mm/memtest: add ARCH_USE_MEMTEST

early_memtest() does not get called from all architectures.  Hence
enabling CONFIG_MEMTEST and providing a valid memtest=[1..N] kernel
command line option might not trigger the memory pattern tests as would be
expected in normal circumstances.  This situation is misleading.

The change here prevents the above mentioned problem after introducing a
new config option ARCH_USE_MEMTEST that should be subscribed on platforms
that call early_memtest(), in order to enable the config CONFIG_MEMTEST.
Conversely CONFIG_MEMTEST cannot be enabled on platforms where it would
not be tested anyway.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1617269193-22294-1-git-send-email-anshuman.khandual@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> (arm64)
Reviewed-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
Anshuman Khandual
2021-04-29 22:55:15 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent f58bd538e6
commit dce4456619
7 changed files with 14 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -2573,11 +2573,18 @@ config TEST_FPU
endif # RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU
config ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
bool
help
An architecture should select this when it uses early_memtest()
during boot process.
config MEMTEST
bool "Memtest"
depends on ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
help
This option adds a kernel parameter 'memtest', which allows memtest
to be set.
to be set and executed.
memtest=0, mean disabled; -- default
memtest=1, mean do 1 test pattern;
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