[PATCH 3/4] vfio: selftests: add iova allocator

From: Alex Mastro
Date: Mon Nov 10 2025 - 16:12:38 EST


Add struct iova_allocator, which gives tests a convenient way to generate
legally-accessible IOVAs to map.

This is based on Alex Williamson's patch series for adding an IOVA
allocator [1].

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251108212954.26477-1-alex@xxxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Alex Mastro <amastro@xxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/vfio/lib/include/vfio_util.h | 14 +++++
tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/vfio_pci_device.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/include/vfio_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/include/vfio_util.h
index fb5efec52316..bb1e7d39dfb9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/include/vfio_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/include/vfio_util.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@

#include "../../../kselftest.h"

+#define ALIGN(x, a) (((x) + (a - 1)) & (~((a) - 1)))
+
#define VFIO_LOG_AND_EXIT(...) do { \
fprintf(stderr, " " __VA_ARGS__); \
fprintf(stderr, "\n"); \
@@ -188,6 +190,13 @@ struct vfio_pci_device {
struct vfio_pci_driver driver;
};

+struct iova_allocator {
+ struct iommu_iova_range *ranges;
+ size_t nranges;
+ size_t range_idx;
+ iova_t iova_next;
+};
+
/*
* Return the BDF string of the device that the test should use.
*
@@ -212,6 +221,11 @@ void vfio_pci_device_reset(struct vfio_pci_device *device);
struct iommu_iova_range *vfio_pci_iova_ranges(struct vfio_pci_device *device,
size_t *nranges);

+int iova_allocator_init(struct vfio_pci_device *device,
+ struct iova_allocator *allocator);
+void iova_allocator_deinit(struct iova_allocator *allocator);
+iova_t iova_allocator_alloc(struct iova_allocator *allocator, size_t size);
+
int __vfio_pci_dma_map(struct vfio_pci_device *device,
struct vfio_dma_region *region);
int __vfio_pci_dma_unmap(struct vfio_pci_device *device,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/vfio_pci_device.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/vfio_pci_device.c
index 6bedbe65f0a1..a634feb1d378 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/vfio_pci_device.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/vfio_pci_device.c
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
#include <sys/mman.h>

#include <uapi/linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/iommufd.h>
#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <linux/mman.h>
+#include <linux/overflow.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/vfio.h>
-#include <linux/iommufd.h>

#include "../../../kselftest.h"
#include <vfio_util.h>
@@ -190,6 +191,68 @@ struct iommu_iova_range *vfio_pci_iova_ranges(struct vfio_pci_device *device,
return ranges;
}

+int iova_allocator_init(struct vfio_pci_device *device,
+ struct iova_allocator *allocator)
+{
+ struct iommu_iova_range *ranges;
+ size_t nranges;
+
+ memset(allocator, 0, sizeof(*allocator));
+
+ ranges = vfio_pci_iova_ranges(device, &nranges);
+ if (!ranges)
+ return -ENOENT;
+
+ *allocator = (struct iova_allocator){
+ .ranges = ranges,
+ .nranges = nranges,
+ .range_idx = 0,
+ .iova_next = 0,
+ };
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void iova_allocator_deinit(struct iova_allocator *allocator)
+{
+ free(allocator->ranges);
+}
+
+iova_t iova_allocator_alloc(struct iova_allocator *allocator, size_t size)
+{
+ int idx = allocator->range_idx;
+ struct iommu_iova_range *range = &allocator->ranges[idx];
+
+ VFIO_ASSERT_LT(idx, allocator->nranges, "IOVA allocator out of space\n");
+ VFIO_ASSERT_GT(size, 0, "Invalid size arg, zero\n");
+ VFIO_ASSERT_EQ(size & (size - 1), 0, "Invalid size arg, non-power-of-2\n");
+
+ for (;;) {
+ iova_t iova, last;
+
+ iova = ALIGN(allocator->iova_next, size);
+
+ if (iova < allocator->iova_next || iova > range->last ||
+ check_add_overflow(iova, size - 1, &last) ||
+ last > range->last) {
+ allocator->range_idx = ++idx;
+ VFIO_ASSERT_LT(idx, allocator->nranges,
+ "Out of ranges for allocation\n");
+ allocator->iova_next = (++range)->start;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (check_add_overflow(last, (iova_t)1, &allocator->iova_next) ||
+ allocator->iova_next > range->last) {
+ allocator->range_idx = ++idx;
+ if (idx < allocator->nranges)
+ allocator->iova_next = (++range)->start;
+ }
+
+ return iova;
+ }
+}
+
iova_t __to_iova(struct vfio_pci_device *device, void *vaddr)
{
struct vfio_dma_region *region;

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