On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 12:05:34PM -0700, Zach O'Keefe wrote: >As of v6.8 commit 7fbb5e188248 ("mm: remove VM_EXEC requirement for THP >eligibility") >thp collapse no longer requires file-backed mappings be created with >PROT_EXEC. >
One question, what if user run this new version test on old kernel? Is there a guideline for user? >Remove the overly-strict dependency from thp collapse tests so we test >the least-strict requirement for success. > >Signed-off-by: Zach O'Keefe <zoke...@google.com> >--- > tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > >diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c >b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c >index a18c50d51141..3fe7ef04ac62 100644 >--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c >+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c >@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static void *file_setup_area(int nr_hpages) > perror("open()"); > exit(EXIT_FAILURE); > } >- p = mmap(BASE_ADDR, size, PROT_READ | PROT_EXEC, >+ p = mmap(BASE_ADDR, size, PROT_READ, > MAP_PRIVATE, finfo.fd, 0); > if (p == MAP_FAILED || p != BASE_ADDR) { > perror("mmap()"); >-- >2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog > -- Wei Yang Help you, Help me