On 3/16/21 1:41 PM, glit...@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Oliver Glitta <glit...@gmail.com>
> 
> SLUB has resiliency_test() function which is hidden behind #ifdef
> SLUB_RESILIENCY_TEST that is not part of Kconfig, so nobody
> runs it. Kselftest should proper replacement for it.
> 
> Try changing byte in redzone after allocation and changing
> pointer to next free node, first byte, 50th byte and redzone
> byte. Check if validation finds errors.
> 
> There are several differences from the original resiliency test:
> Tests create own caches with known state instead of corrupting
> shared kmalloc caches.
> 
> The corruption of freepointer uses correct offset, the original
> resiliency test got broken with freepointer changes.
> 
> Scratch changing random byte test, because it does not have
> meaning in this form where we need deterministic results.
> 
> Add new option CONFIG_TEST_SLUB in Kconfig.
> 
> Add parameter to function validate_slab_cache() to return
> number of errors in cache.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Glitta <glit...@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vba...@suse.cz>

Disclaimer: this is done as part of Oliver's university project that I'm 
advising.

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