From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 09/12] KVM: selftests: Add basic stress test for save+restore and #PF handling
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:52:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260727235228.1007324-10-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727235228.1007324-1-yosry@kernel.org>
Add a basic stress test for handling #PFs in a guest while the host is
doing save+restore cycles. The guest periodically accesses non-present
memory causing a #PF, and the #PF handler walks the page tables and
updates the PTE to be present, like a proper #PF handler.
After every access (and #PF), the guest triggers a sync and the test
performs save+restore of the VM. This is not very meaningful as
save+restore are performed after the access and #PF handling complete,
but following changes will change that.
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 +
.../selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h | 14 ++
.../kvm/x86/save_restore_pf_stress_test.c | 160 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 175 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/save_restore_pf_stress_test.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
index 88c6c8046ddec..e67b1e9893f68 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += x86/set_sregs_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += x86/smaller_maxphyaddr_emulation_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += x86/smm_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += x86/state_test
+TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += x86/save_restore_pf_stress_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += x86/vmx_preemption_timer_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += x86/svm_vmcall_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += x86/svm_int_ctl_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h
index 06d9ba1c4df33..2889782b0016b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h
@@ -614,6 +614,15 @@ static inline void set_cr0(u64 val)
__asm__ __volatile__("mov %0, %%cr0" : : "r" (val) : "memory");
}
+static inline u64 get_cr2(void)
+{
+ u64 cr2;
+
+ __asm__ __volatile__("mov %%cr2, %[cr2]"
+ : /* output */ [cr2]"=r"(cr2));
+ return cr2;
+}
+
static inline u64 get_cr3(void)
{
u64 cr3;
@@ -909,6 +918,11 @@ static inline void write_sse_reg(int reg, const sse128_t *data)
}
}
+static inline void invlpg(u64 addr)
+{
+ __asm__ __volatile__("invlpg (%0)" : : "r"(addr) : "memory");
+}
+
static inline void cpu_relax(void)
{
asm volatile("rep; nop" ::: "memory");
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/save_restore_pf_stress_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/save_restore_pf_stress_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1f7e142e5cfec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/save_restore_pf_stress_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "test_util.h"
+#include "kvm_util.h"
+#include "processor.h"
+
+#define NR_ITERATIONS 500
+
+#define PTRS_PER_PTE 512
+#define PXD_INDEX(vaddr, level) (((vaddr) >> PG_LEVEL_SHIFT(level)) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1))
+
+#define TEST_MEM_BASE_GVA 0xc0000000ULL
+#define TEST_PGTABLE_GVA_OFFSET 0xd0000000ULL
+#define PATTERN 0xabcdefabcdefabcdULL
+
+static u64 expected_vaddr;
+static u64 guest_faults;
+
+static u64 *guest_get_pte(u64 vaddr)
+{
+ u64 pgtable_pa, pte;
+ u64 *pgtable;
+ int level;
+
+ level = (get_cr4() & X86_CR4_LA57) ? PG_LEVEL_256T : PG_LEVEL_512G;
+
+ pgtable_pa = get_cr3() & PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK;
+ for (; level > PG_LEVEL_4K; level--) {
+ pgtable = (u64 *)(pgtable_pa + TEST_PGTABLE_GVA_OFFSET);
+ pte = pgtable[PXD_INDEX(vaddr, level)];
+ GUEST_ASSERT(pte & PTE_PRESENT_MASK(&guest_mmu));
+ GUEST_ASSERT(!(pte & PTE_HUGE_MASK(&guest_mmu)));
+ pgtable_pa = PTE_GET_PA(pte);
+ }
+
+ pgtable = (u64 *)(pgtable_pa + TEST_PGTABLE_GVA_OFFSET);
+ return &pgtable[PXD_INDEX(vaddr, PG_LEVEL_4K)];
+}
+
+static void guest_pf_handler(struct ex_regs *regs)
+{
+ u64 fault_addr;
+ u64 *ptep;
+
+ fault_addr = get_cr2();
+ GUEST_ASSERT_EQ(fault_addr, READ_ONCE(expected_vaddr));
+
+ ptep = guest_get_pte(fault_addr);
+ GUEST_ASSERT(ptep);
+ GUEST_ASSERT(!(*ptep & PTE_PRESENT_MASK(&guest_mmu)));
+
+ *ptep |= PTE_PRESENT_MASK(&guest_mmu);
+ guest_faults++;
+}
+
+static void guest_access_memory(void *arg)
+{
+ u64 vaddr, val;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; ; i++) {
+ vaddr = TEST_MEM_BASE_GVA + (i % PTRS_PER_PTE) * PAGE_SIZE;
+ WRITE_ONCE(expected_vaddr, vaddr);
+
+ /* Read to trigger #PF */
+ val = READ_ONCE(*(u64 *)vaddr);
+ GUEST_ASSERT_EQ(val, PATTERN);
+
+ /* Clear the present bit again so it faults next time */
+ *guest_get_pte(vaddr) &= ~PTE_PRESENT_MASK(&guest_mmu);
+ invlpg(vaddr);
+
+ GUEST_SYNC(guest_faults);
+ }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ struct kvm_x86_state *state;
+ int r, i, level;
+ gpa_t gpa, pgtable_gpa;
+ struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+ struct kvm_vm *vm;
+ struct ucall uc;
+ u64 *pgtable;
+ gva_t gva;
+ u64 pte;
+
+ vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, guest_access_memory);
+ vm_install_exception_handler(vm, PF_VECTOR, guest_pf_handler);
+
+ /* Allocate a page and write the pattern to it */
+ gva = vm_alloc_page(vm);
+ *(u64 *)addr_gva2hva(vm, gva) = PATTERN;
+ gpa = addr_gva2gpa(vm, gva);
+
+ /*
+ * Map all virtual addresses to the pattern page and clear the present
+ * bit such that guest accesses will cause a #PF.
