[PATCH] selftest/mm: Do not use hint for riscv mmap

[Chunyan Zhang]

On Fri, 13 Sept 2024 at 04:47, Charlie Jenkins <charlie at rivosinc.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 06:00:18PM +0800, Chunyan Zhang wrote:
> > When the virtual address range selftest is run on RISC-V platforms,
> > it is observed that using the hint address when calling mmap cannot
> > get the address in the range of that validate_addr() checks, also
> > that will cause '/proc/self/maps' have gaps larger than MAP_CHUNK_SIZE.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chunyan Zhang <zhangchunyan at iscas.ac.cn>
> > ---
> >  tools/testing/selftests/mm/virtual_address_range.c | 9 +++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/virtual_address_range.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/virtual_address_range.c
> > index 4e4c1e311247..25f3eb304999 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/virtual_address_range.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/virtual_address_range.c
> > @@ -64,6 +64,14 @@
> >  #define NR_CHUNKS_HIGH  NR_CHUNKS_384TB
> >  #endif
> >
> > +#if defined(__riscv) && (__riscv_xlen == 64)
> > +static char *hind_addr(void)
>
> This is not a typo by you since this is the name of the original
> function but this should be "hint_addr" right?

Right, didn't notice this typo, let me fix it.

>
> > +{
> > +     return NULL;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void validate_addr(char *ptr, int high_addr) { }
> > +#else
>
> This is something that I am trying to solve over at
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240905-patches-below_hint_mmap-v3-0-3cd5564efbbb@rivosinc.com/
> (the solution is still in flux). Since riscv doesn't currently have this
> behavior of restricting the virtual address space, I think it is more
> reasonable to disable this test entirely. After we have a longer-term
> solution with the patch I have up we can adjust the test and re-enable
> it. What do you think?

That also makes sense, I will send another patch to do that.

Thanks,
Chunyan

>
> - Charlie
>
> >  static char *hind_addr(void)
> >  {
> >       int bits = HIGH_ADDR_SHIFT + rand() % (63 - HIGH_ADDR_SHIFT);
> > @@ -81,6 +89,7 @@ static void validate_addr(char *ptr, int high_addr)
> >       if (addr > HIGH_ADDR_MARK)
> >               ksft_exit_fail_msg("Bad address %lx\n", addr);
> >  }
> > +#endif
> >
> >  static int validate_lower_address_hint(void)
> >  {
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
> >
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