This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
selftests: mm: fix the incorrect usage() info of khugepaged
to the 6.11-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
selftests-mm-fix-the-incorrect-usage-info-of-khugepa.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.11 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit ad8b93ffe0a86e3b6be297826cd34b12080fc877
Author: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Oct 15 10:02:57 2024 +0800
selftests: mm: fix the incorrect usage() info of khugepaged
[ Upstream commit 3e822bed2fbd1527d88f483342b1d2a468520a9a ]
The mount option of tmpfs should be huge=advise, not madvise which is not
supported and may mislead the users.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241015020257.139235-1-sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 1b03d0d558a2 ("selftests/vm: add thp collapse file and tmpfs testing")
Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zach O'Keefe <zokeefe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
index 829320a519e72..89dec42986825 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ static void usage(void)
fprintf(stderr, "\n\t\"file,all\" mem_type requires kernel built with\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\tCONFIG_READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS=y\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\n\tif [dir] is a (sub)directory of a tmpfs mount, tmpfs must be\n");
- fprintf(stderr, "\tmounted with huge=madvise option for khugepaged tests to work\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "\tmounted with huge=advise option for khugepaged tests to work\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\n\tSupported Options:\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\t\t-h: This help message.\n");
fprintf(stderr, "\t\t-s: mTHP size, expressed as page order.\n");
