[PATCH v2 2/2] kselftest: mm: replace usage of /proc/self/smaps for check_huge_xxx() helper

From: Yeoreum Yun

Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 08:26:11 EST


Since glibc commit 321e1fc73f (“malloc: Enable 2MB THP by default on AArch64”),
glibc may call madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE) for sufficiently large allocations
made by memalign().

The underlying VMA may start at a different address from the aligned
address returned by memalign(). Furthermore, a subsequent
madvise(MADV_HUGEPAGE) call does not split the VMA because the flag is
already set.

This causes split_huge_page_test to fail because the check_huge_xxx()
helpers incorrectly require the address returned by memalign() to
match the VMA start address reported in /proc/self/smaps.

Fix this by using /proc/self/pagemap and /proc/kpageflags instead of
/proc/self/smaps to detect huge pages.

Reported-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@xxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
index 4821a3563036..1d0959b3b9e8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
@@ -351,31 +351,13 @@ char *__get_smap_entry(void *addr, const char *pattern, char *buf, size_t len)
return entry;
}

-static bool __check_pmd_huge(void *addr, char *pattern, int nr_hpages,
- uint64_t hpage_size)
-{
- char buffer[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
- uint64_t thp = -1;
- char *entry;
-
- entry = __get_smap_entry(addr, pattern, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
- if (!entry)
- goto err_out;
-
- if (sscanf(entry, "%9" SCNu64 " kB", &thp) != 1)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("Reading smap error\n");
-
-err_out:
- return thp == (nr_hpages * (hpage_size >> 10));
-}
-
-static bool check_large_folios(void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages,
- uint64_t hpage_size)
+static bool check_large_folios(int pagemap_fd, int kpageflags_fd,
+ void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages,
+ uint64_t hpage_size)
{
int order = 0, pagesize = getpagesize();
unsigned int nr_pages = hpage_size / pagesize;
int orders[MAX_NR_ORDERS], status;
- int pagemap_fd, kpageflags_fd;
bool ret = false;

if (!nr_pages)
@@ -386,15 +368,6 @@ static bool check_large_folios(void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages,
ksft_exit_fail_msg("invalid order\n");

memset(orders, 0, sizeof(int) * MAX_NR_ORDERS);
- pagemap_fd = open(PAGEMAP_PATH, O_RDONLY);
- if (pagemap_fd == -1)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("read pagemap fail\n");
-
- kpageflags_fd = open(KPAGEFLAGS_PATH, O_RDONLY);
- if (kpageflags_fd == -1) {
- close(pagemap_fd);
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("read kpageflags fail\n");
- }

status = gather_folio_orders(addr, len, pagemap_fd,
kpageflags_fd, orders, MAX_NR_ORDERS);
@@ -405,48 +378,97 @@ static bool check_large_folios(void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages,
ret = true;

out:
- close(pagemap_fd);
- close(kpageflags_fd);
return ret;
}

-bool check_huge_anon(void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size)
+enum check_huge_type {
+ CHECK_HUGE_ANON,
+ CHECK_HUGE_FILE,
+ CHECK_HUGE_SHMEM,
+};
+
+static bool __check_pmd_huge(void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages,
+ uint64_t hpage_size, enum check_huge_type type)
{
- uint64_t pmd_pagesize = read_pmd_pagesize();
+ int pagemap_fd, kpageflags_fd;
+ uint64_t pmd_pagesize, granule;
+ uint64_t categories, kpf;
+ unsigned long pfn;
+ bool check_large, huge_mapped;
+ char *start = addr;
+ char *end = start + len;

+ pmd_pagesize = read_pmd_pagesize();
if (!pmd_pagesize)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("reading PMD pagesize failed\n");

- if (hpage_size == pmd_pagesize)
- return __check_pmd_huge(addr, "AnonHugePages: ", nr_hpages, hpage_size);
+ if (nr_hpages > 0) {
+ check_large = true;
+ granule = hpage_size;
+ } else {
+ check_large = false;
+ granule = psize();
+ }

- return check_large_folios(addr, len, nr_hpages, hpage_size);
-}
+ pagemap_fd = open(PAGEMAP_PATH, O_RDONLY);
+ if (pagemap_fd < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("open pagemap fail\n");

-bool check_huge_file(void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size)
-{
- uint64_t pmd_pagesize = read_pmd_pagesize();
+ kpageflags_fd = open(KPAGEFLAGS_PATH, O_RDONLY);
+ if (kpageflags_fd < 0) {
+ close(pagemap_fd);
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("open kpageflags fail\n");
+ }

- if (!pmd_pagesize)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("reading PMD pagesize failed\n");
+ if (check_large && !check_large_folios(pagemap_fd, kpageflags_fd,
+ addr, len, nr_hpages, hpage_size))
+ goto out;

- if (hpage_size == pmd_pagesize)
- return __check_pmd_huge(addr, "FilePmdMapped:", nr_hpages, hpage_size);
+ for (; start < end; start += granule) {
+ categories = pagemap_scan_get_categories(pagemap_fd, start);
+ pfn = pagemap_get_pfn(pagemap_fd, start);
+ if (pfn == -1UL) {
+ if (check_large)
+ goto out;
+ else
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (pageflags_get(pfn, kpageflags_fd, &kpf))
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("read kpageflags: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ huge_mapped = categories & PAGE_IS_HUGE;
+ if (check_large != huge_mapped) {
+ if (!check_large || granule == pmd_pagesize)
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (kpf & KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL)
+ continue;
+ if (!!(categories & PAGE_IS_FILE) != (type != CHECK_HUGE_ANON))
+ goto out;
+ if (type == CHECK_HUGE_ANON)
+ continue;
+ if (!!(kpf & KPF_SWAPBACKED) != (type != CHECK_HUGE_FILE))
+ goto out;
+ }

- return check_large_folios(addr, len, nr_hpages, hpage_size);
+out:
+ close(pagemap_fd);
+ close(kpageflags_fd);
+ return start >= end;
}

-bool check_huge_shmem(void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size)
+bool check_huge_anon(void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size)
{
- uint64_t pmd_pagesize = read_pmd_pagesize();
-
- if (!pmd_pagesize)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("reading PMD pagesize failed\n");
+ return __check_pmd_huge(addr, len, nr_hpages, hpage_size, CHECK_HUGE_ANON);
+}

- if (hpage_size == pmd_pagesize)
- return __check_pmd_huge(addr, "ShmemPmdMapped:", nr_hpages, hpage_size);
+bool check_huge_file(void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size)
+{
+ return __check_pmd_huge(addr, len, nr_hpages, hpage_size, CHECK_HUGE_FILE);
+}

- return check_large_folios(addr, len, nr_hpages, hpage_size);
+bool check_huge_shmem(void *addr, size_t len, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size)
+{
+ return __check_pmd_huge(addr, len, nr_hpages, hpage_size, CHECK_HUGE_SHMEM);
}

int64_t allocate_transhuge(void *ptr, int pagemap_fd)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
index 9a49af88702e..f19bd17817e5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#define PM_SWAP BIT_ULL(62)
#define PM_PRESENT BIT_ULL(63)

+#define KPF_SWAPBACKED BIT_ULL(14)
#define KPF_COMPOUND_HEAD BIT_ULL(15)
#define KPF_COMPOUND_TAIL BIT_ULL(16)
#define KPF_HWPOISON BIT_ULL(19)

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2.43.0