From: Vineet Agarwal <agarwal.vineet2006@gmail.com>
To: shuah@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, david@kernel.org, ljs@kernel.org,
	Liam.Howlett@oracle.com, vbabka@kernel.org, rppt@kernel.org,
	surenb@google.com, mhocko@suse.com,
	Vineet Agarwal <agarwal.vineet2006@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4] selftests/mm: ksm-functional-tests: fix partial write handling
Date: Mon,  4 May 2026 13:43:13 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260504081638.683223-1-agarwal.vineet2006@gmail.com> (raw)

Update write() checks to properly detect and handle partial writes.

Previously, the write() calls used <= 0 to detect failure. This
condition is never true for partial writes (ret > 0 but ret < len),
so partial writes were silently treated as success.

Fix this by verifying that write() returns the full expected length
and treating any mismatch as failure.

Signed-off-by: Vineet Agarwal <agarwal.vineet2006@gmail.com>

Changes in v4:
- Simplify write() checks as suggested by Mike Rapoport
- Remove temporary variables and use direct comparisons
- Use a single len variable
---
 .../selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c       | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
index 8d874c4754f3..31c06c72203f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksm_functional_tests.c
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ static void test_prctl_fork(void)
 static int start_ksmd_and_set_frequency(char *pages_to_scan, char *sleep_ms)
 {
 	int ksm_fd;
+	size_t len;
 
 	ksm_fd = open("/sys/kernel/mm/ksm/run", O_RDWR);
 	if (ksm_fd < 0)
@@ -506,11 +507,13 @@ static int start_ksmd_and_set_frequency(char *pages_to_scan, char *sleep_ms)
 	if (write(ksm_fd, "1", 1) != 1)
 		return -errno;
 
-	if (write(pages_to_scan_fd, pages_to_scan, strlen(pages_to_scan)) <= 0)
-		return -errno;
+	len = strlen(pages_to_scan);
+	if (write(pages_to_scan_fd, pages_to_scan, len) != len)
+		return -1;
 
-	if (write(sleep_millisecs_fd, sleep_ms, strlen(sleep_ms)) <= 0)
-		return -errno;
+	len = strlen(sleep_ms);
+	if (write(sleep_millisecs_fd, sleep_ms, len) != len)
+		return -1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -526,11 +529,11 @@ static int stop_ksmd_and_restore_frequency(void)
 	if (write(ksm_fd, "2", 1) != 1)
 		return -errno;
 
-	if (write(pages_to_scan_fd, "100", 3) <= 0)
-		return -errno;
+	if (write(pages_to_scan_fd, "100", 3) != 3)
+		return -1;
 
-	if (write(sleep_millisecs_fd, "20", 2) <= 0)
-		return -errno;
+	if (write(sleep_millisecs_fd, "20", 2) != 2)
+		return -1;
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.54.0

next             reply	other threads:[~2026-05-04  8:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-04  8:13 Vineet Agarwal [this message]
2026-05-04 10:02 ` [PATCH v4] selftests/mm: ksm-functional-tests: fix partial write handling Mike Rapoport
2026-05-04 12:58 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)

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