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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
index 2c3a0eb6b22d..9bc4591c7b16 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size,
int compaction_index = 0;
char nr_hugepages[20] = {0};
char init_nr_hugepages[24] = {0};
+ char target_nr_hugepages[24] = {0};
+ int slen;
snprintf(init_nr_hugepages, sizeof(init_nr_hugepages),
"%lu", initial_nr_hugepages);
@@ -106,11 +108,18 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned long hugepage_size,
goto out;
}
- /* Request a large number of huge pages. The Kernel will allocate
- as much as it can */
- if (write(fd, "100000", (6*sizeof(char))) != (6*sizeof(char))) {
- ksft_print_msg("Failed to write 100000 to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
- strerror(errno));
+ /*
+ * Request huge pages for about half of the free memory. The Kernel
+ * will allocate as much as it can, and we expect it will get at least 1/3
+ */
+ nr_hugepages_ul = mem_free / hugepage_size / 2;
+ snprintf(target_nr_hugepages, sizeof(target_nr_hugepages),
+ "%lu", nr_hugepages_ul);
+
+ slen = strlen(target_nr_hugepages);
+ if (write(fd, target_nr_hugepages, slen) != slen) {
+ ksft_print_msg("Failed to write %lu to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
+ nr_hugepages_ul, strerror(errno));
goto close_fd;
}