Re: [PATCH -next v4 1/3] selftests/memory-hotplug: Add checking after online or offline

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Wed Sep 28 2022 - 08:45:15 EST



Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>


I am questioning the stability of the offlining test, though.
Offlining a random memory block can fail easily, because "->removable" is not
expressive:

# tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/mem-on-off-test.sh
Test scope: 2% hotplug memory
online all hot-pluggable memory in offline state:
SKIPPED - no hot-pluggable memory in offline state
offline 2% hot-pluggable memory in online state
trying to offline 2 out of 96 memory block(s):
online->offline memory0
tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/mem-on-off-test.sh: line 78: echo:
write error: Invalid argument offline_memory_expect_success 0: unexpected
fail
online->offline memory10
online->offline memory11


I guess this test will almost always fail nowadays.

Offline some memory node maybe failed as expected, but the error message is a bit annoying.

Ah, I see it now. We try offlining two and fail offlining the first one. Can we silence that warning in that case somehow?

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb