Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: do not try to split below filesystem block size

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On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 10:59:16AM -0400, Zi Yan wrote:
> On 26 Aug 2024, at 10:53, Pankaj Raghav (Samsung) wrote:
> 
> > From: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > There is no point trying to split pagecache thp below the blocksize of
> > the filesystem as that is the minimum order that pagecache needs to
> > maintain to support blocksizes greater than pagesize [1].
> 
> But the purpose of the tests is to make sure all cases are properly handled,
> right? If we do not test splitting pagecache large folio below the
> block size, we will never know if a kernel change breaks the handling.
> 
> Just my two cents.

That is a fair point. Let's ignore this patch then :)

> 
> >
> > Set the lower limit for the splitting order to be the fs blocksize
> > order.
> >
> > As the number of tests will now depend on the minimum splitting order,
> > move the file preparation before calling ksft_set_plan().
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20240822135018.1931258-1-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  .../selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c       | 19 +++++++++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> --
> Best Regards,
> Yan, Zi



-- 
Pankaj Raghav




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