[PATCH v9 6/6] elf: Add test for THP alignment of large load segments
WANG Rui
wangrui@loongson.cn
Sun Apr 12 17:43:34 GMT 2026
Add a new test to verify that large executable PT_LOAD segments are
mapped at addresses aligned to the THP size when the glibc tunable
glibc.elf.thp=1 is enabled and the system is configured to use THP
in "always" mode.
The test loads a shared object with a sufficiently large executable
segment via dlopen and inspects /proc/self/maps to check that the
mapping address is aligned to the THP page size reported by the kernel.
The test is skipped if the THP size cannot be determined or if THP is
not enabled in "always" mode.
Signed-off-by: WANG Rui <wangrui@loongson.cn>
---
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile | 7 +-
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thp-align.c | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thp-size-mod.S | 22 +++
3 files changed, 176 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thp-align.c
create mode 100644 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thp-size-mod.S
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
index 9879fec9a93..6e237dd4934 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
@@ -695,19 +695,22 @@ install-bin += \
$(objpfx)pldd: $(objpfx)xmalloc.o
-tests += tst-rseq-tls-range tst-rseq-tls-range-4096
+tests += tst-rseq-tls-range tst-rseq-tls-range-4096 tst-thp-align
tests-static += tst-rseq-tls-range-static tst-rseq-tls-range-4096-static
-modules-names += tst-rseq-tls-range-mod
+modules-names += tst-rseq-tls-range-mod tst-thp-size-mod
CFLAGS-tst-rseq-tls-range.c += -DMAIN_TLS_ALIGN=4
CFLAGS-tst-rseq-tls-range-4096.c += -DMAIN_TLS_ALIGN=4096
CFLAGS-tst-rseq-tls-range-static.c += -DMAIN_TLS_ALIGN=4
CFLAGS-tst-rseq-tls-range-4096-static.c += -DMAIN_TLS_ALIGN=4096
+LDFLAGS-tst-thp-size-mod.so += -Wl,-z,noseparate-code
$(objpfx)tst-rseq-tls-range.out: $(objpfx)tst-rseq-tls-range-mod.so
$(objpfx)tst-rseq-tls-range-4096.out: $(objpfx)tst-rseq-tls-range-mod.so
$(objpfx)tst-rseq-tls-range-static.out: $(objpfx)tst-rseq-tls-range-mod.so
$(objpfx)tst-rseq-tls-range-4096-static.out: $(objpfx)tst-rseq-tls-range-mod.so
tst-rseq-tls-range-static-ENV = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(objpfx):$(common-objpfx)
tst-rseq-tls-range-4096-static-ENV = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(objpfx):$(common-objpfx)
+tst-thp-align-ENV = GLIBC_TUNABLES=glibc.elf.thp=1
+tst-thp-align-modules = tst-thp-size-mod
test-internal-extras += tst-nolink-libc
ifeq ($(run-built-tests),yes)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thp-align.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thp-align.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec0a8d84a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thp-align.c
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/* Test the THP compatible alignment of PT_LOAD segments.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <intprops.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xdlfcn.h>
+#include <support/xstdio.h>
+#include <support/xunistd.h>
+
+#define THP_SIZE_MOD_NAME "tst-thp-size-mod.so"
+
+enum thp_mode_t
+{
+ thp_mode_always,
+ thp_mode_madvise,
+ thp_mode_never,
+ thp_mode_not_supported
+};
+
+static unsigned long int
+get_thp_size (void)
+{
+ int fd = open ("/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hpage_pmd_size",
+ O_RDONLY, 0);
+ if (fd == -1)
+ return 0;
+
+ char str[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (unsigned long int)];
+ ssize_t s = read (fd, str, sizeof (str));
+ close (fd);
+ if (s < 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ unsigned long int r = 0;
+ for (ssize_t i = 0; i < s; i++)
+ {
+ if (str[i] == '\n')
+ break;
+ r *= 10;
+ r += str[i] - '0';
+ }
+ return r;
+}
+
+static enum thp_mode_t
+get_thp_mode (void)
+{
+ int fd = open ("/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled", O_RDONLY, 0);
+ if (fd == -1)
+ return thp_mode_not_supported;
+
+ static const char mode_always[] = "[always] madvise never\n";
+ static const char mode_madvise[] = "always [madvise] never\n";
+ static const char mode_never[] = "always madvise [never]\n";
+
+ char str[sizeof(mode_always)];
+ ssize_t s = read (fd, str, sizeof (str));
+ if (s >= sizeof str || s < 0)
+ return thp_mode_not_supported;
+ str[s] = '\0';
+ close (fd);
+
+ if (s == sizeof (mode_always) - 1)
+ {
+ if (strcmp (str, mode_always) == 0)
+ return thp_mode_always;
+ else if (strcmp (str, mode_madvise) == 0)
+ return thp_mode_madvise;
+ else if (strcmp (str, mode_never) == 0)
+ return thp_mode_never;
+ }
+ return thp_mode_not_supported;
+}
+
+static void
+check_align (void)
+{
+ unsigned long int thp_size = get_thp_size ();
+ enum thp_mode_t thp_mode = get_thp_mode ();
+
+ if (thp_size == 0)
+ {
+ printf ("Skipping test: unable to get THP size.\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (thp_mode != thp_mode_always)
+ {
+ printf ("Skipping test: THP mode is not always.\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ FILE *f = xfopen ("/proc/self/maps", "r");
+ char *line = NULL;
+ size_t len;
+
+ while (xgetline (&line, &len, f))
+ {
+ uintptr_t from, to;
+ char *prot = NULL, *path = NULL;
+ int r = sscanf (line, "%" SCNxPTR "-%" SCNxPTR "%ms%*s%*s%*s%ms",
+ &from, &to, &prot, &path);
+
+ TEST_VERIFY (r == 3 || r == 4);
+
+ if (strstr (prot, "x") && strstr (path, THP_SIZE_MOD_NAME))
+ TEST_COMPARE (from % thp_size, 0);
+
+ free (path);
+ }
+
+ free (line);
+ xfclose (f);
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+ void *dl;
+
+ dl = xdlopen (THP_SIZE_MOD_NAME, RTLD_NOW);
+ check_align ();
+ xdlclose (dl);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thp-size-mod.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thp-size-mod.S
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3084c2d0e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thp-size-mod.S
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* A module that provides THP code size for testing.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+ .globl thp_size
+thp_size:
+ .space 32 * 1024 * 1024
--
2.53.0
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