[PATCH bpf-next v3 1/3] selftests/bpf: Remove kmem subtest from cgroup_iter_memcg
From: Hui Zhu
Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 02:12:34 EST
From: Hui Zhu <zhuhui@xxxxxxxxxx>
When cgroup.memory=nokmem is set in the kernel command line, kmem
accounting is disabled. This causes the test_kmem subtest in
cgroup_iter_memcg to fail because it expects non-zero kmem values.
Remove the kmem subtest altogether since the remaining subtests
(shmem, file, pgfault) already provide sufficient coverage for
the cgroup iter memcg functionality.
Signed-off-by: Hui Zhu <zhuhui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_iter_memcg.h | 2 --
.../bpf/prog_tests/cgroup_iter_memcg.c | 28 -------------------
.../selftests/bpf/progs/cgroup_iter_memcg.c | 1 -
3 files changed, 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_iter_memcg.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_iter_memcg.h
index 3f59b127943b..ff20ec537164 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_iter_memcg.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/cgroup_iter_memcg.h
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ struct memcg_query {
unsigned long nr_shmem;
unsigned long nr_file_pages;
unsigned long nr_file_mapped;
- /* some memcg_stat_item */
- unsigned long memcg_kmem;
/* some vm_event_item */
unsigned long pgfault;
};
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/cgroup_iter_memcg.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/cgroup_iter_memcg.c
index a5afd16705f0..88fc3e83d2b7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/cgroup_iter_memcg.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/cgroup_iter_memcg.c
@@ -126,32 +126,6 @@ static void test_shmem(struct bpf_link *link, struct memcg_query *memcg_query)
shm_unlink("/tmp_shmem");
}
-#define NR_PIPES 64
-static void test_kmem(struct bpf_link *link, struct memcg_query *memcg_query)
-{
- int fds[NR_PIPES][2], i;
-
- /*
- * Increase kmem value by creating pipes which will allocate some
- * kernel buffers.
- */
- for (i = 0; i < NR_PIPES; i++) {
- if (!ASSERT_OK(pipe(fds[i]), "pipe"))
- goto cleanup;
- }
-
- if (!ASSERT_OK(read_stats(link), "read stats"))
- goto cleanup;
-
- ASSERT_GT(memcg_query->memcg_kmem, 0, "kmem value");
-
-cleanup:
- for (i = i - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
- close(fds[i][0]);
- close(fds[i][1]);
- }
-}
-
static void test_pgfault(struct bpf_link *link, struct memcg_query *memcg_query)
{
void *map;
@@ -209,8 +183,6 @@ void test_cgroup_iter_memcg(void)
test_shmem(link, &skel->data_query->memcg_query);
if (test__start_subtest("cgroup_iter_memcg__file"))
test_file(link, &skel->data_query->memcg_query);
- if (test__start_subtest("cgroup_iter_memcg__kmem"))
- test_kmem(link, &skel->data_query->memcg_query);
if (test__start_subtest("cgroup_iter_memcg__pgfault"))
test_pgfault(link, &skel->data_query->memcg_query);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/cgroup_iter_memcg.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/cgroup_iter_memcg.c
index 59fb70a3cc50..12f79a44133e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/cgroup_iter_memcg.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/cgroup_iter_memcg.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ int cgroup_memcg_query(struct bpf_iter__cgroup *ctx)
memcg_query.nr_shmem = bpf_mem_cgroup_page_state(memcg, NR_SHMEM);
memcg_query.nr_file_pages = bpf_mem_cgroup_page_state(memcg, NR_FILE_PAGES);
memcg_query.nr_file_mapped = bpf_mem_cgroup_page_state(memcg, NR_FILE_MAPPED);
- memcg_query.memcg_kmem = bpf_mem_cgroup_page_state(memcg, MEMCG_KMEM);
memcg_query.pgfault = bpf_mem_cgroup_vm_events(memcg, PGFAULT);
bpf_put_mem_cgroup(memcg);
--
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