[PATCH 10/20] KVM: selftests: Add a wrapper API to allocate multiple page table pages

From: Sean Christopherson

Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 19:07:24 EST


Add vm_alloc_page_table_pages() and use it throughout arch code to replace
open coded equivalents.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h | 9 +++++++--
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c | 4 +---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/riscv/processor.c | 4 +---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/s390/processor.c | 8 ++------
4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
index 2525c2cacc22..21354434de0a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
@@ -1013,10 +1013,15 @@ static inline gpa_t vm_phy_page_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, gpa_t min_gpa,
return vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, 1, min_gpa, memslot);
}

+static inline gpa_t vm_alloc_page_table_pages(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t nr_pages)
+{
+ return vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, nr_pages, KVM_GUEST_PAGE_TABLE_MIN_PADDR,
+ vm->memslots[MEM_REGION_PT]);
+}
+
static inline gpa_t vm_alloc_page_table(struct kvm_vm *vm)
{
- return vm_phy_page_alloc(vm, KVM_GUEST_PAGE_TABLE_MIN_PADDR,
- vm->memslots[MEM_REGION_PT]);
+ return vm_alloc_page_table_pages(vm, 1);
}

/*
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c
index 01325bf4d36f..2dcaa2c4a038 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ void virt_arch_pgd_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm)
if (vm->mmu.pgd_created)
return;

- vm->mmu.pgd = vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, nr_pages,
- KVM_GUEST_PAGE_TABLE_MIN_PADDR,
- vm->memslots[MEM_REGION_PT]);
+ vm->mmu.pgd = vm_alloc_page_table_pages(vm, nr_pages);
vm->mmu.pgd_created = true;
}

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/riscv/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/riscv/processor.c
index ded5429f3448..c175dcd14114 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/riscv/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/riscv/processor.c
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@ void virt_arch_pgd_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm)
if (vm->mmu.pgd_created)
return;

- vm->mmu.pgd = vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, nr_pages,
- KVM_GUEST_PAGE_TABLE_MIN_PADDR,
- vm->memslots[MEM_REGION_PT]);
+ vm->mmu.pgd = vm_alloc_page_table_pages(vm, nr_pages);
vm->mmu.pgd_created = true;
}

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/s390/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/s390/processor.c
index fb9dab92d4d1..33f49d743b5f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/s390/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/s390/processor.c
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ void virt_arch_pgd_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm)
if (vm->mmu.pgd_created)
return;

- gpa = vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, PAGES_PER_REGION,
- KVM_GUEST_PAGE_TABLE_MIN_PADDR,
- vm->memslots[MEM_REGION_PT]);
+ gpa = vm_alloc_page_table_pages(vm, PAGES_PER_REGION);
memset(addr_gpa2hva(vm, gpa), 0xff, PAGES_PER_REGION * vm->page_size);

vm->mmu.pgd = gpa;
@@ -38,9 +36,7 @@ static u64 virt_alloc_region(struct kvm_vm *vm, int ri)
{
u64 taddr;

- taddr = vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, ri < 4 ? PAGES_PER_REGION : 1,
- KVM_GUEST_PAGE_TABLE_MIN_PADDR,
- vm->memslots[MEM_REGION_PT]);
+ taddr = vm_alloc_page_table_pages(vm, ri < 4 ? PAGES_PER_REGION : 1);
memset(addr_gpa2hva(vm, taddr), 0xff, PAGES_PER_REGION * vm->page_size);

return (taddr & REGION_ENTRY_ORIGIN)
--
2.55.0.887.g758fc8c411-goog