[PATCH v9 3/3] ksm: add mremap selftests for ksm_rmap_walk

From: xu.xin16

Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 09:24:31 EST


From: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>

The existing tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c has already one testcase
for ksm_rmap_walk in TEST_F(migrate, ksm), which takes use of migration
of page from one NUMA node to another NUMA node. However, it just lacks
the scenario of mremapped VMAs.

We add the calling of mremap() and then trigger KSM to merge pages before
migrating, which is specifically to test an optimization which is
introduced by this patch ("ksm: Optimize rmap_walk_ksm by passing a
suitable address pgoff").

This test can reproduce the issue that Hugh points out at
https://lore.kernel.org/all/02e1b8df-d568-8cbb-b8f6-46d5476d9d75@xxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 90 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c
index 53f2058b0ef2..375bcb1fe1ab 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c
@@ -430,4 +430,94 @@ TEST_F(migrate, ksm)
propagate_children(_metadata, data);
}

+static int mremap_merge_and_migrate(struct global_data *data)
+{
+ int ret, i, pagemap_fd;
+ void *old_region;
+ void *new_region;
+ int nr_pages = 32;
+ int page_size = getpagesize();
+ unsigned long old_pfn;
+
+ /* Allocate exactly pages for the test */
+ data->mapsize = nr_pages * page_size;
+ data->region = mmap(NULL, data->mapsize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANON, -1, 0);
+ if (data->region == MAP_FAILED)
+ ksft_exit_fail_perror("mmap failed");
+ memset(data->region, 0x77, data->mapsize);
+
+ old_region = data->region;
+ /*
+ * Mremap the second half region to the first half location (FIXED).
+ */
+ new_region = mremap(old_region + data->mapsize / 2, data->mapsize / 2,
+ data->mapsize / 2, MREMAP_MAYMOVE | MREMAP_FIXED,
+ old_region);
+ if (new_region == MAP_FAILED) {
+ ksft_print_msg("mremap failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return FAIL_ON_CHECK;
+ }
+ data->region = new_region;
+ data->mapsize /= 2;
+
+ /* Trigger KSM to merge these pages */
+ if (ksm_start() < 0)
+ return FAIL_ON_CHECK;
+
+ pagemap_fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY);
+ if (pagemap_fd == -1)
+ return FAIL_ON_WORK;
+
+ /* Before migrating, check if All pages's PFN are the same */
+ *data->expected_pfn = pagemap_get_pfn(pagemap_fd, data->region);
+ for (i = 1; i < nr_pages / 2; i++) {
+ if (pagemap_get_pfn(pagemap_fd, data->region + i * page_size)
+ != *data->expected_pfn) {
+ ksft_print_msg("PFN is not expected\n");
+ return FAIL_ON_CHECK;
+ }
+ }
+ old_pfn = *data->expected_pfn;
+
+ /* Attempt to migrate the merged KSM page */
+ ret = try_to_move_page(data->region);
+ if (ret != 0) {
+ ksft_print_msg("migration of KSM page after mremap failed\n");
+ return FAIL_ON_CHECK;
+ }
+
+ /* After migrating, check if all PFN aren't the old */
+ for (i = 1; i < nr_pages / 2; i++) {
+ if (pagemap_get_pfn(pagemap_fd, data->region + i * page_size)
+ == old_pfn) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Bug migration: still old PFN\n");
+ return FAIL_ON_CHECK;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+TEST_F(migrate, ksm_and_mremap)
+{
+ struct global_data *data = &self->data;
+ int ret;
+
+ /* Skip if KSM is not available */
+ if (ksm_stop() < 0)
+ SKIP(return, "accessing \"/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run\" failed");
+ if (ksm_get_full_scans() < 0)
+ SKIP(return, "accessing \"/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/full_scan\" failed");
+
+ ret = prctl(PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+ if (ret < 0 && errno == EINVAL)
+ SKIP(return, "PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE not supported");
+ else if (ret)
+ ksft_exit_fail_perror("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE=1 failed");
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(mremap_merge_and_migrate(data), 0);
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
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