[PATCH v2 3/4] KVM: arm64: sefltests: Add basic NV selftest

From: Wei-Lin Chang

Date: Sun Apr 12 2026 - 10:24:24 EST


This selftest simply starts an L1, which starts its own guest (L2). L2
runs without stage-1 and 2 translations, it calls an HVC to jump back
to L1.

Signed-off-by: Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang@xxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 +
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/hello_nested.c | 103 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 104 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/hello_nested.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
index 3dc3e39f7025..e8c108e0c487 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += arm64/arch_timer_edge_cases
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += arm64/at
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += arm64/debug-exceptions
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += arm64/hello_el2
+TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += arm64/hello_nested
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += arm64/host_sve
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += arm64/hypercalls
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += arm64/external_aborts
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/hello_nested.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/hello_nested.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97387e4697b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/hello_nested.c
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * hello_nested - Go from vEL2 to EL1 then back
+ */
+
+#include "nested.h"
+#include "processor.h"
+#include "test_util.h"
+#include "ucall.h"
+
+#define XLATE2GPA (0xABCD)
+#define L2STACKSZ (0x100)
+
+/*
+ * TPIDR_EL2 is used to store vcpu id, so save and restore it.
+ */
+static vm_paddr_t ucall_translate_to_gpa(void *gva)
+{
+ vm_paddr_t gpa;
+ u64 vcpu_id = read_sysreg(tpidr_el2);
+
+ GUEST_SYNC2(XLATE2GPA, gva);
+
+ /* get the result from userspace */
+ gpa = read_sysreg(tpidr_el2);
+
+ write_sysreg(vcpu_id, tpidr_el2);
+
+ return gpa;
+}
+
+static void l2_guest_code(void)
+{
+ do_hvc();
+}
+
+static void guest_code(void)
+{
+ struct vcpu vcpu;
+ struct hyp_data hyp_data;
+ int ret;
+ vm_paddr_t l2_pc, l2_stack_top;
+ /* force 16-byte alignment for the stack pointer */
+ u8 l2_stack[L2STACKSZ] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
+
+ GUEST_ASSERT_EQ(get_current_el(), 2);
+ GUEST_PRINTF("vEL2 entry\n");
+
+ l2_pc = ucall_translate_to_gpa(l2_guest_code);
+ l2_stack_top = ucall_translate_to_gpa(&l2_stack[L2STACKSZ]);
+
+ init_vcpu(&vcpu, l2_pc, l2_stack_top);
+ prepare_hyp();
+
+ ret = run_l2(&vcpu, &hyp_data);
+ GUEST_ASSERT_EQ(ret, ARM_EXCEPTION_TRAP);
+ GUEST_DONE();
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ struct kvm_vcpu_init init;
+ struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+ struct kvm_vm *vm;
+ struct ucall uc;
+ vm_paddr_t gpa;
+
+ TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2));
+ vm = vm_create(1);
+
+ kvm_get_default_vcpu_target(vm, &init);
+ init.features[0] |= BIT(KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2);
+ vcpu = aarch64_vcpu_add(vm, 0, &init, guest_code);
+ kvm_arch_vm_finalize_vcpus(vm);
+
+ while (true) {
+ vcpu_run(vcpu);
+
+ switch (get_ucall(vcpu, &uc)) {
+ case UCALL_SYNC:
+ if (uc.args[0] == XLATE2GPA) {
+ gpa = addr_gva2gpa(vm, (vm_vaddr_t)uc.args[1]);
+ vcpu_set_reg(vcpu, KVM_ARM64_SYS_REG(SYS_TPIDR_EL2), gpa);
+ }
+ break;
+ case UCALL_PRINTF:
+ pr_info("%s", uc.buffer);
+ break;
+ case UCALL_DONE:
+ pr_info("DONE!\n");
+ goto end;
+ case UCALL_ABORT:
+ REPORT_GUEST_ASSERT(uc);
+ fallthrough;
+ default:
+ TEST_FAIL("Unhandled ucall: %ld\n", uc.cmd);
+ }
+ }
+
+end:
+ kvm_vm_free(vm);
+ return 0;
+}
--
2.43.0