From: Jack Thomson <jackabt.amazon@gmail.com>
To: maz@kernel.org, oupton@kernel.org, pbonzini@redhat.com
Cc: joey.gouly@arm.com, seiden@linux.ibm.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com,
yuzenghui@huawei.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org,
shuah@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, vladimir.murzin@arm.com,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
isaku.yamahata@intel.com, Jack Thomson <jackabt@amazon.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 4/5] KVM: selftests: Add option for different backing in pre-fault tests
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:23:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260612162354.73378-5-jackabt.amazon@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260612162354.73378-1-jackabt.amazon@gmail.com>
From: Jack Thomson <jackabt@amazon.com>
Add a -s option to specify different memory backing types for the
pre-fault tests (e.g. anonymous, hugetlb), allowing testing of the
pre-fault functionality across different memory configurations.
Signed-off-by: Jack Thomson <jackabt@amazon.com>
---
.../selftests/kvm/pre_fault_memory_test.c | 51 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/pre_fault_memory_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/pre_fault_memory_test.c
index 9f5f0d1a5db1..c850cf28e86a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/pre_fault_memory_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/pre_fault_memory_test.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct slot_worker_data {
struct kvm_vm *vm;
gpa_t gpa;
u32 flags;
+ enum vm_mem_backing_src_type mem_backing_src;
bool worker_ready;
bool prefault_ready;
bool recreate_slot;
@@ -65,14 +66,16 @@ static void *delete_slot_worker(void *__data)
while (!READ_ONCE(data->recreate_slot))
cpu_relax();
- vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS, data->gpa,
+ vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, data->mem_backing_src, data->gpa,
TEST_SLOT, test_config.test_num_pages, data->flags);
return NULL;
}
static void pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 base_gpa, u64 offset,
- u64 size, u64 expected_left, bool private)
+ u64 size, u64 expected_left,
+ enum vm_mem_backing_src_type mem_backing_src,
+ bool private)
{
struct kvm_pre_fault_memory range = {
.gpa = base_gpa + offset,
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ static void pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 base_gpa, u64 offset,
.vm = vcpu->vm,
.gpa = base_gpa,
.flags = private ? KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD : 0,
+ .mem_backing_src = mem_backing_src,
};
bool slot_recreated = false;
pthread_t slot_worker;
@@ -172,11 +176,13 @@ static void pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 base_gpa, u64 offset,
struct test_params {
unsigned long vm_type;
bool private;
+ enum vm_mem_backing_src_type mem_backing_src;
};
static void __test_pre_fault_memory(enum vm_guest_mode guest_mode, void *arg)
{
gpa_t gpa, gva, alignment, guest_page_size, host_page_size;
+ gpa_t backing_src_pagesz, mem_page_size;
struct test_params *p = arg;
const struct vm_shape shape = {
.mode = guest_mode,
@@ -188,24 +194,28 @@ static void __test_pre_fault_memory(enum vm_guest_mode guest_mode, void *arg)
struct ucall uc;
pr_info("Testing guest mode: %s\n", vm_guest_mode_string(guest_mode));
+ pr_info("Testing memory backing src type: %s\n",
+ vm_mem_backing_src_alias(p->mem_backing_src)->name);
vm = vm_create_shape_with_one_vcpu(shape, &vcpu, guest_code);
guest_page_size = vm_guest_mode_params[guest_mode].page_size;
host_page_size = getpagesize();
+ backing_src_pagesz = get_backing_src_pagesz(p->mem_backing_src);
+ mem_page_size = max(host_page_size, backing_src_pagesz);
test_config.page_size = guest_page_size;
test_config.test_size = align_up(TEST_BASE_SIZE + test_config.page_size,
- host_page_size);
+ mem_page_size);
test_config.test_num_pages = vm_calc_num_guest_pages(vm->mode, test_config.test_size);
gpa = (vm->max_gfn - test_config.test_num_pages) * test_config.page_size;
