[PATCH v6 3/3] selftests: cgroup: Add dmem selftest coverage

From: Albert Esteve

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 09:44:05 EST


Currently, tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/ has no
dmem-specific test. This leaves dmem accounting and
dmem.max enforcement largely unvalidated without a
production driver.

Add test_dmem, driven by the dmem_selftest helper module
parameters (alloc/free) on the dmem_selftest region.
insmod the helper before running the tests.

The tests cover:
- test_dmem_max: nested hierarchy with per-leaf dmem.max
values and verifies that over-limit charges fail while
in-limit charges succeed in dmem.current.
- test_dmem_alloc_byte_granularity: non-page-aligned alloc
sizes, dmem.current equals the requested byte count, and
free-to-zero behavior.

Limits are read with cg_read_key_long(). The helper is stat'd
in main() so a missing module skips the whole test instead
of each subtest.

Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <aesteve@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/Makefile | 2 +
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_dmem.c | 314 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 317 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/.gitignore
index 952e4448bf07..ea2322598217 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
test_core
test_cpu
test_cpuset
+test_dmem
test_freezer
test_hugetlb_memcg
test_kill
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/Makefile
index a08661320a07..d01e8eb1ead2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ TEST_GEN_MODS_DIR := test_modules
TEST_GEN_PROGS = test_core
TEST_GEN_PROGS += test_cpu
TEST_GEN_PROGS += test_cpuset
+TEST_GEN_PROGS += test_dmem
TEST_GEN_PROGS += test_freezer
TEST_GEN_PROGS += test_hugetlb_memcg
TEST_GEN_PROGS += test_kill
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ include lib/libcgroup.mk
$(OUTPUT)/test_core: $(LIBCGROUP_O)
$(OUTPUT)/test_cpu: $(LIBCGROUP_O)
$(OUTPUT)/test_cpuset: $(LIBCGROUP_O)
+$(OUTPUT)/test_dmem: $(LIBCGROUP_O)
$(OUTPUT)/test_freezer: $(LIBCGROUP_O)
$(OUTPUT)/test_hugetlb_memcg: $(LIBCGROUP_O)
$(OUTPUT)/test_kill: $(LIBCGROUP_O)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_dmem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_dmem.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3793664678b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_dmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Test the dmem (device memory) cgroup controller.
+ *
+ * Depends on the dmem_selftest helper module
+ * (tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_modules/dmem_selftest.c).
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <linux/limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "kselftest.h"
+#include "cgroup_util.h"
+
+#define DM_SELFTEST_REGION "dmem_selftest"
+#define DM_SELFTEST_ALLOC "/sys/module/dmem_selftest/parameters/alloc"
+#define DM_SELFTEST_FREE "/sys/module/dmem_selftest/parameters/free"
+
+static long dmem_read_limit(const char *cgroup, const char *ctrl)
+{
+ return cg_read_key_long(cgroup, ctrl, DM_SELFTEST_REGION " ");
+}
+
+static int dmem_write_limit(const char *cgroup, const char *ctrl, long val)
+{
+ char wr[64];
+
+ snprintf(wr, sizeof(wr), "%s %ld", DM_SELFTEST_REGION, val);
+ return cg_write(cgroup, ctrl, wr);
+}
+
+static int dmem_selftest_alloc(long bytes)
+{
+ char wr[32];
+
+ snprintf(wr, sizeof(wr), "%ld", bytes);
+ return write_text(DM_SELFTEST_ALLOC, wr, strlen(wr));
+}
+
+static int dmem_selftest_free(void)
+{
+ char wr[] = "1";
+
+ return write_text(DM_SELFTEST_FREE, wr, strlen(wr));
+}
+
+/*
+ * First, this test creates the following hierarchy:
+ * A
+ * A/B dmem.max=8M
+ * A/B/C dmem.max=2M
+ * A/B/D dmem.max=1M
+ * A/B/E dmem.max=75K
+ * A/B/F dmem.max=25K
+ * A/B/G dmem.max=8K
+ * A/B/H dmem.max=0
+ *
+ * Then for each leaf cgroup it tries to alloc above dmem.max
+ * and expects the request to fail and dmem.current to remain
+ * unchanged.
+ *
+ * For leaves with non-zero dmem.max, it additionally allocs a
+ * smaller amount and verifies dmem.current matches the requested
+ * size exactly (the controller accounts in bytes, with no page
+ * rounding), then frees and verifies dmem.current returns
+ * to the previous value.
+ */
+static int test_dmem_max(const char *root)
+{
+ static const long leaf_max[] = {
+ MB(2), MB(1), KB(75), KB(25), KB(8), 0
+ };
+ static const long pass_sz[] = {
+ MB(1), MB(1), KB(4), KB(4), KB(4), 0
+ };
+ char *parent[2] = {NULL};
+ char *children[ARRAY_SIZE(leaf_max)] = {NULL};
+
+ _Static_assert(ARRAY_SIZE(pass_sz) == ARRAY_SIZE(leaf_max),
+ "pass_sz doesn't match leaf_max length");
+ long cur_before, cur_after;
+ int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+ int charged = 0;
+ int in_child = 0;
+ long v;
+ int i;
+
+ parent[0] = cg_name(root, "dmem_prot_0");
+ if (!parent[0])
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ parent[1] = cg_name(parent[0], "dmem_prot_1");
+ if (!parent[1])
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (cg_create(parent[0]))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (cg_write(parent[0], "cgroup.subtree_control", "+dmem"))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (cg_create(parent[1]))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (cg_write(parent[1], "cgroup.subtree_control", "+dmem"))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(children); i++) {
