+ +FIXTURE_SETUP(prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise) +{ + if (!thp_available()) + SKIP(return, "Transparent Hugepages not available\n"); + + self->pmdsize = read_pmd_pagesize(); + if (!self->pmdsize) + SKIP(return, "Unable to read PMD size\n"); + + if (prctl(PR_SET_THP_DISABLE, 1, PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED, NULL, NULL)) + SKIP(return, "Unable to set PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED\n");This should be a test fail I think, as the only ways this could fail are invalid flags, or failure to obtain an mmap write lock.
Running a kernel that does not support it? We could check the errno to distinguish I guess. -- Cheers, David / dhildenb
