From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>,
Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/9] KVM: selftests: Add helper APIs to cancel+join pthreads
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:19:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730191908.2084803-8-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260730191908.2084803-1-seanjc@google.com>
Deduplicate test code that does cancel()+join() on pthreads by adding a
collection of syscall wrappers. The tests that asynchronously cancel
pthreads, i.e. use PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS, are particularly ugly,
especially since it's not immediately obvious why those tests assert on
the thread being CANCELED, whereas others do not.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
.../selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_ipi.c | 15 ++----------
.../selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c | 15 ++----------
.../selftests/kvm/x86/recalc_apic_map_test.c | 3 +--
.../selftests/kvm/x86/sync_regs_test.c | 3 +--
.../selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c | 15 ++----------
.../selftests/kvm/x86/xen_shinfo_test.c | 3 +--
7 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
index abfd89372f19..002b5a4e59eb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
@@ -103,6 +103,30 @@ __KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(pthread_create, 4, pthread_t *, thread,
__KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(pthread_join, 2, pthread_t, thread, void **, thread_return);
__KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(pthread_cancel, 1, pthread_t, thread);
+static inline void __kvm_cancel_join_pthread(pthread_t thread, void **r)
+{
+ kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
+ kvm_pthread_join(thread, r);
+}
+
+static inline void kvm_cancel_join_pthread(pthread_t thread)
+{
+ __kvm_cancel_join_pthread(thread, NULL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Cancel+Join a pthread that was configured with PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS
+ * and is expected to exit only in response to cancellation.
+ */
+static inline void kvm_cancel_join_pthread_async(pthread_t thread)
+{
+ void *r;
+
+ __kvm_cancel_join_pthread(thread, &r);
+ TEST_ASSERT(r == PTHREAD_CANCELED,
+ "expected retval=%p, got %p", PTHREAD_CANCELED, r);
+}
+
#define kvm_free_fd(fd) \
do { \
kvm_close(fd); \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_ipi.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_ipi.c
index d2efb1043534..fe38cc4cba05 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_ipi.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_ipi.c
@@ -222,17 +222,6 @@ static void *vcpu_thread(void *arg)
return NULL;
}
-static void cancel_join_vcpu_thread(pthread_t thread, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
- void *retval;
-
- kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
- kvm_pthread_join(thread, &retval);
- TEST_ASSERT(retval == PTHREAD_CANCELED,
- "expected retval=%p, got %p", PTHREAD_CANCELED,
- retval);
-}
-
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
struct kvm_vm *vm;
@@ -293,8 +282,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
done:
- cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[0], vcpu[1]);
- cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[1], vcpu[2]);
+ kvm_cancel_join_pthread_async(threads[0]);
+ kvm_cancel_join_pthread_async(threads[1]);
kvm_vm_free(vm);
return 0;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c
index e4fc9bb6f329..84f22f39c8f2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c
@@ -548,17 +548,6 @@ static void *vcpu_thread(void *arg)
return NULL;
}
-static void cancel_join_vcpu_thread(pthread_t thread, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
- void *retval;
-
- kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
- kvm_pthread_join(thread, &retval);
- TEST_ASSERT(retval == PTHREAD_CANCELED,
- "expected retval=%p, got %p", PTHREAD_CANCELED,
- retval);
-}
-
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
struct kvm_vm *vm;
@@ -652,8 +641,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
done:
- cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[0], vcpu[1]);
- cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[1], vcpu[2]);
+ kvm_cancel_join_pthread_async(threads[0]);
+ kvm_cancel_join_pthread_async(threads[1]);
kvm_vm_free(vm);
return 0;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/recalc_apic_map_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/recalc_apic_map_test.c
index e3e397f32bff..7a0bd9f7ba6c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/recalc_apic_map_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/recalc_apic_map_test.c
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ int main(void)
vcpu_set_msr(vcpuN, MSR_IA32_APICBASE, LAPIC_DISABLED);
}
- kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
- kvm_pthread_join(thread, NULL);
+ kvm_cancel_join_pthread(thread);
kvm_vm_free(vm);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sync_regs_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sync_regs_test.c
index 99a5bbeffc5d..9d76c2ed784b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sync_regs_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sync_regs_test.c
@@ -199,8 +199,7 @@ static void race_sync_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, void *racer)
}
}
- kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
- kvm_pthread_join(thread, NULL);
+ kvm_cancel_join_pthread(thread);
kvm_x86_state_cleanup(state);
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c
index 33e78b284c67..78e7aae8fab8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c
@@ -228,17 +228,6 @@ static void *vcpu_thread(void *arg)
return NULL;
}
-static void cancel_join_vcpu_thread(pthread_t thread, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
- void *retval;
-
- kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
- kvm_pthread_join(thread, &retval);
- TEST_ASSERT(retval == PTHREAD_CANCELED,
- "expected retval=%p, got %p", PTHREAD_CANCELED,
- retval);
-}
-
void do_migrations(struct test_data_page *data, int run_secs, int delay_usecs,
u64 *pipis_rcvd)
{
@@ -450,8 +439,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
/*
* Cancel threads and wait for them to stop.
*/
- cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[0], params[0].vcpu);
- cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[1], params[1].vcpu);
+ kvm_cancel_join_pthread_async(threads[0]);
+ kvm_cancel_join_pthread_async(threads[1]);
/*
* If the host support Idle HLT, i.e. KVM *might* be using Idle HLT,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xen_shinfo_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xen_shinfo_test.c
index 3ec5e67b21ef..a226a2fd61d9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xen_shinfo_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xen_shinfo_test.c
@@ -947,8 +947,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
TEST_ASSERT(!evtchn_irq_expected,
"Expected event channel IRQ but it didn't happen");
- kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
- kvm_pthread_join(thread, 0);
+ kvm_cancel_join_pthread(thread);
goto done;
case TEST_GUEST_SAW_IRQ:
--
2.55.0.508.g3f0d502094-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-30 19:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-30 19:18 [PATCH 0/9] KVM: selftests: Add more syscall wrappers, fix hardware_disable_test Sean Christopherson
2026-07-30 19:19 ` [PATCH 1/9] KVM: selftests: Return the target CPU from pin_task_to_random_cpu() Sean Christopherson
2026-07-30 19:19 ` [PATCH 2/9] KVM: selftests: Extract picking of random CPU from cpu_set_t to separate API Sean Christopherson
2026-07-30 19:19 ` [PATCH 3/9] KVM: selftests: Affine child tasks to other pCPUs in hardware disable test Sean Christopherson
2026-07-30 19:33 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-30 19:19 ` [PATCH 4/9] KVM: selftests: Drop unreachable, dead code from " Sean Christopherson
2026-07-30 19:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-30 19:19 ` [PATCH 5/9] KVM: selftests: Add KVM syscall wrapper for pthread_create() Sean Christopherson
2026-07-30 19:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-30 19:19 ` [PATCH 6/9] KVM: selftests: Add KVM syscall wrappers for pthread_{cancel,join}() Sean Christopherson
2026-07-30 19:19 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-07-30 19:19 ` [PATCH 8/9] KVM: selftests: Add KVM syscall wrappers for pthread_{g,s}etaffinity_np() Sean Christopherson
2026-07-30 19:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-30 20:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-30 19:19 ` [PATCH 9/9] KVM: selftests: Clean up global constants in hardware disable test Sean Christopherson
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