[PATCH 2/2] spi: Add KUnit coverage for DMA mapping error paths
From: Honghui Jiang
Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 11:16:14 EST
Add KUnit tests for the __spi_map_msg() error paths. The tests verify
that mappings created before a later TX or RX failure are unwound, their
flags are cleared, and cur_{tx,rx}_dma_dev point to the device used for
the mapping.
Include the tests from spi.c so they can call the static mapping helpers
without adding test hooks to the production path. A zero-length
transfer makes SG allocation fail with -EINVAL, providing deterministic
failure injection without additional fault-injection support.
Two guard cases cover successful map/unmap and a message which requires
no mapping.
Run the tests with:
./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --arch=x86_64 \
--kunitconfig=drivers/spi/.kunitconfig 'spi_core_error_path*'
Signed-off-by: Honghui Jiang <jiang_hh2019@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/spi/.kunitconfig | 4 +
drivers/spi/Kconfig | 11 ++
drivers/spi/spi.c | 4 +
drivers/spi/tests/spi_kunit.c | 301 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 320 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/spi/.kunitconfig
create mode 100644 drivers/spi/tests/spi_kunit.c
diff --git a/drivers/spi/.kunitconfig b/drivers/spi/.kunitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f88fe164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/spi/.kunitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_KUNIT=y
+CONFIG_SPI=y
+CONFIG_SPI_MASTER=y
+CONFIG_SPI_KUNIT_TEST=y
diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
index 8782514bb..96351a4dc 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ config SPI_MASTER
if SPI_MASTER
+config SPI_KUNIT_TEST
+ bool "KUnit tests for the SPI core" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+ depends on KUNIT=y && HAS_DMA
+ default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+ help
+ Run the SPI core's KUnit tests, covering the DMA mapping error
+ paths of the message map/unmap state machine.
+
+ If unsure say N.
+
+
config SPI_MEM
bool "SPI memory extension"
help
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 05a852494..42e337c54 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -5146,3 +5146,7 @@ static int __init spi_init(void)
* include needing to have boardinfo data structures be much more public.
*/
postcore_initcall(spi_init);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPI_KUNIT_TEST
+#include "tests/spi_kunit.c"
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/spi/tests/spi_kunit.c b/drivers/spi/tests/spi_kunit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a7e9e932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/spi/tests/spi_kunit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * KUnit tests for the SPI core DMA mapping error paths.
+ *
+ * Included from spi.c so the tests can drive the static
+ * __spi_map_msg()/__spi_unmap_msg() state machine directly, without adding
+ * any indirection to the production mapping path. Same arrangement as
+ * drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c and lib/kunit/executor.c.
+ *
+ * The invariant under test:
+ *
+ * When __spi_map_msg() returns an error, no transfer in the message may
+ * still claim a DMA mapping. Any transfer that was mapped before the
+ * failure must have an empty SG table and a cleared *_sg_mapped flag.
+ * ctlr->cur_{tx,rx}_dma_dev must identify the device used for this map,
+ * rather than a device retained from an earlier message.
+ *
+ * That invariant is what makes the subsequent
+ * spi_finalize_current_message() -> spi_unmap_msg() -> __spi_unmap_msg()
+ * pass a no-op. Without it, __spi_unmap_msg() unmaps again using
+ * ctlr->cur_{tx,rx}_dma_dev, which __spi_map_msg() only publishes after the
+ * whole loop succeeds -- so it is NULL on the controller's first
+ * DMA-mapped message. dma_unmap_sg_attrs() dereferences that device before
+ * it ever looks at nents, so the second unmap is a NULL dereference
+ * regardless of the sgt having been emptied.
+ *
+ * How the failure is injected: a transfer with len == 0 makes
+ * spi_map_buf_attrs() compute sgs = DIV_ROUND_UP(0, desc_len) = 0, and
+ * __sg_alloc_table() rejects nents == 0 with -EINVAL. That is instant,
+ * arch-independent and warning-free. It is a test artifice standing in for
+ * any real map failure (-ENOMEM from sg_alloc_table(), -EIO from swiotlb
+ * exhaustion, -EINVAL from an unmappable buffer); the core's error handling
+ * does not depend on which one occurred.
+ */
+
+#include <kunit/device.h>
+#include <kunit/test.h>
+
+#define SPI_TEST_LEN 256
+#define SPI_TEST_XFERS 2
+
+struct spi_test_ctx {
+ struct spi_controller *ctlr;
+ struct spi_device *spi;
+ struct device *dma_dev;
+ struct device *stale_dma_dev;
+ struct spi_transfer xfer[SPI_TEST_XFERS];
+ struct spi_message msg;
+ void *buf[SPI_TEST_XFERS * 2];
+};
+
+static bool spi_test_can_dma(struct spi_controller *ctlr,
+ struct spi_device *spi,
+ struct spi_transfer *xfer)
+{
+ /* Opt every transfer into the core DMA mapping path. */
+ return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * A bare kzalloc'd controller is enough: __spi_map_msg() and
+ * __spi_unmap_msg() only touch can_dma, dma_tx, dma_rx, dma_map_dev,
+ * max_dma_len and cur_*_dma_dev. Leaving dma_tx/dma_rx NULL makes both
+ * directions resolve to dma_map_dev, so there is no need to fake dmaengine
+ * channels, and ctlr->dev is never dereferenced. Skipping
+ * spi_alloc_host()/spi_register_controller() keeps the fixture free of
+ * device and queue lifecycle.
