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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 09/10] userfaultfd/selftests: reinitialize test context in each test
On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 03:52:43PM -0700, Axel Rasmussen wrote:
> Currently, the context (fds, mmap-ed areas, etc.) are global. Each test
> mutates this state in some way, in some cases really "clobbering it"
> (e.g., the events test mremap-ing area_dst over the top of area_src, or
> the minor faults tests overwriting the count_verify values in the test
> areas). We run the tests in a particular order, each test is careful to
> make the right assumptions about its starting state, etc.
>
> But, this is fragile. It's better for a test's success or failure to not
> depend on what some other prior test case did to the global state.
>
> To that end, clear and reinitialize the test context at the start of
> each test case, so whatever prior test cases did doesn't affect future
> tests.
>
> This is particularly relevant to this series because the events test's
> mremap of area_dst screws up assumptions the minor fault test was
> relying on. This wasn't a problem for hugetlb, as we don't mremap in
> that case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

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Peter Xu

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