Add a new test `migrate.cow_after_fork` that verifies correct RMAP handling of Copy-On-Write (COW) pages after fork().
Before a write, the parent and child share the same PFN. After a write, the child’s PFN differs. This confirms that proper COW duplication occurred and that RMAP correctly tracks page ownership transitions during COW events.
Signed-off-by: Itamar-Dalal dalalitamar@gmail.com --- tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c index 13f7bccfd0a9..2ba3361fecf0 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/rmap.c @@ -430,4 +430,47 @@ TEST_F(migrate, ksm) propagate_children(_metadata, data); }
-TEST_HARNESS_MAIN +TEST_F(migrate, cow_after_fork) +{ + struct global_data *data = &self->data; + int status; + pid_t pid; + unsigned long parent_pfn, child_pfn; + int pagemap_fd; + char *region; + + /* Map private anonymous memory and fault it in */ + region = mmap(NULL, data->mapsize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, + MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0); + ASSERT_NE(region, MAP_FAILED); + memset(region, 0xaa, data->mapsize); + + pagemap_fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY); + ASSERT_NE(pagemap_fd, -1); + parent_pfn = pagemap_get_pfn(pagemap_fd, region); + close(pagemap_fd); + + pid = fork(); + ASSERT_NE(pid, -1); + + if (pid == 0) { + /* Child: write to trigger COW */ + region[0] = 0xbb; + + pagemap_fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY); + ASSERT_NE(pagemap_fd, -1); + child_pfn = pagemap_get_pfn(pagemap_fd, region); + close(pagemap_fd); + + /* Expect PFN to differ after write (COW happened) */ + if (child_pfn == parent_pfn) + _exit(FAIL_ON_CHECK); + _exit(0); + } + + waitpid(pid, &status, 0); + ASSERT_EQ(WEXITSTATUS(status), 0); + munmap(region, data->mapsize); +} + +TEST_HARNESS_MAIN \ No newline at end of file -- 2.34.1