On 2026/3/28 8:40, Lisa Wang wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 08:36:36PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 3/24/26 8:43 AM, Lisa Wang wrote:
>>> On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 02:30:04PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/20/26 7:30 AM, Lisa Wang wrote:
>>>>> Add a shmem memory failure selftest to test the shmem memory failure is
>>>>> correct after modifying shmem return value.
>>>>>
>>>>> Test that
>>>>> + madvise() call returns 0 at the first time
>>>>> + trigger a SIGBUS when the poisoned shmem page is fault-in again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Lisa Wang <[email protected]>
>>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Why not move the shmem memory failure test into memory-failure.c?
>>>
>>> Do you mean let memory-failure.c kernel code check by itself?
>>> The reason I write the selftest instead of combining in memory-failure.c
>>> is because
>>> + do not need extra checking code in kernel code
>>> + make it easier to trace the entire execution flow, starting from the
>>> madvise() down through shmem_error_remove_folio() and into the
>>> truncate_error_folio() logic.
>>>
>>> Pleas let me know if I've missed something. Thanks!
>>
>> That's not quite what I meant. I mean, since there is already a
>> memory-failure.c in mm selftests (see [1]), I think we should move the shmem
>> memory failure test cases into that file.
>
> Got it. Thank you for pointing out.
> Is anyone currently working on the shmem memory failure test? If not, I
> will merge it into my next version.
I'm working on shmem testcases. But please feel free to add it. I could move to
work on other scenarios.
>
> I have a question regarding the current implementation:
> ```
> ret = sigsetjmp(signal_jmp_buf, 1);
> if (!self->triggered) {
> self->triggered = true;
> ASSERT_EQ(variant->inject(self, addr), 0);
> FORCE_READ(*addr);
> }
> ```
> Here is difficult to distinguish whether the SIGBUS is triggered by the
> injection or the read operation. I am considering splitting these into
> two separate SIGBUS jump blocks. Is it reasonable for me to split them?
It might be better to add two separate testcases, i.e. one for SIGBUS triggered
by injection, another one for SIGBUS triggered by read operation if possible.
Thanks.
.
