On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM 'David Hildenbrand' via kernel-team
<kernel-t...@android.com> wrote:
>
> > + * test_suite_setup - Set up the VMA layout for VMA count testing.
> > + *
> > + * Sets up the following VMA layout:
> > + *
> > + * +----- base_addr
> > + * |
> > + * V
> > + * 
> > +--------------+----------------------+--------------+----------------+--------------+----------------+--------------+-----+----------------+--------------+
> > + * |  Guard Page  |                      |  Guard Page  |  Extra Map 1   | 
> > Unmapped Gap |  Extra Map 2   | Unmapped Gap | ... |  Extra Map N   | 
> > Unmapped Gap |
> > + * |  (unmapped)  |      TEST_AREA       |  (unmapped)  | (mapped page)  | 
> >  (1 page)    | (mapped page)  |  (1 page)    | ... | (mapped page)  |  (1 
> > page)    |
> > + * |   (1 page)   | (unmapped, 3 pages)  |   (1 page)   |    (1 page)    | 
> >              |    (1 page)    |              |     |    (1 page)    |       
> >        |
> > + * 
> > +--------------+----------------------+--------------+----------------+--------------+----------------+--------------+-----+----------------+--------------+
> > + * ^              ^                      ^              ^                  
> >                                                 ^
> > + * |              |                      |              |                  
> >                                                 |
> > + * +--GUARD_SIZE--+                      |              +-- EXTRA_MAPS 
> > points here             Sufficient EXTRA_MAPS to ---+
> > + *    (PAGE_SIZE) |                      |                                 
> >                         reach MAX_VMA_COUNT
> > + *                |                      |
> > + *                +--- TEST_AREA_SIZE ---+
> > + *                |   (3 * PAGE_SIZE)    |
> > + *                ^
> > + *                |
> > + *                +-- TEST_AREA starts here
> > + *
> >
>

Hi David,

Thanks for the reviews.

> Just wondering if we could find a different name than "guard page" here,
> to not confuse stuff with guard ptes
>
> Will the current "guard page" we a valid vma or just a hole?

It's a hole to prevent coincidental merging of adjacent VMAs. I can
rename it to HOLE in the next revision.

Thanks,
Kalesh

>
> --
> Cheers
>
> David / dhildenb
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