On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 12:50 +0530, Subrata Modak wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Please find a problem reported by Mark Ver for the mincore01 test case
> in LTP. He has also provided fix for the same. Kindly review this patch:
> 
> =======================================================================
> Mark Reports:
> =======================================================================
> mincore01 testcase fails with:
> t75ticltst:~/ltp-full-20071031/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mincore # ./mincore01
> mincore01    1  PASS  :  expected failure: errno = 22 (Invalid argument)
> mincore01    2  FAIL  :  call succeeded unexpectedly
> mincore01    3  PASS  :  expected failure: errno = 12 (Cannot allocate memory)
> t75ticltst:~/ltp-full-20071031/testcases/kernel/syscalls/mincore #
> 
> It only happens on 31bit and seems to work on on SLES-9 SP3.
> 
> 
> If this is not an installation problem,
>        Provide output from "uname -a", if possible:
> Linux t75ticltst 2.6.5-7.305-s390 #1 SMP Tue Nov 13 23:19:08 UTC 2007 s390 
> s390
> s390 GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> Hardware Environment
>     Machine type (p650, x235, SF2, etc.): Tested on System z9 EC and z800
>     Cpu type (Power4, Power5, IA-64, etc.):
>     Describe any special hardware you think might be relevant to this problem:
> 
> 
> Is this reproducible?  Yes
>     If so, how long does it (did it) take to reproduce it?  20sec - 30min
>     Describe the steps:
> - Install SLES-9 SP4 31bit system
> - Get, unpack, and compile the ltp test suite
> - Run the mincore01 testcase
> 
> ===============================================================================
> Investigation from Anoop:
> ===============================================================================
> This turned out to be a test case problem. The only way how mincore can 
> generate an -EFAULT on s390 is if the target buffer is an area that is not 
> contained in a vma. mmap()-ing with a NULL
> address gives you a pointer to a piece of memory which will be the highest 
> address in the anonymous mapping area, if no other mmap() is done. The 
> testcase
> tries to create an invalid pointer by unmap()-ing it. But, if the stack is 
> unlimited (ulimit -s unlimited) and because stack vma is VM_GROWSDOWN, the
> unmap()-ed pointer is part of the stack and is a valid pointer which makes 
> the syscall succeed. The testcase can be fixed by setting a stack limit by 
> "ulimit
> -s <value>" before its execution.
> 
> Attached is the patch which should fix this.

Thanks Anoop for this Fix. This has been Applied.

--Subrata

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