[PATCH v2 3/3] selftests/mm: check after-split folio orders in split_huge_page_test.

From: Zi Yan
Date: Fri Aug 08 2025 - 15:02:59 EST


Instead of just checking the existence of PMD folios before and after folio
split tests, use check_folio_orders() to check after-split folio orders.

The following tests are not changed:
1. split_pte_mapped_thp: the test already uses kpageflags to check;
2. split_file_backed_thp: no vaddr available.

Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c | 98 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
index 5ab488fab1cd..161108717f1c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
uint64_t pagesize;
unsigned int pageshift;
uint64_t pmd_pagesize;
+unsigned int pmd_order;
+unsigned int max_order;
+
+#define NR_ORDERS (max_order + 1)

#define SPLIT_DEBUGFS "/sys/kernel/debug/split_huge_pages"
#define SMAP_PATH "/proc/self/smaps"
@@ -36,6 +40,11 @@ uint64_t pmd_pagesize;

#define GET_ORDER(nr_pages) (31 - __builtin_clz(nr_pages))

+const char *pagemap_proc = "/proc/self/pagemap";
+const char *kpageflags_proc = "/proc/kpageflags";
+int pagemap_fd;
+int kpageflags_fd;
+
int is_backed_by_thp(char *vaddr, int pagemap_file, int kpageflags_file)
{
uint64_t paddr;
@@ -151,6 +160,11 @@ void split_pmd_thp_to_order(int order)
char *one_page;
size_t len = 4 * pmd_pagesize;
size_t i;
+ int *orders;
+
+ orders = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * NR_ORDERS);
+ if (!orders)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Fail to allocate memory: %s\n", strerror(errno));

one_page = memalign(pmd_pagesize, len);
if (!one_page)
@@ -172,12 +186,20 @@ void split_pmd_thp_to_order(int order)
if (one_page[i] != (char)i)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("%ld byte corrupted\n", i);

+ memset(orders, 0, sizeof(int) * NR_ORDERS);
+ /* set expected orders */
+ orders[order] = 4 << (pmd_order - order);
+
+ if (check_folio_orders(one_page, len, pagemap_fd, kpageflags_fd,
+ orders, NR_ORDERS))
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Unexpected THP split\n");

if (!check_huge_anon(one_page, 0, pmd_pagesize))
ksft_exit_fail_msg("Still AnonHugePages not split\n");

ksft_test_result_pass("Split huge pages to order %d successful\n", order);
free(one_page);
+ free(orders);
}

void split_pte_mapped_thp(void)
@@ -186,22 +208,6 @@ void split_pte_mapped_thp(void)
size_t len = 4 * pmd_pagesize;
uint64_t thp_size;
size_t i;
- const char *pagemap_template = "/proc/%d/pagemap";
- const char *kpageflags_proc = "/proc/kpageflags";
- char pagemap_proc[255];
- int pagemap_fd;
- int kpageflags_fd;
-
- if (snprintf(pagemap_proc, 255, pagemap_template, getpid()) < 0)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("get pagemap proc error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-
- pagemap_fd = open(pagemap_proc, O_RDONLY);
- if (pagemap_fd == -1)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("read pagemap: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-
- kpageflags_fd = open(kpageflags_proc, O_RDONLY);
- if (kpageflags_fd == -1)
- ksft_exit_fail_msg("read kpageflags: %s\n", strerror(errno));

one_page = mmap((void *)(1UL << 30), len, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
@@ -259,8 +265,6 @@ void split_pte_mapped_thp(void)

ksft_test_result_pass("Split PTE-mapped huge pages successful\n");
munmap(one_page, len);
- close(pagemap_fd);
- close(kpageflags_fd);
}

void split_file_backed_thp(int order)
@@ -463,10 +467,16 @@ void split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order_at(size_t fd_size, const char *fs_loc,
int order, int offset)
{
int fd;
+ char *split_addr;
char *addr;
size_t i;
char testfile[INPUT_MAX];
int err = 0;
+ int *orders;
+
+ orders = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * NR_ORDERS);
+ if (!orders)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("Fail to allocate memory: %s\n", strerror(errno));

err = snprintf(testfile, INPUT_MAX, "%s/test", fs_loc);

