[PATCH v1 2/2] selftests/mm: add a test for UFFDIO_MOVE of a write-protected swap entry

From: Donggeun Yoo

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 20:48:52 EST


Move a swapped-out page out of a write-protected area into a destination
registered for missing faults only, and read pagemap bit 57 at the
destination. The destination was never write-protected, so the bit must
be clear.

Signed-off-by: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
index ef9b3956bdcf..ae8b718f0a27 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
@@ -2037,6 +2037,59 @@ static void uffd_move_pmd_split_test(uffd_global_test_opts_t *gopts, uffd_test_a
uffd_move_pmd_handle_fault);
}

+/*
+ * Moving a swapped-out page out of a write-protected area must not carry the
+ * uffd-wp bit into a destination that is not write-protect registered: such a
+ * bit is never cleared afterwards, so pagemap keeps reporting the page as
+ * uffd-tracked.
+ *
+ * Needs a swap device; skipped if MADV_PAGEOUT cannot evict the page.
+ */
+static void uffd_move_swap_wp_test(uffd_global_test_opts_t *gopts,
+ uffd_test_args_t *targs)
+{
+ unsigned long page_size = gopts->page_size;
+ struct uffdio_move move = { };
+ int pagemap_fd, i;
+
+ if (uffd_register(gopts->uffd, gopts->area_src, page_size,
+ false, true, false))
+ err("register src failure");
+ if (uffd_register(gopts->uffd, gopts->area_dst, page_size,
+ true, false, false))
+ err("register dst failure");
+
+ wp_range(gopts->uffd, (unsigned long)gopts->area_src, page_size, true);
+
+ pagemap_fd = pagemap_open();
+ for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+ if (madvise(gopts->area_src, page_size, MADV_PAGEOUT))
+ err("MADV_PAGEOUT");
+ if (pagemap_is_swapped(pagemap_fd, gopts->area_src))
+ break;
+ usleep(10000);
+ }
+ if (!pagemap_is_swapped(pagemap_fd, gopts->area_src)) {
+ uffd_test_skip("MADV_PAGEOUT did not swap the page; is swap enabled?");
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ move.dst = (unsigned long)gopts->area_dst;
+ move.src = (unsigned long)gopts->area_src;
+ move.len = page_size;
+ if (ioctl(gopts->uffd, UFFDIO_MOVE, &move))
+ err("UFFDIO_MOVE");
+
+ if (pagemap_get_entry(pagemap_fd, gopts->area_dst) & PM_UFFD_WP)
+ uffd_test_fail("uffd-wp bit moved into an area that is not write-protected");
+ else
+ uffd_test_pass();
+out:
+ close(pagemap_fd);
+ uffd_unregister(gopts->uffd, gopts->area_src, page_size);
+ uffd_unregister(gopts->uffd, gopts->area_dst, page_size);
+}
+
static bool
uffdio_verify_results(const char *name, int ret, int error, long result)
{
@@ -2359,6 +2412,14 @@ uffd_test_case_t uffd_tests[] = {
.uffd_feature_required = UFFD_FEATURE_MOVE,
.test_case_ops = &uffd_move_test_pmd_case_ops,
},
+ {
+ .name = "move-swap-wp",
+ .uffd_fn = uffd_move_swap_wp_test,
+ .mem_targets = MEM_ANON,
+ .uffd_feature_required = UFFD_FEATURE_MOVE |
+ UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP,
+ .test_case_ops = &uffd_move_test_case_ops,
+ },
{
.name = "wp-fork",
.uffd_fn = uffd_wp_fork_test,
--
2.53.0