[PATCH RFC 19/19] mm: Minimal KUnit tests for some new page_alloc logic

From: Brendan Jackman

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 11:46:24 EST


Add a simple smoke test for __GFP_UNMAPPED that tries to exercise
flipping pageblocks between mapped/unmapped state.

Also add some basic tests for some freelist-indexing helpers.

Simplest way to run these on x86:

tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --arch=x86_64 "page_alloc.*" \
--kconfig_add CONFIG_MERMAP=y --kconfig_add CONFIG_PAGE_ALLOC_UNMAPPED=y

Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/panic.c | 2 +
mm/Kconfig | 2 +-
mm/Makefile | 1 +
mm/init-mm.c | 3 +
mm/internal.h | 6 ++
mm/page_alloc.c | 11 +-
mm/tests/page_alloc_kunit.c | 250 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
7 files changed, 271 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index c78600212b6c1..1a170d907eab1 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
#include <linux/sys_info.h>
#include <trace/events/error_report.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
+#include <kunit/visibility.h>

#define PANIC_TIMER_STEP 100
#define PANIC_BLINK_SPD 18
@@ -900,6 +901,7 @@ unsigned long get_taint(void)
{
return tainted_mask;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT(get_taint);

/**
* add_taint: add a taint flag if not already set.
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 134c6aab6fc50..27ce037cf82f5 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ config PAGE_ALLOC_UNMAPPED
default COMPILE_TEST || KUNIT
depends on MERMAP

-config PAGE_ALLOC_KUNIT_TESTS
+config PAGE_ALLOC_KUNIT_TEST
tristate "KUnit tests for the page allocator" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
depends on KUNIT
default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 42c8ca32359ae..073a93b83acee 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -152,3 +152,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TMPFS_QUOTA) += shmem_quota.o
obj-$(CONFIG_LAZY_MMU_MODE_KUNIT_TEST) += tests/lazy_mmu_mode_kunit.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MERMAP) += mermap.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MERMAP_KUNIT_TEST) += tests/mermap_kunit.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_ALLOC_KUNIT_TEST) += tests/page_alloc_kunit.o
diff --git a/mm/init-mm.c b/mm/init-mm.c
index c5556bb9d5f01..31103356da654 100644
--- a/mm/init-mm.c
+++ b/mm/init-mm.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
#include <linux/iommu.h>
#include <asm/mmu.h>

+#include <kunit/visibility.h>
+
#ifndef INIT_MM_CONTEXT
#define INIT_MM_CONTEXT(name)
#endif
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ struct mm_struct init_mm = {
.flexible_array = MM_STRUCT_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_INIT,
INIT_MM_CONTEXT(init_mm)
};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT(init_mm);

void setup_initial_init_mm(void *start_code, void *end_code,
void *end_data, void *brk)
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 6f2eacf3d8f2c..e37cb6cb8a9a2 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -1781,4 +1781,10 @@ static inline int io_remap_pfn_range_complete(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
return remap_pfn_range_complete(vma, addr, pfn, size, prot);
}

+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KUNIT)
+unsigned int order_to_pindex(freetype_t freetype, int order);
+int pindex_to_order(unsigned int pindex);
+bool pcp_allowed_order(unsigned int order);
+#endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KUNIT) */
+
#endif /* __MM_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 9b35e91dadeb5..7f930eb454501 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
#include <linux/cacheinfo.h>
#include <linux/pgalloc_tag.h>
#include <asm/div64.h>
+#include <kunit/visibility.h>
#include "internal.h"
#include "shuffle.h"
#include "page_reporting.h"
@@ -496,6 +497,7 @@ get_pfnblock_freetype(const struct page *page, unsigned long pfn)
{
return __get_pfnblock_freetype(page, pfn, 0);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT(get_pfnblock_freetype);


/**
@@ -731,7 +733,7 @@ static void bad_page(struct page *page, const char *reason)
add_taint(TAINT_BAD_PAGE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
}

-static inline unsigned int order_to_pindex(freetype_t freetype, int order)
+VISIBLE_IF_KUNIT inline unsigned int order_to_pindex(freetype_t freetype, int order)
{
int migratetype = free_to_migratetype(freetype);

@@ -759,8 +761,9 @@ static inline unsigned int order_to_pindex(freetype_t freetype, int order)

return (MIGRATE_PCPTYPES * order) + migratetype;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT(order_to_pindex);

