[PATCH RFC v3 5/7] mm: selftests: Add shmem into memory failure test

From: Lisa Wang

Date: Wed Apr 08 2026 - 13:29:02 EST


Add a shmem memory failure selftest to test the shmem memory failure is
correct after modifying shmem return value.

Test that
+ madvise() call returns 0 when the poisoned shmem page is clean
+ trigger a SIGBUS when the poisoned shmem page is dirty
+ trigger another SIGBUS when the poisoned shmem page is fault-in again.

Signed-off-by: Lisa Wang <wyihan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/memory-failure.c | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 106 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/memory-failure.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/memory-failure.c
index 3d9e0b9ffb41..eb3f8d98f6c9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ enum result_type {
MADV_HARD_ANON,
MADV_HARD_CLEAN_PAGECACHE,
MADV_HARD_DIRTY_PAGECACHE,
+ MADV_HARD_CLEAN_SHMEM,
+ MADV_HARD_DIRTY_SHMEM,
MADV_SOFT_ANON,
MADV_SOFT_CLEAN_PAGECACHE,
MADV_SOFT_DIRTY_PAGECACHE,
+ MADV_SOFT_CLEAN_SHMEM,
+ MADV_SOFT_DIRTY_SHMEM,
+ READ_ERROR,
};

static jmp_buf signal_jmp_buf;
@@ -165,17 +170,21 @@ static void check(struct __test_metadata *_metadata, FIXTURE_DATA(memory_failure
case MADV_HARD_CLEAN_PAGECACHE:
case MADV_SOFT_CLEAN_PAGECACHE:
case MADV_SOFT_DIRTY_PAGECACHE:
- /* It is not expected to receive a SIGBUS signal. */
- ASSERT_EQ(setjmp, 0);
-
+ case MADV_SOFT_DIRTY_SHMEM:
/* The page content should remain unchanged. */
ASSERT_TRUE(check_memory(vaddr, self->page_size));
+ case MADV_HARD_CLEAN_SHMEM:
+ case MADV_SOFT_CLEAN_SHMEM:
+ /* It is not expected to receive a SIGBUS signal. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(setjmp, 0);

/* The backing pfn of addr should have changed. */
ASSERT_NE(pagemap_get_pfn(self->pagemap_fd, vaddr), self->pfn);
break;
case MADV_HARD_ANON:
case MADV_HARD_DIRTY_PAGECACHE:
+ case MADV_HARD_DIRTY_SHMEM:
+ case READ_ERROR:
/* The SIGBUS signal should have been received. */
ASSERT_EQ(setjmp, 1);

@@ -260,6 +269,20 @@ static int prepare_file(const char *fname, unsigned long size)
return fd;
}

+static int prepare_shmem(const char *fname, unsigned long size)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = memfd_create(fname, 0);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return -1;
+ if (ftruncate(fd, size) < 0) {
+ close(fd);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ return fd;
+}
+
/* Borrowed from mm/gup_longterm.c. */
static int get_fs_type(int fd)
{
@@ -356,4 +379,84 @@ TEST_F(memory_failure, dirty_pagecache)
ASSERT_EQ(close(fd), 0);
}

+TEST_F(memory_failure, dirty_shmem)
+{
+ int fd;
+ char *addr;
+ int ret;
+
+ fd = prepare_shmem("shmem-file", self->page_size);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ SKIP(return, "failed to open test shmem-file.\n");
+
+ addr = mmap(0, self->page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+ if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+ close(fd);
+ SKIP(return, "mmap failed, not enough memory.\n");
+ }
+ memset(addr, 0xce, self->page_size);
+
+ prepare(_metadata, self, addr);
+
+ ret = sigsetjmp(signal_jmp_buf, 1);
+ if (ret == 0)
+ ASSERT_EQ(variant->inject(self, addr), 0);
+
+ if (variant->type == MADV_HARD) {
+ check(_metadata, self, addr, MADV_HARD_DIRTY_SHMEM, ret);
+ ret = sigsetjmp(signal_jmp_buf, 1);
+ if (ret == 0)
+ FORCE_READ(*addr);
+ check(_metadata, self, addr, READ_ERROR, ret);
+ } else {
+ check(_metadata, self, addr, MADV_SOFT_DIRTY_SHMEM, ret);
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(munmap(addr, self->page_size), 0);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(close(fd), 0);
+ cleanup(_metadata, self, addr);
+}
+
+TEST_F(memory_failure, clean_shmem)
+{
+ int fd;
+ char *addr;
+ int ret;
+
+ fd = prepare_shmem("shmem-file", self->page_size);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ SKIP(return, "failed to open test shmem-file.\n");
+
+ addr = mmap(0, self->page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+ if (addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+ close(fd);
+ SKIP(return, "mmap failed, not enough memory.\n");
+ }
+ FORCE_READ(*addr);
+
+ prepare(_metadata, self, addr);
+
+ ret = sigsetjmp(signal_jmp_buf, 1);
+ if (ret == 0)
+ ASSERT_EQ(variant->inject(self, addr), 0);
+
+ if (variant->type == MADV_HARD) {
+ check(_metadata, self, addr, MADV_HARD_CLEAN_SHMEM, ret);
+ ret = sigsetjmp(signal_jmp_buf, 1);
+ if (ret == 0)
+ FORCE_READ(*addr);
+ check(_metadata, self, addr, READ_ERROR, ret);
+ } else {
+ check(_metadata, self, addr, MADV_SOFT_CLEAN_SHMEM, ret);
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(munmap(addr, self->page_size), 0);
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(close(fd), 0);
+ cleanup(_metadata, self, addr);
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN

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