From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
To: Like Xu <like.xu.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jiaqi Yan <jiaqiyan@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: arm64: Skip sea_to_user without 1GB hugepages
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:52:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86qzjxyvpx.wl-maz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260817080759.25601-1-likexu@tencent.com>
+ Jiaqi.
On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:07:59 +0100,
Like Xu <like.xu.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> sea_to_user backs guest memory with 1GB hugepages but never checks any
> are reserved, aborting instead of skipping when the host has none:
>
> kvm_syscalls.h:68: mem != MAP_FAILED, errno=12 (ENOMEM)
> not ok 1 selftests: kvm: sea_to_user # exit=254
>
> Check for enough free hugepages up front so the test skips cleanly.
See my comments at [1].
This test is totally borked, and Jiaqi stopped replying. It is a
liability, and I'd like it *removed*. But if you want to fix it,
please go ahead.
M.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/86y0le9cvz.wl-maz@kernel.org/
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2026-08-17 8:07 [PATCH] KVM: selftests: arm64: Skip sea_to_user without 1GB hugepages Like Xu
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