[PATCH v3 2/2] mm/ksm: Test case for prctl fork/exec workflow

From: Stefan Roesch
Date: Thu Sep 21 2023 - 15:29:14 EST


This adds a new test case to the ksm functional tests to make sure that
the KSM setting is inherited by the child process when doing a
fork/exec.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
index 901e950f9138..fbff0dd09191 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@

#define KiB 1024u
#define MiB (1024 * KiB)
+#define FORK_EXEC_CHILD_PRG_NAME "ksm_fork_exec_child"

static int mem_fd;
static int ksm_fd;
@@ -479,6 +480,64 @@ static void test_prctl_fork(void)
ksft_test_result_pass("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE value is inherited\n");
}

+static int ksm_fork_exec_child(void)
+{
+ /* Test if KSM is enabled for the process. */
+ return prctl(PR_GET_MEMORY_MERGE, 0, 0, 0, 0) == 1;
+}
+
+static void test_prctl_fork_exec(void)
+{
+ int ret, status;
+ pid_t child_pid;
+
+ ksft_print_msg("[RUN] %s\n", __func__);
+
+ ret = prctl(PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+ if (ret < 0 && errno == EINVAL) {
+ ksft_test_result_skip("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE not supported\n");
+ return;
+ } else if (ret) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE=1 failed\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ child_pid = fork();
+ if (child_pid == -1) {
+ ksft_test_result_skip("fork() failed\n");
+ return;
+ } else if (child_pid == 0) {
+ char *prg_name = "./ksm_functional_tests";
+ char *argv_for_program[] = { prg_name, FORK_EXEC_CHILD_PRG_NAME };
+
+ execv(prg_name, argv_for_program);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (waitpid(child_pid, &status, 0) > 0) {
+ if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+ status = WEXITSTATUS(status);
+ if (status) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("KSM not enabled\n");
+ return;
+ }
+ } else {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("program didn't terminate normally\n");
+ return;
+ }
+ } else {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("waitpid() failed\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (prctl(PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE, 0, 0, 0, 0)) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE=0 failed\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ ksft_test_result_pass("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE value is inherited\n");
+}
+
static void test_prctl_unmerge(void)
{
const unsigned int size = 2 * MiB;
@@ -536,9 +595,13 @@ static void test_prot_none(void)

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
- unsigned int tests = 7;
+ unsigned int tests = 8;
int err;

+ if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], FORK_EXEC_CHILD_PRG_NAME)) {
+ exit(ksm_fork_exec_child() == 1 ? 0 : 1);
+ }
+
#ifdef __NR_userfaultfd
tests++;
#endif
@@ -576,6 +639,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)

test_prctl();
test_prctl_fork();
+ test_prctl_fork_exec();
test_prctl_unmerge();

err = ksft_get_fail_cnt();
--
2.39.3