+ children[i] = cg_name_indexed(parent[1], "dmem_child", i);
+ if (!children[i])
+ goto cleanup;
+ if (cg_create(children[i]))
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
+ if (dmem_write_limit(parent[1], "dmem.max", MB(8)))
+ goto cleanup;
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(children); i++)
+ if (dmem_write_limit(children[i], "dmem.max", leaf_max[i]))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ v = dmem_read_limit(parent[1], "dmem.max");
+ if (v != MB(8))
+ goto cleanup;
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(children); i++) {
+ v = dmem_read_limit(children[i], "dmem.max");
+ if (v != leaf_max[i])
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(children); i++) {
+ if (cg_enter_current(children[i]))
+ goto cleanup;
+ in_child = 1;
+
+ cur_before = dmem_read_limit(children[i], "dmem.current");
+ if (cur_before < 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (dmem_selftest_alloc(leaf_max[i] + 1) >= 0) {
+ charged = 1;
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
+ cur_after = dmem_read_limit(children[i], "dmem.current");
+ if (cur_after != cur_before)
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (pass_sz[i] > 0) {
+ if (dmem_selftest_alloc(pass_sz[i]) < 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+ charged = 1;
+
+ cur_after = dmem_read_limit(children[i], "dmem.current");
+ if (cur_after != cur_before + pass_sz[i])
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (dmem_selftest_free() < 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+ charged = 0;
+
+ cur_after = dmem_read_limit(children[i], "dmem.current");
+ if (cur_after != cur_before)
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
+ if (cg_enter_current(root))
+ goto cleanup;
+ in_child = 0;
+ }
+
+ ret = KSFT_PASS;
+
+cleanup:
+ if (charged)
+ dmem_selftest_free();
+ if (in_child)
+ cg_enter_current(root);
+ for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(children) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+ if (!children[i])
+ continue;
+ cg_destroy(children[i]);
+ free(children[i]);
+ }
+ for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(parent) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+ if (!parent[i])
+ continue;
+ cg_destroy(parent[i]);
+ free(parent[i]);
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Alloc non-page-aligned byte sizes and verify dmem.current matches
+ * the requested size exactly. The controller charges the byte count
+ * passed to dmem_cgroup_try_charge() with no page rounding, for this
+ * helper and for production drivers. Then free must return usage to 0.
+ */
+static int test_dmem_alloc_byte_granularity(const char *root)
+{
+ static const long sizes[] = {
+ 1, 4095, 4097, KB(75) + 1, MB(1), MB(1) + 1
+ };
+ char *cg = NULL;
+ long cur;
+ int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
+ int charged = 0;
+ int in_child = 0;
+ size_t i;
+
+ cg = cg_name(root, "dmem_dbg_byte_gran");
+ if (!cg)
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (cg_create(cg))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (dmem_write_limit(cg, "dmem.max", MB(16)))
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (cg_enter_current(cg))
+ goto cleanup;
+ in_child = 1;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sizes); i++) {
+ if (dmem_selftest_alloc(sizes[i]) < 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+ charged = 1;
+
+ cur = dmem_read_limit(cg, "dmem.current");
+ if (cur != sizes[i])
+ goto cleanup;
+
+ if (dmem_selftest_free() < 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+ charged = 0;
+
+ cur = dmem_read_limit(cg, "dmem.current");
+ if (cur != 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
+ ret = KSFT_PASS;
+
+cleanup:
+ if (charged)
+ dmem_selftest_free();
+ if (in_child)
+ cg_enter_current(root);
+ if (cg) {
+ cg_destroy(cg);
+ free(cg);
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
+#define T(x) { x, #x }
+struct dmem_test {
+ int (*fn)(const char *root);
+ const char *name;
+} tests[] = {
+ T(test_dmem_max),
+ T(test_dmem_alloc_byte_granularity),
+};
+#undef T
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ char root[PATH_MAX];
+ struct stat st;
+ int i;
+
+ ksft_print_header();
+
+ if (cg_find_unified_root(root, sizeof(root), NULL))
+ ksft_exit_skip("cgroup v2 isn't mounted\n");
+
+ if (cg_read_strstr(root, "cgroup.controllers", "dmem"))
+ ksft_exit_skip("dmem controller isn't available (CONFIG_CGROUP_DMEM?)\n");
+
+ if (cg_read_strstr(root, "cgroup.subtree_control", "dmem"))
+ if (cg_write(root, "cgroup.subtree_control", "+dmem"))
+ ksft_exit_skip("Failed to enable dmem controller\n");
+
+ if (stat(DM_SELFTEST_ALLOC, &st) < 0)
+ ksft_exit_skip(
+ "dmem_selftest helper not loaded (insmod test_modules/dmem_selftest.ko)\n");
+
+ if (dmem_read_limit(root, "dmem.capacity") < 0)
+ ksft_exit_skip("dmem_selftest region not registered\n");
+
+ ksft_set_plan(ARRAY_SIZE(tests));
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tests); i++) {
+ switch (tests[i].fn(root)) {
+ case KSFT_PASS:
+ ksft_test_result_pass("%s\n", tests[i].name);
+ break;
+ default:
+ ksft_test_result_fail("%s\n", tests[i].name);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ ksft_finished();
+}

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2.55.0