+ */
+static struct spi_test_ctx *spi_test_ctx_new(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ struct spi_test_ctx *ctx;
+
+ ctx = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ctx);
+
+ ctx->dma_dev = kunit_device_register(test, "spi-core-error-path");
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ctx->dma_dev);
+ ctx->stale_dma_dev =
+ kunit_device_register(test, "spi-core-stale-dma-device");
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ctx->stale_dma_dev);
+
+ /* Real masks keep either device safe if a failing assertion aborts. */
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, 0,
+ dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(ctx->dma_dev,
+ DMA_BIT_MASK(64)));
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, 0,
+ dma_coerce_mask_and_coherent(ctx->stale_dma_dev,
+ DMA_BIT_MASK(64)));
+
+ ctx->ctlr = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*ctx->ctlr), GFP_KERNEL);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ctx->ctlr);
+
+ ctx->spi = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*ctx->spi), GFP_KERNEL);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ctx->spi);
+
+ ctx->ctlr->can_dma = spi_test_can_dma;
+ ctx->ctlr->dma_map_dev = ctx->dma_dev;
+ /* spi_register_controller() would do this; we are not registering. */
+ ctx->ctlr->max_dma_len = INT_MAX;
+
+ ctx->spi->controller = ctx->ctlr;
+ spi_message_init(&ctx->msg);
+ ctx->msg.spi = ctx->spi;
+
+ return ctx;
+}
+
+static void *spi_test_buf(struct kunit *test, struct spi_test_ctx *ctx,
+ unsigned int slot)
+{
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_LT(test, slot, ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->buf));
+
+ ctx->buf[slot] = kunit_kzalloc(test, SPI_TEST_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ctx->buf[slot]);
+
+ return ctx->buf[slot];
+}
+
+/*
+ * Pin cur_*_dma_dev to a different valid device before the failing map. This
+ * emulates state retained from an earlier message and lets the test verify
+ * that __spi_map_msg() publishes the device which owns the new mappings.
+ * It also keeps an unfixed tree from dereferencing NULL while reporting the
+ * regression. ASSERTs abort the case before cleanup can use the stale device.
+ */
+static void spi_test_pin_stale_dma_devs(struct spi_test_ctx *ctx)
+{
+ ctx->ctlr->cur_tx_dma_dev = ctx->stale_dma_dev;
+ ctx->ctlr->cur_rx_dma_dev = ctx->stale_dma_dev;
+}
+
+static void spi_test_assert_dma_devs_published(struct kunit *test,
+ struct spi_test_ctx *ctx)
+{
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ(test, ctx->ctlr->cur_tx_dma_dev, ctx->dma_dev);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ(test, ctx->ctlr->cur_rx_dma_dev, ctx->dma_dev);
+}
+
+static void spi_test_assert_nothing_mapped(struct kunit *test,
+ struct spi_test_ctx *ctx,
+ unsigned int nr_xfers)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_xfers; i++) {
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_FALSE_MSG(test, ctx->xfer[i].tx_sg_mapped,
+ "xfer[%u] still claims a TX mapping after __spi_map_msg() failed",
+ i);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_FALSE_MSG(test, ctx->xfer[i].rx_sg_mapped,
+ "xfer[%u] still claims an RX mapping after __spi_map_msg() failed",
+ i);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, ctx->xfer[i].tx_sg.sgl, NULL);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, ctx->xfer[i].tx_sg.orig_nents, 0U);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, ctx->xfer[i].tx_sg.nents, 0U);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, ctx->xfer[i].rx_sg.sgl, NULL);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, ctx->xfer[i].rx_sg.orig_nents, 0U);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, ctx->xfer[i].rx_sg.nents, 0U);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * xfer0 maps TX and RX; xfer1's TX map fails.
+ *
+ * This exits __spi_map_msg() through the bare `return ret` after the TX
+ * spi_map_buf_attrs() call, which has no rollback code at all -- not even
+ * the ad-hoc one the RX branch has. xfer0 is left fully mapped with both
+ * flags set and cur_*_dma_dev unpublished.
+ *
+ * This is the deterministic real-world shape: a driver whose second transfer
+ * hands over a buffer the core cannot map (e.g. a static const payload table
+ * after a kmalloc'd command byte) hits it with no memory pressure at all.
