Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm/ksm: Test case for prctl fork/exec workflow

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Thu Sep 21 2023 - 13:11:58 EST


On 20.09.23 21:01, Stefan Roesch wrote:
This adds a new test case to the ksm functional tests to make sure that
the KSM setting is inherited by the child process when doing a
fork/exec.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
index 901e950f9138..40b86c9caf3a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#define KiB 1024u
#define MiB (1024 * KiB)
+#define FORK_EXEC_CHILD_PRG_NAME "ksm_fork_exec_child"
static int mem_fd;
static int ksm_fd;
@@ -479,6 +480,65 @@ static void test_prctl_fork(void)
ksft_test_result_pass("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE value is inherited\n");
}
+static int ksm_fork_exec_child(void)
+{
+ /* Test if KSM is enabled for the process. */
+ int ksm = prctl(PR_GET_MEMORY_MERGE, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+ return ksm == 1;

You can simply do "return prctl(PR_GET_MEMORY_MERGE, 0, 0, 0, 0) == 1;"

Or maybe even "return prctl(PR_GET_MEMORY_MERGE, 0, 0, 0, 0);" and adjust the comparison below in the caller.

+}
+
+static void test_prctl_fork_exec(void)
+{
+ int ret, status;
+ pid_t child_pid;
+
+ ksft_print_msg("[RUN] %s\n", __func__);
+
+ ret = prctl(PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
+ if (ret < 0 && errno == EINVAL) {
+ ksft_test_result_skip("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE not supported\n");
+ return;
+ } else if (ret) {
+ ksft_test_result_fail("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE=1 failed\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ child_pid = fork();
+ if (child_pid == -1) {
+ ksft_test_result_skip("fork() failed\n");
+ return;
+ } else if (child_pid == 0) {
+ char *prg_name = "./ksm_functional_tests";
+ char *argv_for_program[] = { prg_name, FORK_EXEC_CHILD_PRG_NAME };
+

I'd simply have used the magic number "1" or so. But this works as well.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb