[PATCH v2 29/53] selftests/mm: compaction_test: use HugeTLB helpers ...

From: Mike Rapoport

Date: Sat Apr 18 2026 - 07:00:34 EST


From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

... instead of open coded access of HugeTLB parameters via /proc.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c | 113 +++----------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
index 30209c40b697..962a50c3d66f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <string.h>

#include "kselftest.h"
+#include "hugepage_settings.h"

#define MAP_SIZE_MB 100
#define MAP_SIZE (MAP_SIZE_MB * 1024 * 1024)
@@ -82,75 +83,33 @@ int prereq(void)
return -1;
}

-int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size,
- unsigned long initial_nr_hugepages)
+int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size)
{
- unsigned long nr_hugepages_ul;
- int fd, ret = -1;
+ unsigned long nr_hugepages;
int compaction_index = 0;
- char nr_hugepages[20] = {0};
- char init_nr_hugepages[24] = {0};
- char target_nr_hugepages[24] = {0};
- int slen;
-
- snprintf(init_nr_hugepages, sizeof(init_nr_hugepages),
- "%lu", initial_nr_hugepages);
+ int ret = -1;

/* We want to test with 80% of available memory. Else, OOM killer comes
in to play */
mem_free = mem_free * 0.8;

- fd = open("/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages", O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
- if (fd < 0) {
- ksft_print_msg("Failed to open /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
- strerror(errno));
- ret = -1;
- goto out;
- }
-
/*
* Request huge pages for about half of the free memory. The Kernel
* will allocate as much as it can, and we expect it will get at least 1/3
*/
- nr_hugepages_ul = mem_free / hugepage_size / 2;
- snprintf(target_nr_hugepages, sizeof(target_nr_hugepages),
- "%lu", nr_hugepages_ul);
-
- slen = strlen(target_nr_hugepages);
- if (write(fd, target_nr_hugepages, slen) != slen) {
- ksft_print_msg("Failed to write %lu to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
- nr_hugepages_ul, strerror(errno));
- goto close_fd;
- }
-
- lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-
- if (read(fd, nr_hugepages, sizeof(nr_hugepages)) <= 0) {
- ksft_print_msg("Failed to re-read from /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
- strerror(errno));
- goto close_fd;
- }
+ nr_hugepages = mem_free / hugepage_size / 2;
+ hugetlb_set_nr_default_pages(nr_hugepages);

/* We should have been able to request at least 1/3 rd of the memory in
huge pages */
- nr_hugepages_ul = strtoul(nr_hugepages, NULL, 10);
- if (!nr_hugepages_ul) {
+ nr_hugepages = hugetlb_nr_default_pages();
+ if (!nr_hugepages) {
ksft_print_msg("ERROR: No memory is available as huge pages\n");
goto close_fd;
}
- compaction_index = mem_free/(nr_hugepages_ul * hugepage_size);
-
- lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-
- if (write(fd, init_nr_hugepages, strlen(init_nr_hugepages))
- != strlen(init_nr_hugepages)) {
- ksft_print_msg("Failed to write value to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
- strerror(errno));
- goto close_fd;
- }
+ compaction_index = mem_free/(nr_hugepages * hugepage_size);

- ksft_print_msg("Number of huge pages allocated = %lu\n",
- nr_hugepages_ul);
+ ksft_print_msg("Number of huge pages allocated = %lu\n", nr_hugepages);

if (compaction_index > 3) {
ksft_print_msg("ERROR: Less than 1/%d of memory is available\n"
@@ -161,48 +120,10 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size,
ret = 0;

close_fd:
- close(fd);
- out:
ksft_test_result(ret == 0, "check_compaction\n");
return ret;
}

-int set_zero_hugepages(unsigned long *initial_nr_hugepages)
-{
- int fd, ret = -1;
- char nr_hugepages[20] = {0};
-
- fd = open("/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages", O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
- if (fd < 0) {
- ksft_print_msg("Failed to open /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
- strerror(errno));
- goto out;
- }
- if (read(fd, nr_hugepages, sizeof(nr_hugepages)) <= 0) {
- ksft_print_msg("Failed to read from /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
- strerror(errno));
- goto close_fd;
- }
-
- lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-
- /* Start with the initial condition of 0 huge pages */
- if (write(fd, "0", sizeof(char)) != sizeof(char)) {
- ksft_print_msg("Failed to write 0 to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
- strerror(errno));
- goto close_fd;
- }
-
- *initial_nr_hugepages = strtoul(nr_hugepages, NULL, 10);
- ret = 0;
-
- close_fd:
- close(fd);
-
- out:
- return ret;
-}
-
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
struct rlimit lim;
@@ -212,18 +133,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
unsigned long mem_free = 0;
unsigned long hugepage_size = 0;
long mem_fragmentable_MB = 0;
- unsigned long initial_nr_hugepages;

ksft_print_header();

if (prereq() || geteuid())
ksft_exit_skip("Prerequisites unsatisfied\n");

- ksft_set_plan(1);
-
/* Start the test without hugepages reducing mem_free */
- if (set_zero_hugepages(&initial_nr_hugepages))
- ksft_exit_fail();
+ hugetlb_save_settings();
+ hugetlb_set_nr_default_pages(0);
+ if (hugetlb_nr_default_pages())
+ ksft_exit_skip("Could not reset nr_hugepages\n");
+
+ ksft_set_plan(1);

lim.rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
lim.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
@@ -268,8 +190,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
entry = entry->next;
}

- if (check_compaction(mem_free, hugepage_size,
- initial_nr_hugepages) == 0)
+ if (check_compaction(mem_free, hugepage_size) == 0)
ksft_exit_pass();

ksft_exit_fail();
--
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