@@ -474,16 +484,32 @@ void split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order_at(size_t fd_size, const char *fs_loc,
ksft_exit_fail_msg("cannot generate right test file name\n");

err = create_pagecache_thp_and_fd(testfile, fd_size, &fd, &addr);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ free(orders);
return;
+ }
err = 0;

- if (offset == -1)
- write_debugfs(PID_FMT, getpid(), (uint64_t)addr,
- (uint64_t)addr + fd_size, order);
- else
- write_debugfs(PID_FMT_OFFSET, getpid(), (uint64_t)addr,
- (uint64_t)addr + fd_size, order, offset);
+ memset(orders, 0, sizeof(int) * NR_ORDERS);
+ if (offset == -1) {
+ for (split_addr = addr; split_addr < addr + fd_size; split_addr += pmd_pagesize)
+ write_debugfs(PID_FMT, getpid(), (uint64_t)split_addr,
+ (uint64_t)split_addr + pagesize, order);
+
+ /* set expected orders */
+ orders[order] = fd_size / (pagesize << order);
+ } else {
+ int times = fd_size / pmd_pagesize;
+
+ for (split_addr = addr; split_addr < addr + fd_size; split_addr += pmd_pagesize)
+ write_debugfs(PID_FMT_OFFSET, getpid(), (uint64_t)split_addr,
+ (uint64_t)split_addr + pagesize, order, offset);
+
+ /* set expected orders */
+ for (i = order + 1; i < pmd_order; i++)
+ orders[i] = times;
+ orders[order] = 2 * times;
+ }

for (i = 0; i < fd_size; i++)
if (*(addr + i) != (char)i) {
@@ -492,6 +518,14 @@ void split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order_at(size_t fd_size, const char *fs_loc,
goto out;
}

+ if (check_folio_orders(addr, fd_size, pagemap_fd, kpageflags_fd, orders,
+ NR_ORDERS)) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Unexpected THP split\n");
+ err = 1;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+
if (!check_huge_file(addr, 0, pmd_pagesize)) {
ksft_print_msg("Still FilePmdMapped not split\n");
err = EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -499,6 +533,7 @@ void split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order_at(size_t fd_size, const char *fs_loc,
}

out:
+ free(orders);
munmap(addr, fd_size);
close(fd);
unlink(testfile);
@@ -522,7 +557,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
const char *fs_loc;
bool created_tmp;
int offset;
- unsigned int max_order;
unsigned int nr_pages;
unsigned int tests;

@@ -539,6 +573,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
pagesize = getpagesize();
pageshift = ffs(pagesize) - 1;
pmd_pagesize = read_pmd_pagesize();
+ pmd_order = GET_ORDER(pmd_pagesize / pagesize);
if (!pmd_pagesize)
ksft_exit_fail_msg("Reading PMD pagesize failed\n");

@@ -547,6 +582,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
tests = 2 + (max_order - 1) + (2 * max_order) + (max_order - 1) * 4 + 2;
ksft_set_plan(tests);

+ pagemap_fd = open(pagemap_proc, O_RDONLY);
+ if (pagemap_fd == -1)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("read pagemap: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ kpageflags_fd = open(kpageflags_proc, O_RDONLY);
+ if (kpageflags_fd == -1)
+ ksft_exit_fail_msg("read kpageflags: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
fd_size = 2 * pmd_pagesize;

split_pmd_zero_pages();
@@ -571,6 +614,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order_at(fd_size, fs_loc, i, offset);
cleanup_thp_fs(fs_loc, created_tmp);

+ close(pagemap_fd);
+ close(kpageflags_fd);
+
ksft_finished();

return 0;
--
2.47.2