From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH 13/20] KVM: selftests: Add TEST_EXTRA memory region type for "special" memslots
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:05:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260826230511.972824-14-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260826230511.972824-1-seanjc@google.com>
And another memory region type to deal with extra, one-off memory regions,
and use the new type to manage x86's SMRAM memslot, as another step towards
taking the region type instead of the raw memslot in the physical page
allocator APIs.
Alternatively, SMRAM setup could simply use the quad-underscore API to
continue passing in the memslot, but a surprising number of tests use an
"extra" memslot for a variety of reasons. I.e. allocating memory from one
(and exactly one) extra memslot isn't all that rare, and so should be
treated as normal behavior, not as something extraordinary, as
quad-underscore functions typically suggest.
Opportunistically add comments to document the intended usage of the types,
as the difference between DATA, TEST_DATA, and TEST_EXTRA in particular
isn't exactly obvious.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
.../testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h | 37 ++++++++++++++++---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/smm.h | 2 +-
.../testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c | 7 ++--
3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
index 14f87c8a00ec..f4f4f360a10b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
@@ -82,11 +82,43 @@ struct userspace_mem_regions {
DECLARE_HASHTABLE(slot_hash, 9);
};
+/*
+ * Memory region types are passed to various page allocators to communicate
+ * various properties and metadata related to the allocation. Note, the
+ * descriptions below described the primary usage of each type. Individual
+ * tests may allocate memory for other purposes.
+ *
+ * By default, all regions are mapped to memslot '0'. Tests can override the
+ * memslot for any or all types, e.g. so that all test data is allocated from a
+ * curated memslot.
+ */
enum kvm_mem_region_type {
+ /*
+ * The CODE region is used by lib/elf when loading the test's code into
+ * guest memory.
+ */
MEM_REGION_CODE,
+ /*
+ * The DATA region is used to allocate core data structures, e.g. vCPU
+ * stacks, VM exception tables, x86's TSS, etc.
+ */
MEM_REGION_DATA,
+ /*
+ * The PT region, a.k.a. Page Table region, is used to allocate page
+ * table pages.
+ */
MEM_REGION_PT,
+ /*
+ * The TEST_DATA region is used for allocating test data that is either
+ * test specific, and/or isn't considered a "core" data structure.
+ */
MEM_REGION_TEST_DATA,
+ /*
+ * The TEST_EXTRA region is for special snowflakes, where a test wants
+ * to create and use a one-off memslot, without impacting "normal" test
+ * data allocations.
+ */
+ MEM_REGION_TEST_EXTRA,
NR_MEM_REGIONS,
};
@@ -129,11 +161,6 @@ struct kvm_vm {
struct kvm_binary_stats stats;
- /*
- * KVM region slots. These are the default memslots used by page
- * allocators, e.g., lib/elf uses the memslots[MEM_REGION_CODE]
- * memslot.
- */
u32 memslots[NR_MEM_REGIONS];
};
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/smm.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/smm.h
index 2d1afa09819b..15faaa060126 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/smm.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/smm.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
#define SMRAM_MEMSLOT ((1 << 16) | 1)
#define SMRAM_PAGES (SMRAM_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE)
-void setup_smram(struct kvm_vm *vm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 smram_gpa,
+void setup_smram(struct kvm_vm *vm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t smram_gpa,
const void *smi_handler, size_t handler_size);
void inject_smi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c
index ea5fa59888af..b988eea373ad 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c
@@ -1468,11 +1468,12 @@ bool kvm_arch_has_default_irqchip(void)
return true;
}
-void setup_smram(struct kvm_vm *vm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 smram_gpa,
+void setup_smram(struct kvm_vm *vm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t smram_gpa,
const void *smi_handler, size_t handler_size)
{
- vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS, smram_gpa,
- SMRAM_MEMSLOT, SMRAM_PAGES, 0);
+ vm_override_mem_region(vm, MEM_REGION_TEST_EXTRA, VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS,
+ smram_gpa, SMRAM_MEMSLOT, SMRAM_PAGES);
+
TEST_ASSERT(vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, SMRAM_PAGES, smram_gpa,
SMRAM_MEMSLOT) == smram_gpa,
"Could not allocate guest physical addresses for SMRAM");
--
2.55.0.887.g758fc8c411-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-26 23:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-26 23:04 [PATCH 00/20] KVM: selftests: PPC pre-enabling Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:04 ` [PATCH 01/20] KVM: selftests: Use MEM_REGION_PT memslot instead of '0' for s390 regions/segments Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:13 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-26 23:04 ` [PATCH 02/20] KVM: selftests: Bump the minimum GPA for page tables to 0x200000 Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-26 23:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-27 6:34 ` Bibo Mao
2026-08-27 13:44 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-28 17:58 ` Claudio Imbrenda
2026-08-28 18:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:04 ` [PATCH 03/20] KVM: selftests: Use vm_alloc_page_table() to allocate LoongArch page tables Sean Christopherson
2026-08-27 6:43 ` Bibo Mao
2026-08-26 23:04 ` [PATCH 04/20] KVM: selftests: Rename "num" param to "nr_pages" for physical page allocators Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-26 23:04 ` [PATCH 05/20] KVM: selftests: Use goto instead of do-while to retry finding unused physical pages Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:04 ` [PATCH 06/20] KVM: selftests: Extend page allocator to support naturally aligned allocations Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:04 ` [PATCH 07/20] KVM: selftests: Make the single-page allocator APIs static inline Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:04 ` [PATCH 08/20] KVM: selftests: Use the innermost page allocator API in the memslot perf test Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 09/20] KVM: selftests: Use the innermost page allocator API in s390's IRQ routing test Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 10/20] KVM: selftests: Add a wrapper API to allocate multiple page table pages Sean Christopherson
2026-08-27 5:27 ` Itaru Kitayama
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 11/20] KVM: selftests: Initialize vm->memslots[] with invalid memslots during creation Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 12/20] KVM: selftests: Add APIs to override memory region types with custom memslots Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:05 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-08-26 23:15 ` [PATCH 13/20] KVM: selftests: Add TEST_EXTRA memory region type for "special" memslots sashiko-bot
2026-08-27 4:37 ` Itaru Kitayama
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 14/20] KVM: selftests: Use TEST_EXTRA region in arm64's vGIC LPI stress test Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 15/20] KVM: selftests: Use TEST_EXTRA region in x86's smaller MAXPHYADDR test Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 16/20] KVM: selftests: Use TEST_EXTRA region in set memory region test Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 17/20] KVM: selftests: Take the memory region type, not memslot, in page allocators Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 18/20] KVM: selftests: Use TEST_ASSERT(), not assert(), in vm_get_mem_region() Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 19/20] KVM: selftests: Automatically pick min_gpa for allocations based on region type Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-26 23:05 ` [PATCH 20/20] KVM: selftests: Add arch hook to force page tables to be naturally aligned Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 23:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-27 8:07 ` [PATCH 00/20] KVM: selftests: PPC pre-enabling Itaru Kitayama
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