The patch titled Subject: selftests/vm/compaction_test: fix write to restore nr_hugepages has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is selftests-vm-compaction_test-fix-write-to-restore-nr_hugepages.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/selftests-vm-compaction_test-fix-write-to-restore-nr_hugepages.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/selftests-vm-compaction_test-fix-write-to-restore-nr_hugepages.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: selftests/vm/compaction_test: fix write to restore nr_hugepages The write at the end of the test to restore nr_hugepages to its previous value is failing. This is because it is trying to write the number of bytes in the char array as opposed to the number of bytes in the string. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1465331205-3284-1-git-send-email-mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sri Jayaramappa <sjayaram@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/vm/compaction_test.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN tools/testing/selftests/vm/compaction_test.c~selftests-vm-compaction_test-fix-write-to-restore-nr_hugepages tools/testing/selftests/vm/compaction_test.c --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/compaction_test.c~selftests-vm-compaction_test-fix-write-to-restore-nr_hugepages +++ a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/compaction_test.c @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_f printf("No of huge pages allocated = %d\n", (atoi(nr_hugepages))); - if (write(fd, initial_nr_hugepages, sizeof(initial_nr_hugepages)) + if (write(fd, initial_nr_hugepages, strlen(initial_nr_hugepages)) != strlen(initial_nr_hugepages)) { perror("Failed to write to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages\n"); goto close_fd; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-hugetlb-fix-huge-page-reserve-accounting-for-private-mappings.patch selftests-vm-compaction_test-fix-write-to-restore-nr_hugepages.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html