The patch titled
Subject: selftests/vm/pkeys: fix alloc_random_pkey() to make it really random
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
selftests-vm-pkeys-fix-alloc_random_pkey-to-make-it-really-random.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/selftests-vm-pkeys-fix-alloc_random_pkey-to-make-it-really-random.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/selftests-vm-pkeys-fix-alloc_random_pkey-to-make-it-really-random.patch
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From: Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: selftests/vm/pkeys: fix alloc_random_pkey() to make it really random
alloc_random_pkey() was allocating the same pkey every time. Not all
pkeys were geting tested. This fixes it.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/0162f55816d4e783a0d6e49e554d0ab9a3c9a23b.1585646528.git.sandipan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Desnes A. Nunes do Rosario" <desnesn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c~selftests-vm-pkeys-fix-alloc_random_pkey-to-make-it-really-random
+++ a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/protection_keys.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#define __SANE_USERSPACE_TYPES__
#include <errno.h>
#include <linux/futex.h>
+#include <time.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <string.h>
@@ -546,10 +547,10 @@ int alloc_random_pkey(void)
int nr_alloced = 0;
int random_index;
memset(alloced_pkeys, 0, sizeof(alloced_pkeys));
+ srand((unsigned int)time(NULL));
/* allocate every possible key and make a note of which ones we got */
max_nr_pkey_allocs = NR_PKEYS;
- max_nr_pkey_allocs = 1;
for (i = 0; i < max_nr_pkey_allocs; i++) {
int new_pkey = alloc_pkey();
if (new_pkey < 0)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx are
selftests-x86-pkeys-move-selftests-to-arch-neutral-directory.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-rename-all-references-to-pkru-to-a-generic-name.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-move-generic-definitions-to-header-file.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-fix-pkey_disable_clear.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-fix-assertion-in-pkey_disable_set-clear.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-fix-alloc_random_pkey-to-make-it-really-random.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-introduce-generic-pkey-abstractions.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-introduce-powerpc-support.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-fix-assertion-in-test_pkey_alloc_exhaust.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-improve-checks-to-determine-pkey-support.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-associate-key-on-a-mapped-page-and-detect-access-violation.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-associate-key-on-a-mapped-page-and-detect-write-violation.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-detect-write-violation-on-a-mapped-access-denied-key-page.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-introduce-a-sub-page-allocator.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-test-correct-behaviour-of-pkey-0.patch
selftests-vm-pkeys-override-access-right-definitions-on-powerpc.patch
