[PATCH v8 1/6] selftests/mm: make file helpers return errors
From: Sarthak Sharma
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 00:21:41 EST
Change read_file(), write_file(), read_num(), write_num() and
write_num_ignore_einval() in vm_util.c to report failures to callers
instead of exiting from the helper.
Make read_file() return a negative errno on failure and 0 on success, so
callers can distinguish a successful read from an I/O error. Also make
read_num() reject negative and malformed values.
Keep write_num_ignore_einval() silent for -EINVAL while returning other
errors to its caller.
Update callers to print diagnostics and fail wherever required. Also add
a helper print_file_access_error() in hugepage_settings.c to print
TAP-compatible errors without a kselftest dependency. This prepares the
helpers to be moved to tools/lib/mm without a kselftest dependency.
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sarthak Sharma <sarthak.sharma@xxxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/mm/hugepage_settings.c | 98 +++++++++++---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c | 14 +-
.../selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c | 5 +-
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c | 122 ++++++++++++------
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h | 8 +-
5 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugepage_settings.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugepage_settings.c
index d7917dce3aba..5bcda01ac4f6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugepage_settings.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugepage_settings.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
#include "vm_util.h"
#include "hugepage_settings.h"
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ static const char * const shmem_enabled_strings[] = {
NULL
};
+static void print_file_access_error(const char *path, int ret)
+{
+ printf("# %s: %s (%d)\n", path, strerror(-ret), -ret);
+}
+
int thp_read_string(const char *name, const char * const strings[])
{
char path[PATH_MAX];
@@ -61,8 +67,9 @@ int thp_read_string(const char *name, const char * const strings[])
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
- if (!read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf))) {
- perror(path);
+ ret = read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (ret) {
+ print_file_access_error(path, ret);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
@@ -103,12 +110,17 @@ void thp_write_string(const char *name, const char *val)
printf("%s: Pathname is too long\n", __func__);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
- write_file(path, val, strlen(val) + 1);
+ ret = write_file(path, val, strlen(val) + 1);
+ if (ret) {
+ print_file_access_error(path, ret);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
}
unsigned long thp_read_num(const char *name)
{
char path[PATH_MAX];
+ unsigned long num;
int ret;
ret = snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, THP_SYSFS "%s", name);
@@ -116,7 +128,13 @@ unsigned long thp_read_num(const char *name)
printf("%s: Pathname is too long\n", __func__);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
- return read_num(path);
+ ret = read_num(path, &num);
+ if (ret) {
+ print_file_access_error(path, ret);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ return num;
}
void thp_write_num(const char *name, unsigned long num)
@@ -129,7 +147,11 @@ void thp_write_num(const char *name, unsigned long num)
printf("%s: Pathname is too long\n", __func__);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
- write_num(path, num);
+ ret = write_num(path, num);
+ if (ret) {
+ print_file_access_error(path, ret);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
}
void thp_read_settings(struct thp_settings *settings)
@@ -157,8 +179,15 @@ void thp_read_settings(struct thp_settings *settings)
.max_ptes_shared = thp_read_num("khugepaged/max_ptes_shared"),
.pages_to_scan = thp_read_num("khugepaged/pages_to_scan"),
};
- if (dev_queue_read_ahead_path[0])
- settings->read_ahead_kb = read_num(dev_queue_read_ahead_path);
+ if (dev_queue_read_ahead_path[0]) {
+ int ret = read_num(dev_queue_read_ahead_path,
+ &settings->read_ahead_kb);
+
+ if (ret) {
+ print_file_access_error(dev_queue_read_ahead_path, ret);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ }
for (i = 0; i < NR_ORDERS; i++) {
if (!((1 << i) & orders)) {
@@ -208,8 +237,15 @@ void thp_write_settings(struct thp_settings *settings)
thp_write_num("khugepaged/max_ptes_shared", khugepaged->max_ptes_shared);
