Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] kselftest: mm: prevent random failure of huge page split for khugepaged
From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)
Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 06:23:17 EST
On 9/7/26 10:19, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
> There're some random failure for split_huge_page_test when khugepaged
> collapses pages into pmd again which had split by the test.
>
> Prevent the khugepaged's collapses for split page by setting the
> mapped pmd-huge-page with MADV_NOHUGEPAGE before split.
>
> Suggested-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@xxxxxxx>
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Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Cheers,
David