-static inline int pindex_to_order(unsigned int pindex)
+VISIBLE_IF_KUNIT int pindex_to_order(unsigned int pindex)
{
unsigned int unmapped_base = NR_LOWORDER_PCP_LISTS + NR_PCP_THP;
int order;
@@ -783,8 +786,9 @@ static inline int pindex_to_order(unsigned int pindex)

return order;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT(pindex_to_order);

-static inline bool pcp_allowed_order(unsigned int order)
+VISIBLE_IF_KUNIT inline bool pcp_allowed_order(unsigned int order)
{
if (order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
return true;
@@ -794,6 +798,7 @@ static inline bool pcp_allowed_order(unsigned int order)
#endif
return false;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_IF_KUNIT(pcp_allowed_order);

/*
* Higher-order pages are called "compound pages". They are structured thusly:
diff --git a/mm/tests/page_alloc_kunit.c b/mm/tests/page_alloc_kunit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bd55d0bc35ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/tests/page_alloc_kunit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/mermap.h>
+#include <linux/mm_types.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/pgtable.h>
+#include <linux/set_memory.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
+#include <kunit/resource.h>
+#include <kunit/test.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+struct free_pages_ctx {
+ unsigned int order;
+ struct list_head pages;
+};
+
+static inline void action_many__free_pages(void *context)
+{
+ struct free_pages_ctx *ctx = context;
+ struct page *page, *tmp;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &ctx->pages, lru)
+ __free_pages(page, ctx->order);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Allocate a bunch of pages with the same order and GFP flags, transparently
+ * take care of error handling and cleanup. Does this all via a single KUnit
+ * resource, i.e. has a fixed memory overhead.
+ */
+static inline struct free_pages_ctx *
+do_many_alloc_pages(struct kunit *test, gfp_t gfp,
+ unsigned int order, unsigned int count)
+{
+ struct free_pages_ctx *ctx = kunit_kzalloc(
+ test, sizeof(struct free_pages_ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(test, ctx);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->pages);
+ ctx->order = order;
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+ struct page *page = alloc_pages(gfp, order);
+
+ if (!page) {
+ struct page *page, *tmp;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &ctx->pages, lru)
+ __free_pages(page, order);
+
+ KUNIT_FAIL_AND_ABORT(test,
+ "Failed to alloc order %d page (GFP *%pG) iter %d",
+ order, &gfp, i);
+ }
+ list_add(&page->lru, &ctx->pages);
+ }
+
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test,
+ kunit_add_action_or_reset(test, action_many__free_pages, ctx), 0);
+ return ctx;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_ALLOC_UNMAPPED
+
+static const gfp_t gfp_params_array[] = {
+ 0,
+ __GFP_ZERO,
+};
+
+static void gfp_param_get_desc(const gfp_t *gfp, char *desc)
+{
+ snprintf(desc, KUNIT_PARAM_DESC_SIZE, "%pGg", gfp);
+}
+
+KUNIT_ARRAY_PARAM(gfp, gfp_params_array, gfp_param_get_desc);
+
+/* Do some allocations that force the allocator to map/unmap some blocks. */
+static void test_alloc_map_unmap(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ unsigned long page_majority;
+ struct free_pages_ctx *ctx;
+ const gfp_t *gfp_extra = test->param_value;
+ gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_THISNODE | __GFP_UNMAPPED | *gfp_extra;
+ struct page *page;
+
+ kunit_attach_mm();
+ mermap_mm_prepare(current->mm);
+
+ /* No cleanup here - assuming kthread "belongs" to this test. */
+ set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of_node(numa_node_id()));
+
+ /*
+ * First allocate more than half of the memory in the node as
+ * unmapped. Assuming the memory starts out mapped, this should
+ * exercise the unmap.
+ */
+ page_majority = (node_present_pages(numa_node_id()) / 2) + 1;
+ ctx = do_many_alloc_pages(test, gfp, 0, page_majority);
+
+ /* Check pages are unmapped */
+ list_for_each_entry(page, &ctx->pages, lru) {
+ freetype_t ft = get_pfnblock_freetype(page, page_to_pfn(page));
+
+ /*
+ * Logically it should be an EXPECT, but that would
+ * cause heavy log spam on failure so use ASSERT for
+ * concision.
+ */
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_FALSE(test, kernel_page_present(page));
