[merged mm-stable] selftests-vm-update-hugetlb-madvise.patch removed from -mm tree

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The quilt patch titled
     Subject: selftests/vm: update hugetlb madvise
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     selftests-vm-update-hugetlb-madvise.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: selftests/vm: update hugetlb madvise
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 18:16:32 -0700

Commit 8ebe0a5eaaeb ("mm,madvise,hugetlb: fix unexpected data loss with
MADV_DONTNEED on hugetlbfs") changed how the passed length was interpreted
for hugetlb mappings.  It was changed from align up to align down.  The
hugetlb-madvise test explicitly tests this behavior.  Change test to
expect new behavior.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221104011632.357049-1-mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202211040619.2ec447d7-oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugetlb-madvise.c |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugetlb-madvise.c~selftests-vm-update-hugetlb-madvise
+++ a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugetlb-madvise.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			exit(1);
 	}
 
-	/* addr + length should be aligned up to huge page size */
+	/* addr + length should be aligned down to huge page size */
 	if (madvise(addr,
 			((NR_HUGE_PAGES - 1) * huge_page_size) + base_page_size,
 			MADV_DONTNEED)) {
@@ -203,10 +203,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	/* should free all pages in mapping */
-	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages);
+	/* should free all but last page in mapping */
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages - 1);
 
 	(void)munmap(addr, NR_HUGE_PAGES * huge_page_size);
+	validate_free_pages(free_hugepages);
 
 	/*
 	 * Test MADV_DONTNEED on anonymous private mapping
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx are





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