[PATCH] selftests/mm: khugepaged: skip swap tests when no swap available

From: Alexander Gordeev

Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 10:10:15 EST


When no swap is configured, swap-related tests fail because
madvise(MADV_PAGEOUT) does not swap out pages. Add a helper
function to detect swap availability and skip these tests.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
index 10e8dedcb087..b254baf9e0b7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -216,6 +216,25 @@ static bool check_swap(void *addr, unsigned long size)
return swap;
}

+static bool is_swap_available(unsigned long size)
+{
+ unsigned long swap_total = 0;
+ char buffer[256];
+ FILE *fp;
+
+ fp = fopen("/proc/meminfo", "r");
+ if (!fp)
+ return false;
+
+ while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp)) {
+ if (sscanf(buffer, "SwapTotal: %lu kB", &swap_total) == 1)
+ break;
+ }
+ fclose(fp);
+
+ return swap_total >= (size / 1024);
+}
+
static void *alloc_mapping(int nr)
{
void *p;
@@ -734,6 +753,13 @@ static void collapse_swapin_single_pte(struct collapse_context *c, struct mem_op
{
void *p;

+ if (!is_swap_available(page_size)) {
+ ksft_print_msg("No swap available...");
+ skip("Skip");
+ ksft_test_result_skip("%s\n", __func__);
+ return;
+ }
+
p = ops->setup_area(1);
ops->fault(p, 0, hpage_pmd_size);

@@ -760,6 +786,13 @@ static void collapse_max_ptes_swap(struct collapse_context *c, struct mem_ops *o
int max_ptes_swap = thp_read_num("khugepaged/max_ptes_swap");
void *p;

+ if (!is_swap_available((max_ptes_swap + 1) * page_size)) {
+ ksft_print_msg("No swap available...");
+ skip("Skip");
+ ksft_test_result_skip("%s\n", __func__);
+ return;
+ }
+
p = ops->setup_area(1);
ops->fault(p, 0, hpage_pmd_size);

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