| Message ID | 20241015020257.139235-1-sunnanyong@huawei.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | selftests: mm: fix the incorrect usage() info of khugepaged | expand |
On 10/15/24 07:32, Nanyong Sun wrote: > The mount option of tmpfs should be huge=advise, not madvise > which is not supported and may mislead the users. Agreed. > > Fixes: 1b03d0d558a2 ("selftests/vm: add thp collapse file and tmpfs testing") But nothing is really broken here. This just fixes usage information. Please drop the "Fixes:". > Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com> > --- > tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c > index 56d4480e8d3c..8a4d34cce36b 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"); Without the above "Fixes:" tag, Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:31:31 +0530 Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> wrote: > On 10/15/24 07:32, Nanyong Sun wrote: > > The mount option of tmpfs should be huge=advise, not madvise > > which is not supported and may mislead the users. > > Agreed. > > > > > Fixes: 1b03d0d558a2 ("selftests/vm: add thp collapse file and tmpfs testing") > > But nothing is really broken here. This just fixes usage information. The usage information is broken! > Please drop the "Fixes:". Fixes: is appropriate. It tells people which commit introduced the error. I don't think it's serious enough to add a cc:stable. Others might disagree. > > Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com> > > --- > > tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c > > index 56d4480e8d3c..8a4d34cce36b 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"); > > Without the above "Fixes:" tag, > > Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> Thanks.
On 10/17/24 12:44, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:31:31 +0530 Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> wrote: > >> On 10/15/24 07:32, Nanyong Sun wrote: >>> The mount option of tmpfs should be huge=advise, not madvise >>> which is not supported and may mislead the users. >> Agreed. >> >>> Fixes: 1b03d0d558a2 ("selftests/vm: add thp collapse file and tmpfs testing") >> But nothing is really broken here. This just fixes usage information. > The usage information is broken! > >> Please drop the "Fixes:". > Fixes: is appropriate. It tells people which commit introduced the error. > > I don't think it's serious enough to add a cc:stable. Others might disagree. Alright, usage information is part of the functionality itself.
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c index 56d4480e8d3c..8a4d34cce36b 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");
The mount option of tmpfs should be huge=advise, not madvise which is not supported and may mislead the users. Fixes: 1b03d0d558a2 ("selftests/vm: add thp collapse file and tmpfs testing") Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com> --- tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)