[PATCH v4 9/9] selftests/dax: add dax/kmem hotplug sysfs regression test

From: Gregory Price

Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 17:26:45 EST


Add a kselftest for the dax/kmem whole-device "hotplug" sysfs attribute
(/sys/bus/dax/devices/daxX.Y/hotplug), which transitions a kmem-backed
dax device between "unplugged", "online" and "online_movable".

Provisioning a devdax device and binding it to kmem needs daxctl/ndctl
(or the tools/testing/nvdimm emulation) and is out of scope for an
in-tree selftest, so the test discovers an already kmem-bound dax device
and SKIPs (KSFT_SKIP) when none is present or when the memory cannot be
freed to reach a known baseline.

When a device is available it validates the interface contract:
- online / online_movable actually add memory (MemTotal grows),
- online is idempotent,
- switching between online types without an intervening unplug is
rejected,
- unplug removes the memory and the reported state matches reality,
- invalid input is rejected.

In particular it covers the online -> unplug -> online_movable -> unplug
cycle: a re-online must re-reserve the per-range resources so that a
subsequent unplug actually offlines and removes the memory instead of
silently reporting success while the memory stays online.

Signed-off-by: Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/dax/Makefile | 6 +
tools/testing/selftests/dax/config | 4 +
.../testing/selftests/dax/dax-kmem-hotplug.sh | 145 ++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/dax/settings | 1 +
5 files changed, 157 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/dax/Makefile
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/dax/config
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/dax/dax-kmem-hotplug.sh
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/dax/settings

