[PATCH v3 0/4] selftests/arm64: Fix MTE test setup and TAP reporting

From: Muhammad Usama Anjum

Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 07:20:00 EST


Running the mainline arm64 MTE selftests on a Pixel 8 exposed three
independent reporting problems. Fix these reporting problems, then add
an arm64 Kconfig fragment covering the facilities used by the MTE tests.

Testing was performed on a Pixel 8 with an Android 6.1 kernel built with
the new configuration. All nine static MTE binaries returned success.

Changes since v2:
- Combine the MTE TAP header fixes into a single patch.
- Treat inaccessible KSM merge_across_nodes as a skipped prerequisite.

Changes since v1:
- Add missing MTE TAP headers as an output-only cleanup and clarify why
line buffering prevents duplicate GCR_EL1 plan output.
- Validate KSM privileges and optional sysfs access before setup.
- Move and expand the arm64 config fragment, and standardize subjects on
the selftests/arm64 prefix.

Muhammad Usama Anjum (4):
selftests/arm64: Print missing MTE TAP headers
selftests/arm64: Treat KSM merge_across_nodes as optional
selftests/arm64: Fix MTE prctl TAP plan
selftests/arm64: Add MTE test config fragment

tools/testing/selftests/arm64/config | 17 ++++++++++
.../selftests/arm64/mte/check_buffer_fill.c | 2 ++
.../selftests/arm64/mte/check_child_memory.c | 2 ++
.../arm64/mte/check_gcr_el1_cswitch.c | 1 +
.../arm64/mte/check_hugetlb_options.c | 2 ++
.../selftests/arm64/mte/check_ksm_options.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++--
.../selftests/arm64/mte/check_mmap_options.c | 2 ++
.../testing/selftests/arm64/mte/check_prctl.c | 2 +-
.../arm64/mte/check_tags_inclusion.c | 2 ++
.../selftests/arm64/mte/check_user_mem.c | 2 ++
10 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/config

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