#define MiB (1024 * KiB)
 #define FORK_EXEC_CHILD_PRG_NAME "ksm_fork_exec_child"
 
+#define MAP_MERGE_FAIL ((void *)-1)
+#define MAP_MERGE_SKIP ((void *)-2)
+
+enum ksm_merge_mode {
+       KSM_MERGE_PRCTL,
+       KSM_MERGE_MADVISE,
+       KSM_MERGE_NONE, /* PRCTL already set */
+};
+
 static int mem_fd;
 static int ksm_fd;
 static int ksm_full_scans_fd;
        return 0;
 }
 
-static char *mmap_and_merge_range(char val, unsigned long size, int prot,
-                                 bool use_prctl)
+static char *__mmap_and_merge_range(char val, unsigned long size, int prot,
+                                 enum ksm_merge_mode mode)
 {
        char *map;
+       char *err_map = MAP_MERGE_FAIL;
        int ret;
 
        /* Stabilize accounting by disabling KSM completely. */
        if (ksm_unmerge()) {
-               ksft_test_result_fail("Disabling (unmerging) KSM failed\n");
-               return MAP_FAILED;
+               ksft_print_msg("Disabling (unmerging) KSM failed\n");
+               return err_map;
        }
 
        if (get_my_merging_pages() > 0) {
-               ksft_test_result_fail("Still pages merged\n");
-               return MAP_FAILED;
+               ksft_print_msg("Still pages merged\n");
+               return err_map;
        }
 
        map = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
                   MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANON, -1, 0);
        if (map == MAP_FAILED) {
-               ksft_test_result_fail("mmap() failed\n");
-               return MAP_FAILED;
+               ksft_print_msg("mmap() failed\n");
+               return err_map;
        }
 
        /* Don't use THP. Ignore if THP are not around on a kernel. */
        if (madvise(map, size, MADV_NOHUGEPAGE) && errno != EINVAL) {
-               ksft_test_result_fail("MADV_NOHUGEPAGE failed\n");
+               ksft_print_msg("MADV_NOHUGEPAGE failed\n");
                goto unmap;
        }
 
        memset(map, val, size);
 
        if (mprotect(map, size, prot)) {
-               ksft_test_result_skip("mprotect() failed\n");
+               ksft_print_msg("mprotect() failed\n");
+               err_map = MAP_MERGE_SKIP;
                goto unmap;
        }
 
-       if (use_prctl) {
+       switch (mode) {
+       case KSM_MERGE_PRCTL:
                ret = prctl(PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE, 1, 0, 0, 0);
                if (ret < 0 && errno == EINVAL) {
-                       ksft_test_result_skip("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE not supported\n");
+                       ksft_print_msg("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE not supported\n");
+                       err_map = MAP_MERGE_SKIP;
                        goto unmap;
                } else if (ret) {
-                       ksft_test_result_fail("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE=1 failed\n");
+                       ksft_print_msg("PR_SET_MEMORY_MERGE=1 failed\n");
                        goto unmap;
                }
-       } else if (madvise(map, size, MADV_MERGEABLE)) {
-               ksft_test_result_fail("MADV_MERGEABLE failed\n");
-               goto unmap;
+               break;
+       case KSM_MERGE_MADVISE:
+               if (madvise(map, size, MADV_MERGEABLE)) {
+                       ksft_print_msg("MADV_MERGEABLE failed\n");
+                       goto unmap;
+               }
+               break;
+       case KSM_MERGE_NONE:
+               break;
        }
 
        /* Run KSM to trigger merging and wait. */
        if (ksm_merge()) {
-               ksft_test_result_fail("Running KSM failed\n");
+               ksft_print_msg("Running KSM failed\n");
                goto unmap;
        }
 
         * accounted differently (depending on kernel support).
         */
        if (val && !get_my_merging_pages()) {
-               ksft_test_result_fail("No pages got merged\n");
+               ksft_print_msg("No pages got merged\n");
                goto unmap;
        }
 
        return map;
 unmap:
        munmap(map, size);
-       return MAP_FAILED;
+       return err_map;
+}
+
+static char *mmap_and_merge_range(char val, unsigned long size, int prot,
+                                 enum ksm_merge_mode mode)
+{
+       char *map;
+       char *ret = MAP_FAILED;
+
+       map = __mmap_and_merge_range(val, size, prot, mode);
+       if (map == MAP_MERGE_FAIL)
+               ksft_test_result_fail("Merging memory failed");
+       else if (map == MAP_MERGE_SKIP)
+               ksft_test_result_skip("Merging memory skipped");
+       else
+               ret = map;
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static void test_unmerge(void)
 
        ksft_print_msg("[RUN] %s\n", __func__);
 
-       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0xcf, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, false);
+       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0xcf, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, KSM_MERGE_MADVISE);
        if (map == MAP_FAILED)
                return;
 
        }
 
        /* Let KSM deduplicate zero pages. */
-       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0x00, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, false);
+       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0x00, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, KSM_MERGE_MADVISE);
        if (map == MAP_FAILED)
                return;
 
 
        ksft_print_msg("[RUN] %s\n", __func__);
 
-       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0xcf, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, false);
+       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0xcf, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, KSM_MERGE_MADVISE);
        if (map == MAP_FAILED)
                return;
 
 
        ksft_print_msg("[RUN] %s\n", __func__);
 
-       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0xcf, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, false);
+       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0xcf, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, KSM_MERGE_MADVISE);
        if (map == MAP_FAILED)
                return;
 
 
        ksft_print_msg("[RUN] %s\n", __func__);
 
-       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0xcf, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, true);
+       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0xcf, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, KSM_MERGE_PRCTL);
        if (map == MAP_FAILED)
                return;
 
 
        ksft_print_msg("[RUN] %s\n", __func__);
 
-       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0x11, size, PROT_NONE, false);
+       map = mmap_and_merge_range(0x11, size, PROT_NONE, KSM_MERGE_MADVISE);
        if (map == MAP_FAILED)
                goto unmap;