+ */
+static void spi_later_tx_fail_rolls_back_earlier(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ struct spi_test_ctx *ctx = spi_test_ctx_new(test);
+ int ret;
+
+ ctx->xfer[0].tx_buf = spi_test_buf(test, ctx, 0);
+ ctx->xfer[0].rx_buf = spi_test_buf(test, ctx, 1);
+ ctx->xfer[0].len = SPI_TEST_LEN;
+
+ ctx->xfer[1].tx_buf = spi_test_buf(test, ctx, 2);
+ ctx->xfer[1].rx_buf = NULL;
+ ctx->xfer[1].len = 0; /* forces -EINVAL */
+
+ spi_message_add_tail(&ctx->xfer[0], &ctx->msg);
+ spi_message_add_tail(&ctx->xfer[1], &ctx->msg);
+
+ spi_test_pin_stale_dma_devs(ctx);
+
+ ret = __spi_map_msg(ctx->ctlr, &ctx->msg);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, ret, -EINVAL);
+
+ spi_test_assert_dma_devs_published(test, ctx);
+ spi_test_assert_nothing_mapped(test, ctx, SPI_TEST_XFERS);
+
+ /* Only reached once the invariant holds: cleanup must be a no-op. */
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, __spi_unmap_msg(ctx->ctlr, &ctx->msg));
+}
+
+/*
+ * xfer0 maps TX and RX; the RX-only xfer1 then fails to map.
+ *
+ * The old RX failure branch attempts to unmap xfer1's never-mapped TX table,
+ * then returns without rolling back xfer0 or publishing cur_*_dma_dev.
+ */
+static void spi_later_rx_fail_rolls_back_earlier(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ struct spi_test_ctx *ctx = spi_test_ctx_new(test);
+ int ret;
+
+ ctx->xfer[0].tx_buf = spi_test_buf(test, ctx, 0);
+ ctx->xfer[0].rx_buf = spi_test_buf(test, ctx, 1);
+ ctx->xfer[0].len = SPI_TEST_LEN;
+
+ ctx->xfer[1].tx_buf = NULL;
+ ctx->xfer[1].rx_buf = spi_test_buf(test, ctx, 2);
+ ctx->xfer[1].len = 0; /* forces -EINVAL */
+
+ spi_message_add_tail(&ctx->xfer[0], &ctx->msg);
+ spi_message_add_tail(&ctx->xfer[1], &ctx->msg);
+
+ spi_test_pin_stale_dma_devs(ctx);
+
+ ret = __spi_map_msg(ctx->ctlr, &ctx->msg);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, ret, -EINVAL);
+
+ spi_test_assert_dma_devs_published(test, ctx);
+ spi_test_assert_nothing_mapped(test, ctx, SPI_TEST_XFERS);
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, __spi_unmap_msg(ctx->ctlr, &ctx->msg));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Happy-path guard, so a fix that unwinds too eagerly cannot pass: a fully
+ * mappable message must still map both directions, publish both devices, and
+ * unmap cleanly.
+ */
+static void spi_map_success_publishes_dma_devs(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ struct spi_test_ctx *ctx = spi_test_ctx_new(test);
+ int ret;
+
+ ctx->xfer[0].tx_buf = spi_test_buf(test, ctx, 0);
+ ctx->xfer[0].rx_buf = spi_test_buf(test, ctx, 1);
+ ctx->xfer[0].len = SPI_TEST_LEN;
+
+ spi_message_add_tail(&ctx->xfer[0], &ctx->msg);
+
+ ret = __spi_map_msg(ctx->ctlr, &ctx->msg);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, ret, 0);
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, ctx->xfer[0].tx_sg_mapped);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, ctx->xfer[0].rx_sg_mapped);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, ctx->ctlr->cur_tx_dma_dev, ctx->dma_dev);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, ctx->ctlr->cur_rx_dma_dev, ctx->dma_dev);
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, __spi_unmap_msg(ctx->ctlr, &ctx->msg));
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, ctx->xfer[0].tx_sg_mapped);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, ctx->xfer[0].rx_sg_mapped);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, ctx->xfer[0].tx_sg.sgl, NULL);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, ctx->xfer[0].rx_sg.sgl, NULL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The "no transfer has been mapped, bail out with success" path: a message
+ * whose only transfer has neither buffer maps nothing and must still return
+ * success with no flags set.
+ */
+static void spi_map_nothing_is_success(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ struct spi_test_ctx *ctx = spi_test_ctx_new(test);
+ int ret;
+
+ ctx->xfer[0].tx_buf = NULL;
+ ctx->xfer[0].rx_buf = NULL;
+ ctx->xfer[0].len = SPI_TEST_LEN;
+
+ spi_message_add_tail(&ctx->xfer[0], &ctx->msg);
+
+ ret = __spi_map_msg(ctx->ctlr, &ctx->msg);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, ret, 0);
+
+ spi_test_assert_nothing_mapped(test, ctx, 1);
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case spi_core_error_path_cases[] = {
+ KUNIT_CASE(spi_later_tx_fail_rolls_back_earlier),
+ KUNIT_CASE(spi_later_rx_fail_rolls_back_earlier),
+ KUNIT_CASE(spi_map_success_publishes_dma_devs),
+ KUNIT_CASE(spi_map_nothing_is_success),
+ {}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite spi_core_error_path_suite = {
+ .name = "spi_core_error_path",
+ .test_cases = spi_core_error_path_cases,
+};
+
+kunit_test_suite(spi_core_error_path_suite);
--
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