[PATCH 7/8] KVM: selftests: Support running stress save+restore and #PF test in L2
From: Yosry Ahmed
Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 16:32:46 EST
From: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx>
Extend the stress test to allow running the access+#PF code in L2
instead of L1 by adding proper L1 guest code to bootstrap L2. The test
runs in nested mode if a '-n' flag is added.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../kvm/x86/stress_save_restore_pf_test.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/stress_save_restore_pf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/stress_save_restore_pf_test.c
index 60a013e0f14fb..ec3d36d6e4846 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/stress_save_restore_pf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/stress_save_restore_pf_test.c
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
#include <pthread.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
#include "test_util.h"
#include "kvm_util.h"
#include "processor.h"
+#include "svm_util.h"
+#include "vmx.h"
#define NR_ITERATIONS 500
@@ -26,6 +29,8 @@
#define NR_TEST_ADDRS 512
#define PATTERN 0xabcdefabcdefabcdULL
+#define L2_GUEST_STACK_SIZE 64
+
#define PTRS_PER_PTE 512
#define PXD_INDEX(vaddr, level) (((vaddr) >> PG_LEVEL_SHIFT(level)) & (PTRS_PER_PTE - 1))
@@ -104,6 +109,41 @@ static void guest_access_memory(void *arg)
}
}
+static void l1_svm_code(struct svm_test_data *svm)
+{
+ unsigned long l2_guest_stack[L2_GUEST_STACK_SIZE];
+
+ generic_svm_setup(svm, guest_access_memory, &l2_guest_stack[L2_GUEST_STACK_SIZE]);
+
+ run_guest(svm->vmcb, svm->vmcb_gpa);
+ GUEST_ASSERT(false);
+}
+
+static void l1_vmx_code(struct vmx_pages *vmx)
+{
+ unsigned long l2_guest_stack[L2_GUEST_STACK_SIZE];
+
+ GUEST_ASSERT(prepare_for_vmx_operation(vmx));
+ GUEST_ASSERT(load_vmcs(vmx));
+ prepare_vmcs(vmx, guest_access_memory, &l2_guest_stack[L2_GUEST_STACK_SIZE]);
+
+ /* Ignore any #PF */
+ GUEST_ASSERT(!vmwrite(EXCEPTION_BITMAP, BIT(PF_VECTOR)));
+ GUEST_ASSERT(!vmwrite(PAGE_FAULT_ERROR_CODE_MASK, 0));
+ GUEST_ASSERT(!vmwrite(PAGE_FAULT_ERROR_CODE_MATCH, -1));
+
+ GUEST_ASSERT(!vmlaunch());
+ GUEST_ASSERT(false);
+}
+
+static void l1_guest_code(void *test_data)
+{
+ if (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SVM))
+ l1_svm_code(test_data);
+ else
+ l1_vmx_code(test_data);
+}
+
static void *sigusr_thread_fn(void *arg)
{
pthread_t vcpu_thread = (pthread_t)arg;
@@ -131,6 +171,25 @@ static void vcpu_sigusr_ignore(void)
sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, NULL);
}
+static bool parse_args_nested(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ bool nested = false;
+ int opt;
+
+ while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "n")) != -1) {
+ switch (opt) {
+ case 'n':
+ nested = true;
+ break;
+ default:
+ printf("Usage: %s [-n]\n", argv[0]);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return nested;
+}
+
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
struct kvm_x86_state *state;
@@ -139,12 +198,24 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
int r, i, count = 0;
struct kvm_vm *vm;
struct ucall uc;
+ bool nested;
gva_t gva;
gpa_t gpa;
- vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, guest_access_memory);
+ nested = parse_args_nested(argc, argv);
+
+ vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, nested ? l1_guest_code : guest_access_memory);
vm_install_exception_handler(vm, PF_VECTOR, guest_pf_handler);
+ if (nested) {
+ TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SVM) || kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VMX));
+ if (kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SVM))
+ vcpu_alloc_svm(vm, &gva);
+ else
+ vcpu_alloc_vmx(vm, &gva);
+ vcpu_args_set(vcpu, 1, gva);
+ }
+
pte_present_mask = PTE_PRESENT_MASK(&vm->mmu);
pte_huge_mask = PTE_HUGE_MASK(&vm->mmu);
sync_global_to_guest(vm, pte_present_mask);
@@ -202,7 +273,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
sync_global_from_guest(vm, guest_accesses);
- pr_info("Guest page accesses: %lu\n", guest_accesses);
+ pr_info("Guest page accesses%s: %lu\n", nested ? " (from L2)" : "", guest_accesses);
pthread_cancel(sigusr_thread);
pthread_join(sigusr_thread, NULL);
--
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog