selftests/mm: mremap_test: optimize using pre-filled random array and memcpy

Patch series "selftests/mm: mremap_test: Optimizations and style fixes".

The mremap_test, in a worst case controlled by the -t flag, does a for
loop iteration in orders of GB.  Without compromising on the stdout
report, the aim is to reduce this time.

A pre-filled random buffer is allocated based on the seed, replacing
repetitive rand() calls.  The byte pattern in the memory locations is set
through memcpy() from the random buffer.

Replacing the loop for printing the mismatch index to stdout, employ an
efficient algorithm by breaking the comparison into chunks, use the highly
optimized memcmp() library function, and when a mismatch does occur, only
then do a brute force iteration.

Also, use sscanf() to parse /proc/self/maps for consistency across files.

Execution time results (x86 system):
./mremap_test
Original: 3 seconds
After change: 0.8 seconds

./mremap_test -t100
Original: 17 seconds
After change: 2 seconds

./mremap_test -t0 (worst case):
Original: 9:40 minutes
After change: 45 seconds


This patch (of 3):

Allocate a pre-filled random buffer using the seed.  Replace iterative
copying of the random sequence to buffers using the highly optimized
library function memcpy().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <[email protected]>
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <[email protected]>
Cc: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
Cc: Kalesh Singh <[email protected]>
Cc: Shuah Khan <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>

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