+ */
+ for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++) {
+ gva = TEST_MEM_BASE_GVA + i * getpagesize();
+ virt_pg_map(vm, gva, gpa);
+ *vm_get_pte(vm, gva) &= ~PTE_PRESENT_MASK(&vm->mmu);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Now create mappings for the page tables created above so that the
+ * guest #PF handler can walk them. All PTEs for test virtual addresses
+ * should lie on the same PTE page, so one page is mapped for each page
+ * table level.
+ *
+ * Use an offset for the GVA instead of creating identity mappings to
+ * avoid collision with existing mappings at low GVAs (e.g. ELF).
+ */
+ pgtable_gpa = vm->mmu.pgd;
+ for (level = vm->mmu.pgtable_levels; level >= PG_LEVEL_4K; level--) {
+ virt_map(vm, pgtable_gpa + TEST_PGTABLE_GVA_OFFSET, pgtable_gpa, 1);
+ pgtable = addr_gpa2hva(vm, pgtable_gpa);
+ pte = pgtable[PXD_INDEX(TEST_MEM_BASE_GVA, level)];
+ pgtable_gpa = PTE_GET_PA(pte);
+ }
+
+ for (i = 1; i <= NR_ITERATIONS; i++) {
+ r = __vcpu_run(vcpu);
+ TEST_ASSERT(!r, "vcpu_run failed");
+ TEST_ASSERT_KVM_EXIT_REASON(vcpu, KVM_EXIT_IO);
+
+ get_ucall(vcpu, &uc);
+ if (uc.cmd == UCALL_ABORT) {
+ REPORT_GUEST_ASSERT(uc);
+ break;
+ }
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(uc.cmd, UCALL_SYNC);
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(uc.args[1], i);
+
+ state = vcpu_save_state(vcpu);
+
+ kvm_vm_release(vm);
+ vcpu = vm_recreate_with_one_vcpu(vm);
+ vcpu_load_state(vcpu, state);
+ kvm_x86_state_cleanup(state);
+
+ pr_info("\rSave+restore iterations: %d", i);
+ }
+ pr_info("\n");
+
+ sync_global_from_guest(vm, guest_faults);
+ pr_info("Guest page faults: %lu\n", guest_faults);
+
+ kvm_vm_free(vm);
+ return 0;
+}
--
2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-27 23:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 23:52 [PATCH v4 00/12] KVM: selftests: Stress save+restore and #PF (ft. nested) Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 01/12] KVM: selftests: Use __stringify() instead of custom XSTR() macros Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 02/12] KVM: selftests: Fix RAX and RFLAGS VMCB offsets when running L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-28 0:29 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 03/12] KVM: selftests: Rework GPR registers switching for SVM (and fix offsets) Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 04/12] KVM: selftests: Handle rflags save/restore for SVM in guest_regs Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 05/12] KVM: selftests: Reuse GPR switching logic for nVMX Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:05 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-28 0:30 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 06/12] KVM: selftests: Drop HORRIFIC_L2_UCALL_CLOBBER_HACK Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 07/12] KVM: selftests: Add a blank line before logging assertion failures Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 08/12] KVM: selftests: Expose PTE masks to guests as part of an MMU Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 10/12] KVM: selftests: Trigger save+restore randomly in the #PF stress test Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 11/12] KVM: selftests: Support running stress save+restore and #PF test in L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 12/12] KVM: selftests: Trigger L2->L1 exits stress save+restore and #PF test Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-28 0:31 ` Yosry Ahmed
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