alignment = SZ_2M;
- alignment = max(alignment, host_page_size);
+ alignment = max(alignment, mem_page_size);
gpa = align_down(gpa, alignment);
gva = gpa & ((1ULL << (vm->va_bits - 1)) - 1);
- vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS,
+ vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, p->mem_backing_src,
gpa, TEST_SLOT, test_config.test_num_pages,
p->private ? KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD : 0);
virt_map(vm, gva, gpa, test_config.test_num_pages);
@@ -213,14 +223,18 @@ static void __test_pre_fault_memory(enum vm_guest_mode guest_mode, void *arg)
if (p->private)
vm_mem_set_private(vm, gpa, test_config.test_size);
- pre_fault_memory(vcpu, gpa, 0, test_config.test_size, 0, p->private);
+ pre_fault_memory(vcpu, gpa, 0, test_config.test_size, 0,
+ p->mem_backing_src, p->private);
/* Retry the same range after the first prefault attempt. */
- pre_fault_memory(vcpu, gpa, 0, test_config.test_size, 0, p->private);
+ pre_fault_memory(vcpu, gpa, 0, test_config.test_size, 0,
+ p->mem_backing_src, p->private);
pre_fault_memory(vcpu, gpa,
test_config.test_size - host_page_size,
- host_page_size * 2, host_page_size, p->private);
+ host_page_size * 2, host_page_size,
+ p->mem_backing_src, p->private);
pre_fault_memory(vcpu, gpa, test_config.test_size,
- host_page_size, host_page_size, p->private);
+ host_page_size, host_page_size,
+ p->mem_backing_src, p->private);
vcpu_args_set(vcpu, 1, gva);
@@ -249,11 +263,13 @@ static void __test_pre_fault_memory(enum vm_guest_mode guest_mode, void *arg)
kvm_vm_free(vm);
}
-static void test_pre_fault_memory(unsigned long vm_type, bool private)
+static void test_pre_fault_memory(unsigned long vm_type, enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src,
+ bool private)
{
struct test_params p = {
.vm_type = vm_type,
.private = private,
+ .mem_backing_src = backing_src,
};
if (vm_type && !(kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES) & BIT(vm_type))) {
@@ -267,23 +283,28 @@ static void test_pre_fault_memory(unsigned long vm_type, bool private)
static void help(char *name)
{
puts("");
- printf("usage: %s [-h] [-m mode]\n", name);
+ printf("usage: %s [-h] [-m mode] [-s mem-type]\n", name);
puts("");
guest_modes_help();
+ backing_src_help("-s");
puts("");
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
+ enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing = DEFAULT_VM_MEM_SRC;
int opt;
guest_modes_append_default();
- while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hm:")) != -1) {
+ while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hm:s:")) != -1) {
switch (opt) {
case 'm':
guest_modes_cmdline(optarg);
break;
+ case 's':
+ backing = parse_backing_src_type(optarg);
+ break;
case 'h':
default:
help(argv[0]);
@@ -293,10 +314,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY));
- test_pre_fault_memory(0, false);
+ test_pre_fault_memory(0, backing, false);
#ifdef __x86_64__
- test_pre_fault_memory(KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM, false);
- test_pre_fault_memory(KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM, true);
+ test_pre_fault_memory(KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM, backing, false);
+ test_pre_fault_memory(KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM, backing, true);
#endif
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-12 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-12 16:23 [PATCH v5 0/5] KVM: arm64: Add KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY support Jack Thomson
2026-06-12 16:23 ` [PATCH v5 1/5] KVM: arm64: Pass walk flags to kvm_pgtable_get_leaf() Jack Thomson
2026-06-12 16:23 ` [PATCH v5 2/5] KVM: arm64: Add pre_fault_memory implementation Jack Thomson
2026-06-12 16:23 ` [PATCH v5 3/5] KVM: selftests: Enable pre_fault_memory_test for arm64 Jack Thomson
2026-06-12 16:23 ` Jack Thomson [this message]
2026-06-12 16:23 ` [PATCH v5 5/5] KVM: selftests: Add nested pre-fault test " Jack Thomson
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