On 3/13/24 7:58 PM, Joey Gouly wrote: > Hi Muhammad, > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 08:46:07PM +0500, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote: >> Save and restore nr_hugepages before changing it during the test. A test >> should not change system wide settings. >> >> Fixes: 5f23f6d082a9 ("x86/pkeys: Add self-tests") >> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c >> index 48dc151f8fca8..f822ae31af22e 100644 >> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c >> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c >> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int test_nr; >> u64 shadow_pkey_reg; >> int dprint_in_signal; >> char dprint_in_signal_buffer[DPRINT_IN_SIGNAL_BUF_SIZE]; >> +char buf[256]; >> >> void cat_into_file(char *str, char *file) >> { >> @@ -1744,6 +1745,38 @@ void pkey_setup_shadow(void) >> shadow_pkey_reg = __read_pkey_reg(); >> } >> >> +void restore_settings_atexit(void) >> +{ >> + cat_into_file(buf, "/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages"); >> +} >> + >> +void save_settings(void) >> +{ >> + int fd; >> + int err; >> + >> + if (geteuid()) >> + return; >> + >> + fd = open("/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages", O_RDONLY); >> + if (fd < 0) { >> + fprintf(stderr, "error opening\n"); >> + perror("error: "); >> + exit(__LINE__); >> + } >> + >> + /* -1 to guarantee leaving the trailing \0 */ >> + err = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)-1); >> + if (err < 0) { >> + fprintf(stderr, "error reading\n"); >> + perror("error: "); >> + exit(__LINE__); >> + } >> + >> + atexit(restore_settings_atexit); >> + close(fd); >> +} >> + >> int main(void) >> { >> int nr_iterations = 22; >> @@ -1751,6 +1784,7 @@ int main(void) >> >> srand((unsigned int)time(NULL)); >> >> + save_settings(); >> setup_handlers(); >> >> printf("has pkeys: %d\n", pkeys_supported); >> -- >> 2.42.0 >> > > This break the tests for me: > > assert() at protection_keys.c::812 test_nr: 19 iteration: 1 > running abort_hooks()... > > This is because some of the tests fork, so on their atexit() they will set the > nr_hugepages back to the previous setting. Specifically the > test_pkey_alloc_exhaust() test. Thank you for reporting. Please can you test the following patch: --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c @@ -1745,9 +1745,12 @@ void pkey_setup_shadow(void) shadow_pkey_reg = __read_pkey_reg(); } +pid_t parent_pid; + void restore_settings_atexit(void) { - cat_into_file(buf, "/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages"); + if (parent_pid == getpid()) + cat_into_file(buf, "/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages"); } void save_settings(void) @@ -1773,6 +1776,7 @@ void save_settings(void) exit(__LINE__); } + parent_pid = getpid(); atexit(restore_settings_atexit); close(fd); } > > Thanks, > Joey > -- BR, Muhammad Usama Anjum