Add a comment explaining that every other entry in the list is
unmapped to intentionally create fragmentation with
locked pages before invoking check_compaction().
Fixes: bd67d5c15cc1 ("Test compaction of mlocked memory")
Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sayali Patil <[email protected]>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
index 30209c40b697..e1610e2fbdf6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
mem_fragmentable_MB -= MAP_SIZE_MB;
}
+ /* Unmap every other entry in the list to create fragmentation with
+ * locked pages before invoking check_compaction().
+ */
for (entry = list; entry != NULL; entry = entry->next) {
munmap(entry->map, MAP_SIZE);
if (!entry->next)
--
2.52.0
