[PATCH v4 54/55] selftests/mm: run_vmtests.sh: free memory if available memory is low
From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 12:52:37 EST
From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Currently when running THP and HugeTLB tests, if HAVE_HUGEPAGES is set
run_test() drops caches, compacts memory and runs the test. But if
HAVE_HUGEPAGES is not set it skips the tests entirely, even if THP tests
have nothing to do with HAVE_HUGEPAGES.
Replace the check if HAVE_HUGEPAGES is set with a check of how much memory
is available. If there is less than 256 MB of available memory, drop caches
and run compaction and then continue to run a test regardless of
HAVE_HUGEPAGES value.
Tested-by: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Sarthak Sharma <sarthak.sharma@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh | 18 ++++++------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
index b9e520194634..45298157b155 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
@@ -234,19 +234,17 @@ pretty_name() {
# Usage: run_test [test binary] [arbitrary test arguments...]
run_test() {
if test_selected ${CATEGORY}; then
- local skip=0
-
# On memory constrainted systems some tests can fail to allocate hugepages.
# perform some cleanup before the test for a higher success rate.
if [ ${CATEGORY} == "thp" -o ${CATEGORY} == "hugetlb" ]; then
- if [ "${HAVE_HUGEPAGES}" = "1" ]; then
+ mem_kb=$(awk '/MemAvailable/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo)
+ mem_Mb=$((mem_kb / 1024))
+
+ if (( $mem_Mb < 256 )); then
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
sleep 2
echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory
sleep 2
- else
- echo "hugepages not supported" | tap_prefix
- skip=1
fi
fi
@@ -255,12 +253,8 @@ run_test() {
local sep=$(echo -n "$title" | tr "[:graph:][:space:]" -)
printf "%s\n%s\n%s\n" "$sep" "$title" "$sep" | tap_prefix
- if [ "${skip}" != "1" ]; then
- ("$@" 2>&1) | tap_prefix
- local ret=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
- else
- local ret=$ksft_skip
- fi
+ ("$@" 2>&1) | tap_prefix
+ local ret=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
count_total=$(( count_total + 1 ))
if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
count_pass=$(( count_pass + 1 ))
--
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