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_TRUE(test, freetype_flags(ft) & FREETYPE_UNMAPPED);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Now free them again and allocate the same amount without
+ * __GFP_UNMAPPED. This will exercise the mapping logic.
+ */
+ kunit_release_action(test, action_many__free_pages, ctx);
+ gfp &= ~__GFP_UNMAPPED;
+ ctx = do_many_alloc_pages(test, gfp, 0, page_majority);
+
+ /* Check pages are mapped. */
+ list_for_each_entry(page, &ctx->pages, lru)
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_TRUE(test, kernel_page_present(page));
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PAGE_ALLOC_UNMAPPED */
+
+static void __test_pindex_helpers(struct kunit *test, unsigned long *bitmap,
+ int mt, unsigned int ftflags, unsigned int order)
+{
+ freetype_t ft = migrate_to_freetype(mt, ftflags);
+ unsigned int pindex;
+ int got_order;
+
+ if (!pcp_allowed_order(order))
+ return;
+
+ if (mt >= MIGRATE_PCPTYPES)
+ return;
+
+ if (freetype_idx(ft) < 0)
+ return;
+
+ pindex = order_to_pindex(ft, order);
+
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_LT_MSG(test, pindex, NR_PCP_LISTS,
+ "invalid pindex %d (order %d mt %d flags %#x)",
+ pindex, order, mt, ftflags);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE_MSG(test, test_bit(pindex, bitmap),
+ "pindex %d reused (order %d mt %d flags %#x)",
+ pindex, order, mt, ftflags);
+
+ /*
+ * For THP, two migratetypes map to the same pindex,
+ * just manually exclude one of those cases.
+ */
+ if (!(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&
+ order == HPAGE_PMD_ORDER &&
+ mt == min(MIGRATE_UNMOVABLE, MIGRATE_RECLAIMABLE)))
+ clear_bit(pindex, bitmap);
+
+ got_order = pindex_to_order(pindex);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test, order, got_order,
+ "roundtrip failed, got %d want %d (pindex %d mt %d flags %#x)",
+ got_order, order, pindex, mt, ftflags);
+}
+
+/* This just checks for basic arithmetic errors. */
+static void test_pindex_helpers(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ unsigned long bitmap[bitmap_size(NR_PCP_LISTS)];
+
+ /* Bit means "pindex not yet used". */
+ bitmap_fill(bitmap, NR_PCP_LISTS);
+
+ for (unsigned int order = 0; order < NR_PAGE_ORDERS; order++) {
+ for (int mt = 0; mt < MIGRATE_TYPES; mt++) {
+ __test_pindex_helpers(test, bitmap, mt, 0, order);
+ if (FREETYPE_UNMAPPED)
+ __test_pindex_helpers(test, bitmap, mt,
+ FREETYPE_UNMAPPED, order);
+ }
+ }
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE_MSG(test, bitmap_empty(bitmap, NR_PCP_LISTS),
+ "unused pindices: %*pbl", NR_PCP_LISTS, bitmap);
+}
+
+static void __test_freetype_idx(struct kunit *test, unsigned int order,
+ int migratetype, unsigned int ftflags,
+ unsigned long *bitmap)
+{
+ freetype_t ft = migrate_to_freetype(migratetype, ftflags);
+ int idx = freetype_idx(ft);
+
+ if (idx == -1)
+ return;
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_GE(test, idx, 0);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_LT(test, idx, NR_FREETYPE_IDXS);
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_LT_MSG(test, idx, NR_PCP_LISTS,
+ "invalid idx %d (order %d mt %d flags %#x)",
+ idx, order, migratetype, ftflags);
+ clear_bit(idx, bitmap);
+}
+
+static void test_freetype_idx(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ unsigned long bitmap[bitmap_size(NR_FREETYPE_IDXS)];
+
+ /* Bit means "pindex not yet used". */
+ bitmap_fill(bitmap, NR_FREETYPE_IDXS);
+
+ for (unsigned int order = 0; order < NR_PAGE_ORDERS; order++) {
+ for (int mt = 0; mt < MIGRATE_TYPES; mt++) {
+ __test_freetype_idx(test, order, mt, 0, bitmap);
+ if (FREETYPE_UNMAPPED)
+ __test_freetype_idx(test, order, mt,
+ FREETYPE_UNMAPPED, bitmap);
+ }
+ }
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE_MSG(test, bitmap_empty(bitmap, NR_FREETYPE_IDXS),
+ "unused idxs: %*pbl", NR_PCP_LISTS, bitmap);
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case test_cases[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_ALLOC_UNMAPPED
+ KUNIT_CASE_PARAM(test_alloc_map_unmap, gfp_gen_params),
+#endif
+ KUNIT_CASE(test_pindex_helpers),
+ KUNIT_CASE(test_freetype_idx),
+ {}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite test_suite = {
+ .name = "page_alloc",
+ .test_cases = test_cases,
+};
+
+kunit_test_suite(test_suite);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("EXPORTED_FOR_KUNIT_TESTING");

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