On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 22:43 +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > Keep a non-zero placeholder after the count, for the my_bcmp > comparison of the page against the zeropage. The lockless increment > between 255 to 256 against a lockless my_bcmp could otherwise return > false positives on ppc32le. > > Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c | 12 ++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Without groking what the code is doing, this fix makes the test pass on my ppc64le box. So if you like have a: Tested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cheers git:master@linux-next(I)> ssh -t lebuntu sudo ./userfaultfd 128 32 nr_pages: 2048, nr_pages_per_cpu: 128 bounces: 31, mode: rnd racing ver poll, userfaults: 56 390 40 33 32 32 26 127 29 8 7 10 12 4 5 2 bounces: 30, mode: racing ver poll, userfaults: 247 39 29 39 28 17 40 23 21 17 18 15 14 2 2 2 bounces: 29, mode: rnd ver poll, userfaults: 140 120 169 120 90 100 136 106 46 35 14 0 1 0 0 0 bounces: 28, mode: ver poll, userfaults: 61 64 36 74 30 40 24 45 11 18 10 5 12 9 4 0 bounces: 27, mode: rnd racing poll, userfaults: 145 34 84 18 38 23 57 11 13 8 18 15 6 3 5 3 bounces: 26, mode: racing poll, userfaults: 32 23 19 43 22 23 9 21 21 15 5 12 16 5 12 2 bounces: 25, mode: rnd poll, userfaults: 92 118 107 122 95 41 50 49 27 30 61 13 2 3 0 0 bounces: 24, mode: poll, userfaults: 92 64 66 31 40 25 33 52 38 24 33 12 20 4 3 1 bounces: 23, mode: rnd racing ver, userfaults: 43 50 62 42 25 13 52 17 11 27 7 3 2 5 3 0 bounces: 22, mode: racing ver, userfaults: 18 16 24 15 18 19 39 16 15 13 7 6 8 5 9 4 bounces: 21, mode: rnd ver, userfaults: 188 195 141 104 136 99 51 30 40 32 20 23 1 0 0 0 bounces: 20, mode: ver, userfaults: 55 63 79 60 37 35 37 21 24 26 29 18 23 17 4 0 bounces: 19, mode: rnd racing, userfaults: 54 44 36 31 59 36 59 37 25 13 18 15 6 11 2 0 bounces: 18, mode: racing, userfaults: 106 73 121 36 91 62 43 37 36 27 12 12 9 11 6 1 bounces: 17, mode: rnd, userfaults: 157 146 119 121 96 78 78 75 75 25 29 10 0 1 0 0 bounces: 16, mode:, userfaults: 99 105 88 86 100 27 26 40 26 20 36 23 31 15 14 2 bounces: 15, mode: rnd racing ver poll, userfaults: 69 38 27 38 29 53 45 26 30 33 15 16 23 6 3 1 bounces: 14, mode: racing ver poll, userfaults: 40 32 61 58 39 45 12 69 67 11 12 10 4 2 2 1 bounces: 13, mode: rnd ver poll, userfaults: 125 192 161 154 153 63 53 25 53 96 2 0 0 0 0 0 bounces: 12, mode: ver poll, userfaults: 45 48 39 21 107 74 25 27 12 31 14 10 4 4 4 3 bounces: 11, mode: rnd racing poll, userfaults: 175 70 251 29 31 21 25 21 17 25 4 12 10 8 3 1 bounces: 10, mode: racing poll, userfaults: 11 19 9 10 26 10 11 4 11 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 bounces: 9, mode: rnd poll, userfaults: 102 61 96 159 109 71 57 64 34 54 53 23 13 6 0 0 bounces: 8, mode: poll, userfaults: 46 23 24 46 35 43 37 37 28 9 10 23 13 13 5 1 bounces: 7, mode: rnd racing ver, userfaults: 152 51 34 30 39 48 20 26 25 20 12 9 10 8 5 11 bounces: 6, mode: racing ver, userfaults: 19 32 40 33 29 43 23 19 15 15 11 14 4 2 5 3 bounces: 5, mode: rnd ver, userfaults: 124 114 162 132 71 84 58 61 39 47 13 22 23 7 7 0 bounces: 4, mode: ver, userfaults: 123 112 46 19 35 29 17 8 24 10 17 14 18 11 13 9 bounces: 3, mode: rnd racing, userfaults: 61 48 57 54 56 51 19 32 10 5 19 11 4 6 1 1 bounces: 2, mode: racing, userfaults: 21 12 8 14 11 17 7 13 6 10 13 5 1 2 4 2 bounces: 1, mode: rnd, userfaults: 153 121 129 139 105 101 92 83 23 46 24 0 0 0 0 0 bounces: 0, mode:, userfaults: 67 58 59 67 36 55 14 12 14 23 15 9 4 1 0 3 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>