # OK guard_regions.file.multi_vma
> # ok 89 guard_regions.file.multi_vma
> # # RUN guard_regions.file.basic ...
> # # OK guard_regions.file.basic
> # ok 90 guard_regions.file.basic
It would be useful to include output of two failing THP tests rather
then just the output of the last two test.
You can also add '-n' option to run_vmtest.sh to reduce amount of leading
#, but for that I don't feel strongly.
With that updated
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sincerely yours,
Mike.