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index 6e59b8f63e41..8c2b4f97619c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ TARGETS += core
TARGETS += cpufreq
TARGETS += cpu-hotplug
TARGETS += damon
+TARGETS += dax
TARGETS += devices/error_logs
TARGETS += devices/probe
TARGETS += dmabuf-heaps
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/dax/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/dax/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25a4f3d73a5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/dax/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+all:
+
+TEST_PROGS := dax-kmem-hotplug.sh
+
+include ../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/dax/config b/tools/testing/selftests/dax/config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c9aaeb6ceb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/dax/config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_DEV_DAX=m
+CONFIG_DEV_DAX_KMEM=m
+CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
+CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/dax/dax-kmem-hotplug.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/dax/dax-kmem-hotplug.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..705a34cc3c6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/dax/dax-kmem-hotplug.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Exercise the dax/kmem whole-device "hotplug" sysfs attribute:
+# /sys/bus/dax/devices/daxX.Y/hotplug -> unplugged | online | online_movable
+#
+# The test needs a dax device already bound to the kmem driver (so the
+# 'hotplug' attribute exists). Provisioning a devdax device and binding it to
+# kmem requires daxctl/ndctl (or the tools/testing/nvdimm emulation) and is out
+# of scope here; if no suitable device is found the test SKIPs.
+#
+# To actually run it, provision a kmem-backed dax device first. For example,
+# carve a chunk of RAM into an emulated pmem region via the kernel command line
+# (the region must be at least one memory block, e.g. 128MiB on x86):
+#
+# memmap=2G!4G
+#
+# then, in the booted system:
+#
+# ndctl create-namespace -m devdax -e namespace0.0 -f
+# daxctl reconfigure-device -N -m system-ram dax0.0 # binds the kmem driver
+# ./dax-kmem-hotplug.sh
+
+DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+. "$DIR"/../kselftest/ktap_helpers.sh
+
+DAX_BASE=/sys/bus/dax/devices
+
+memtotal_kb() { awk '/^MemTotal:/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo; }
+get_state() { cat "$HP" 2>/dev/null; }
+# set_state STATE -- write a state to the hotplug attribute; returns the
+# write's exit status (0 = accepted by the kernel)
+set_state() { echo "$1" > "$HP" 2>/dev/null; }
+
+find_kmem_dax() {
+ local d drv
+ for d in "$DAX_BASE"/dax*; do
+ [ -e "$d/hotplug" ] || continue
+ drv=$(readlink "$d/driver" 2>/dev/null)
+ [ "$(basename "${drv:-}")" = kmem ] || continue
+ basename "$d"
+ return 0
+ done
+ return 1
+}
+
+ktap_print_header
+
+if [ "$UID" != 0 ]; then
+ ktap_skip_all "must be run as root"
+ exit "$KSFT_SKIP"
+fi
+
+DAX=$(find_kmem_dax)
+if [ -z "$DAX" ]; then
+ ktap_skip_all "no kmem-bound dax device with a hotplug attribute"
+ exit "$KSFT_SKIP"
+fi
+HP=$DAX_BASE/$DAX/hotplug
+ORIG=$(get_state)
+
+# A failure to reach the baseline is environmental (memory in use), not an
+# interface failure, so skip rather than fail.
+set_state unplugged; rc=$?
+if [ "$rc" != 0 ] || [ "$(get_state)" != unplugged ]; then
+ ktap_skip_all "$DAX: cannot reach 'unplugged' baseline (memory in use?)"
+ [ -n "$ORIG" ] && set_state "$ORIG"
+ exit "$KSFT_SKIP"
+fi
+mt_unplugged=$(memtotal_kb)
+
+ktap_print_msg "using $DAX (initial state was: $ORIG)"
+ktap_set_plan 8
+
+set_state online; rc=$?
+mt_online=$(memtotal_kb)
+if [ "$rc" = 0 ] && [ "$(get_state)" = online ] && [ "$mt_online" -gt "$mt_unplugged" ]; then
+ ktap_test_pass "online: state=online, MemTotal $mt_unplugged -> $mt_online kB"
+else
+ ktap_test_fail "online: rc=$rc state=$(get_state) MemTotal $mt_unplugged -> $mt_online"
+fi
+
+set_state online; rc=$?
+if [ "$rc" = 0 ] && [ "$(get_state)" = online ]; then
+ ktap_test_pass "online idempotent"
+else
+ ktap_test_fail "online idempotent: rc=$rc state=$(get_state)"
+fi
+
+set_state online_movable; rc=$?
+if [ "$rc" != 0 ] && [ "$(get_state)" = online ]; then
+ ktap_test_pass "reject online_movable without intervening unplug"
+else
+ ktap_test_fail "online->online_movable not rejected: rc=$rc state=$(get_state)"
+fi
+
+set_state unplugged; rc=$?
+mt=$(memtotal_kb)
+if [ "$rc" = 0 ] && [ "$(get_state)" = unplugged ] && [ "$mt" -lt "$mt_online" ]; then
+ ktap_test_pass "unplug from online: MemTotal $mt_online -> $mt kB"
+else
+ ktap_test_fail "unplug from online: rc=$rc state=$(get_state) MemTotal $mt_online -> $mt"
+fi
+
+set_state online_movable; rc=$?
+mt_mov=$(memtotal_kb)
+if [ "$rc" = 0 ] && [ "$(get_state)" = online_movable ] && [ "$mt_mov" -gt "$mt_unplugged" ]; then
+ ktap_test_pass "online_movable after unplug: MemTotal $mt_unplugged -> $mt_mov kB"
+else
+ ktap_test_fail "online_movable after unplug: rc=$rc state=$(get_state) MemTotal=$mt_mov"
+fi
+
+# The online -> unplug -> online_movable -> unplug cycle once regressed: a
+# re-online failed to re-reserve the per-range resources, so this final unplug
+# reported success while leaving the memory online. Assert it is really freed.
+set_state unplugged; rc=$?
+mt=$(memtotal_kb)
+if [ "$rc" != 0 ]; then
+ ktap_test_skip "unplug from movable not accepted (memory in use?) rc=$rc"
+elif [ "$(get_state)" = unplugged ] && [ "$mt" -lt "$mt_mov" ]; then
+ ktap_test_pass "unplug from online_movable removed memory: $mt_mov -> $mt kB"
+else
+ ktap_test_fail "unplug success but memory remained: $(get_state) $mt_mov -> $mt kB"
+fi
+
+set_state online_kernel; rc=$?
+mt=$(memtotal_kb)
+if [ "$rc" = 0 ] && [ "$(get_state)" = online_kernel ] && [ "$mt" -gt "$mt_unplugged" ]; then
+ ktap_test_pass "online_kernel: MemTotal $mt_unplugged -> $mt kB"
+else
+ ktap_test_fail "online_kernel: rc=$rc state=$(get_state) MemTotal=$mt"
+fi
+set_state unplugged
+
+before=$(get_state)
+set_state bogus_state; rc=$?
+if [ "$rc" != 0 ] && [ "$(get_state)" = "$before" ]; then
+ ktap_test_pass "reject invalid state string"
+else
+ ktap_test_fail "invalid state not rejected: rc=$rc state=$(get_state)"
+fi
+
+[ -n "$ORIG" ] && set_state "$ORIG"
+
+ktap_finished
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/dax/settings b/tools/testing/selftests/dax/settings
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba4d85f74cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/dax/settings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+timeout=90
--
2.54.0