selftests/vm/compaction_test: fix write to restore nr_hugepages
authorMike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Fri, 24 Jun 2016 21:48:40 +0000 (14:48 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:23:52 +0000 (17:23 -0700)
The write at the end of the test to restore nr_hugepages to its previous
value is failing.  This is because it is trying to write the number of
bytes in the char array as opposed to the number of bytes in the string.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1465331205-3284-1-git-send-email-mike.kravetz@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
Cc: Sri Jayaramappa <sjayaram@akamai.com>
Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@akamai.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
tools/testing/selftests/vm/compaction_test.c

index 932ff577ffc0b01405c1a264bbfc36b2baa8c058..00c4f65d12daf995123cdaaf9ef3e53cbe2e18eb 100644 (file)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned int hugepage_size)
        printf("No of huge pages allocated = %d\n",
               (atoi(nr_hugepages)));
 
-       if (write(fd, initial_nr_hugepages, sizeof(initial_nr_hugepages))
+       if (write(fd, initial_nr_hugepages, strlen(initial_nr_hugepages))
            != strlen(initial_nr_hugepages)) {
                perror("Failed to write to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages\n");
                goto close_fd;