Move the generic `FORCE_READ` macro from `guard-regions.c` to the shared
`vm_util.h` header to promote code reuse.
In `guard-regions.c`, replace `ksft_exit_skip()` with the `SKIP()` macro
to ensure only the current test is skipped on permission failure, instead
of terminating the entire test binary.
Signed-off-by: wang lian <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c | 9 +--------
tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c
index 93af3d3760f9..b0d42eb04e3a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@
static volatile sig_atomic_t signal_jump_set;
static sigjmp_buf signal_jmp_buf;
-/*
- * Ignore the checkpatch warning, we must read from x but don't want to do
- * anything with it in order to trigger a read page fault. We therefore must use
- * volatile to stop the compiler from optimising this away.
- */
-#define FORCE_READ(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)x)
-
/*
* How is the test backing the mapping being tested?
*/
@@ -582,7 +575,7 @@ TEST_F(guard_regions, process_madvise)
/* OK we don't have permission to do this, skip. */
if (count == -1 && errno == EPERM)
- ksft_exit_skip("No process_madvise() permissions, try running as root.\n");
+ SKIP(return, "No process_madvise() permissions, try running as root.\n");
/* Returns the number of bytes advised. */
ASSERT_EQ(count, 6 * page_size);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
index 2b154c287591..c20298ae98ea 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
#define PM_SWAP BIT_ULL(62)
#define PM_PRESENT BIT_ULL(63)
+/*
+ * Ignore the checkpatch warning, we must read from x but don't want to do
+ * anything with it in order to trigger a read page fault. We therefore must use
+ * volatile to stop the compiler from optimising this away.
+ */
+#define FORCE_READ(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)x)
+
extern unsigned int __page_size;
extern unsigned int __page_shift;
--
2.43.0
On 17.07.25 13:24, wang lian wrote:
> Move the generic `FORCE_READ` macro from `guard-regions.c` to the shared
> `vm_util.h` header to promote code reuse.
>
> In `guard-regions.c`, replace `ksft_exit_skip()` with the `SKIP()` macro
> to ensure only the current test is skipped on permission failure, instead
> of terminating the entire test binary.
>
> Signed-off-by: wang lian <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c | 9 +--------
> tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h | 7 +++++++
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c
> index 93af3d3760f9..b0d42eb04e3a 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/guard-regions.c
> @@ -35,13 +35,6 @@
> static volatile sig_atomic_t signal_jump_set;
> static sigjmp_buf signal_jmp_buf;
>
> -/*
> - * Ignore the checkpatch warning, we must read from x but don't want to do
> - * anything with it in order to trigger a read page fault. We therefore must use
> - * volatile to stop the compiler from optimising this away.
> - */
> -#define FORCE_READ(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)x)
> -
> /*
> * How is the test backing the mapping being tested?
> */
> @@ -582,7 +575,7 @@ TEST_F(guard_regions, process_madvise)
>
> /* OK we don't have permission to do this, skip. */
> if (count == -1 && errno == EPERM)
> - ksft_exit_skip("No process_madvise() permissions, try running as root.\n");
> + SKIP(return, "No process_madvise() permissions, try running as root.\n");
>
> /* Returns the number of bytes advised. */
> ASSERT_EQ(count, 6 * page_size);
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
> index 2b154c287591..c20298ae98ea 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
> @@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
> #define PM_SWAP BIT_ULL(62)
> #define PM_PRESENT BIT_ULL(63)
>
> +/*
> + * Ignore the checkpatch warning, we must read from x but don't want to do
> + * anything with it in order to trigger a read page fault. We therefore must use
> + * volatile to stop the compiler from optimising this away.
> + */
> +#define FORCE_READ(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)x)
> +
> extern unsigned int __page_size;
> extern unsigned int __page_shift;
>
The FORCE_READ() stuff belongs into patch #2.
--
Cheers,
David / dhildenb
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