thp_write_num("khugepaged/pages_to_scan", khugepaged->pages_to_scan);
- if (dev_queue_read_ahead_path[0])
- write_num(dev_queue_read_ahead_path, settings->read_ahead_kb);
+ if (dev_queue_read_ahead_path[0]) {
+ int ret = write_num(dev_queue_read_ahead_path,
+ settings->read_ahead_kb);
+
+ if (ret) {
+ print_file_access_error(dev_queue_read_ahead_path, ret);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ }
for (i = 0; i < NR_ORDERS; i++) {
if (!((1 << i) & orders))
@@ -307,8 +343,15 @@ static unsigned long __thp_supported_orders(bool is_shmem)
}
ret = read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf));
- if (ret)
- orders |= 1UL << i;
+ if (ret) {
+ if (ret != -ENOENT) {
+ print_file_access_error(path, ret);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ orders |= 1UL << i;
}
return orders;
@@ -382,8 +425,7 @@ int detect_hugetlb_page_sizes(unsigned long sizes[], int max)
if (sscanf(entry->d_name, "hugepages-%zukB", &kb) != 1)
continue;
sizes[count++] = kb * 1024;
- ksft_print_msg("[INFO] detected hugetlb page size: %zu KiB\n",
- kb);
+ printf("# [INFO] detected hugetlb page size: %zu KiB\n", kb);
}
closedir(dir);
return count;
@@ -425,28 +467,49 @@ static void hugetlb_sysfs_path(char *buf, size_t buflen,
unsigned long hugetlb_nr_pages(unsigned long size)
{
char path[PATH_MAX];
+ unsigned long nr;
+ int ret;
hugetlb_sysfs_path(path, sizeof(path), size, "nr_hugepages");
- return read_num(path);
+ ret = read_num(path, &nr);
+ if (ret) {
+ print_file_access_error(path, ret);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ return nr;
}
void hugetlb_set_nr_pages(unsigned long size, unsigned long nr)
{
char path[PATH_MAX];
+ int ret;
hugetlb_sysfs_path(path, sizeof(path), size, "nr_hugepages");
- write_num_ignore_einval(path, nr);
+ ret = write_num_ignore_einval(path, nr);
+ if (ret) {
+ print_file_access_error(path, ret);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
}
unsigned long hugetlb_free_pages(unsigned long size)
{
char path[PATH_MAX];
+ unsigned long nr;
+ int ret;
hugetlb_sysfs_path(path, sizeof(path), size, "free_hugepages");
- return read_num(path);
+ ret = read_num(path, &nr);
+ if (ret) {
+ print_file_access_error(path, ret);
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ return nr;
}
static bool __hugetlb_setup(unsigned long size, unsigned long nr)
@@ -502,7 +565,8 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_setup(unsigned long nr, unsigned long sizes[],
return 0;
if (nr_enabled > max) {
- ksft_print_msg("detected %d huge page sizes, will only test %d\n", nr_enabled, max);
+ printf("# detected %d huge page sizes, will only test %d\n",
+ nr_enabled, max);
nr_enabled = max;
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
index 1d2d6bd72fd2..4ba5692ec4be 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static void get_finfo(const char *dir)
char buf[1 << 10];
char path[PATH_MAX];
char *str, *end;
+ int ret;
finfo.dir = dir;
if (stat(finfo.dir, &path_stat))
@@ -142,8 +143,9 @@ static void get_finfo(const char *dir)
major(path_stat.st_dev), minor(path_stat.st_dev))
>= sizeof(path))
ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s: Pathname is too long\n", __func__);
- if (!read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf)))
- ksft_exit_fail_perror("read_file(uevent)");
+ ret = read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (ret)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("read_file(%s): %s\n", path, strerror(-ret));
if (strstr(buf, "DEVTYPE=disk")) {
/* Found it */
if (snprintf(finfo.dev_queue_read_ahead_path,
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ static void *file_setup_area_common(int nr_hpages, enum file_setup_ops setup)
{
const int open_opt = setup == FILE_SETUP_READ_ONLY_FS ? O_RDONLY : O_RDWR;
const int mmap_prot = setup == FILE_SETUP_READ_ONLY_FS ? PROT_READ : (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE);
- int fd;
+ int fd, ret;
void *p;
unsigned long size;
@@ -368,7 +370,11 @@ static void *file_setup_area_common(int nr_hpages, enum file_setup_ops setup)
ksft_exit_fail_perror("mmap()");
/* Drop page cache */
- write_file("/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches", "3", 2);
+ ret = write_file("/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches", "3", 2);
+ if (ret)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("write_file(drop_caches): %s\n",
+ strerror(-ret));
+
success("OK");
return p;
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
index 86a603692826..5b0f77d12756 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ static void write_debugfs(const char *fmt, ...)
if (ret >= INPUT_MAX)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s: Debugfs input is too long\n", __func__);
- write_file(SPLIT_DEBUGFS, input, ret + 1);
+ ret = write_file(SPLIT_DEBUGFS, input, ret + 1);
+ if (ret)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("write_file(%s): %s\n", SPLIT_DEBUGFS,
+ strerror(-ret));
}
static char *allocate_zero_filled_hugepage(size_t len)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
index 80bc9f597b52..c1b8d60e519d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
@@ -891,109 +891,149 @@ int unpoison_memory(unsigned long pfn)
int read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen)
{
- int fd;
+ int fd, err;
ssize_t numread;
fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
if (fd == -1)
- return 0;
+ return -errno;
numread = read(fd, buf, buflen - 1);
if (numread < 1) {
+ err = numread ? errno : ENODATA;
close(fd);
- return 0;
+ return -err;
}
buf[numread] = '\0';
close(fd);
- return (unsigned int) numread;
+ return 0;
}
-static void __write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen, bool ignore_einval)
+int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen)
{
int fd, saved_errno;
ssize_t numwritten;
if (buflen < 2)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("Incorrect buffer len: %zu\n", buflen);
+ return -EINVAL;
fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
if (fd == -1)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s open failed: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+ return -errno;
numwritten = write(fd, buf, buflen - 1);
saved_errno = errno;
close(fd);
- errno = saved_errno;
- if (numwritten < 0) {
- if (ignore_einval && errno == EINVAL)
- return;
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s write(%.*s) failed: %s\n", path, (int)(buflen - 1),
- buf, strerror(errno));
- }
- if (numwritten != buflen - 1)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s write(%.*s) is truncated, expected %zu bytes, got %zd bytes\n",
- path, (int)(buflen - 1), buf, buflen - 1, numwritten);
-}
-void write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen)
-{
- __write_file(path, buf, buflen, /* ignore_einval = */ false);
+ if (numwritten < 0)
+ return -saved_errno;
+
+ if (numwritten != (ssize_t)(buflen - 1))
+ return -EIO;
+
+ return 0;
}
-unsigned long read_num(const char *path)
+int read_num(const char *path, unsigned long *num)
{
+ unsigned long val;
+ int ret;
char buf[21];
+ char *end;
- if (!read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf)))
- ksft_exit_fail_perror("read_file()");
+ if (!num)
+ return -EINVAL;
- return strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
+ ret = read_file(path, buf, sizeof(buf));
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ /* Reject signs and leading whitespace that are accepted by strtoul() */
+ if (buf[0] < '0' || buf[0] > '9')
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ errno = 0;
+ val = strtoul(buf, &end, 10);
+ if (errno)
+ return -errno;
+
+ /* Only allow a newline after the number */
+ if (*end == '\n')
+ end++;
+
+ if (*end != '\0')
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ *num = val;
+ return 0;
}
-static void __write_num(const char *path, unsigned long num, bool ignore_einval)
+int write_num(const char *path, unsigned long num)
{
char buf[21];
sprintf(buf, "%lu", num);
- __write_file(path, buf, strlen(buf) + 1, ignore_einval);
+ return write_file(path, buf, strlen(buf) + 1);
}
-void write_num(const char *path, unsigned long num)
+int write_num_ignore_einval(const char *path, unsigned long num)
{
- return __write_num(path, num, /* ignore_einval = */ false);
-}
+ int ret;
-void write_num_ignore_einval(const char *path, unsigned long num)
-{
- return __write_num(path, num, /* ignore_einval = */ true);
+ ret = write_num(path, num);
+ return ret == -EINVAL ? 0 : ret;
}
static unsigned long shmall, shmmax;
void __shm_limits_restore(void)
{
- if (shmmax)
- write_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax", shmmax);
- if (shmall)
- write_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmall", shmall);
+ int ret;
+
+ if (shmmax) {
+ ret = write_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax", shmmax);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to restore shmmax: %s\n",
+ strerror(-ret));
+ }
+ if (shmall) {
+ ret = write_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmall", shmall);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to restore shmall: %s\n",
+ strerror(-ret));
+ }
}
void shm_limits_prepare(unsigned long length)
{
unsigned long nr = length / psize();
unsigned long val;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = read_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax", &val);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to read /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax: %s\n",
+ strerror(-ret));
- val = read_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax");
if (val < length) {
- write_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax", length);
+ ret = write_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax", length);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to write %lu to /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax: %s\n",
+ length, strerror(-ret));
shmmax = val;
}
- val = read_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmall");
+ ret = read_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmall", &val);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to read /proc/sys/kernel/shmall: %s\n",
+ strerror(-ret));
if (val < nr) {
- write_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmall", nr);
+ ret = write_num("/proc/sys/kernel/shmall", nr);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to write %lu to /proc/sys/kernel/shmall: %s\n",
+ nr, strerror(-ret));
shmall = val;
}
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
index 9a49af88702e..62f6f5b42649 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ int unpoison_memory(unsigned long pfn);
#define PAGEMAP_PRESENT(ent) (((ent) & (1ull << 63)) != 0)
#define PAGEMAP_PFN(ent) ((ent) & ((1ull << 55) - 1))
-void write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen);
+int write_file(const char *path, const char *buf, size_t buflen);
int read_file(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen);
-unsigned long read_num(const char *path);
-void write_num(const char *path, unsigned long num);
-void write_num_ignore_einval(const char *path, unsigned long num);
+int read_num(const char *path, unsigned long *num);
+int write_num(const char *path, unsigned long num);
+int write_num_ignore_einval(const char *path, unsigned long num);
void shm_limits_prepare(unsigned long length);
void __shm_limits_restore(void);
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