[PATCH RFC 16/17] KVM: selftests: Test guest execution with tmpfs-backed guest_memfd
From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
Date: Fri Sep 25 2026 - 20:56:06 EST
From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Test that a guest vCPU can execute instructions and read/write memory
mapped into a guest_memfd instance that is backed by a tmpfs resource
pool descriptor.
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
index 345b41c912a18..bf369874f2647 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
@@ -829,6 +829,62 @@ static void test_guest_memfd_guest(void)
kvm_vm_free(vm);
}
+static void test_guest_memfd_guest_resource(void)
+{
+ const gpa_t gpa = SZ_4G;
+ const int slot = 1;
+ struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+ struct kvm_vm *vm;
+ int pool_fd, fd, i;
+ size_t size;
+ u8 *mem;
+
+ if (!kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_FLAGS))
+ return;
+
+ pool_fd = create_tmpfs_pool_fd("never", true, page_size);
+ if (pool_fd < 0)
+ TEST_REQUIRE(false);
+
+ vm = __vm_create_shape_with_one_vcpu(VM_SHAPE_DEFAULT, &vcpu, 1, guest_code);
+
+ TEST_ASSERT(vm_check_cap(vm, KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_FLAGS) & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP,
+ "Default VM type should support MMAP, supported flags = 0x%x",
+ vm_check_cap(vm, KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_FLAGS));
+ TEST_ASSERT(vm_check_cap(vm, KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_FLAGS) & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED,
+ "Default VM type should support INIT_SHARED, supported flags = 0x%x",
+ vm_check_cap(vm, KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_FLAGS));
+
+ size = max_t(size_t, vm->page_size, page_size);
+ fd = __vm_create_guest_memfd_resource(vm, size,
+ GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP |
+ GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED |
+ GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE,
+ pool_fd);
+ TEST_ASSERT(fd >= 0, "guest_memfd with tmpfs pool should succeed");
+
+ vm_set_user_memory_region2(vm, slot, KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD, gpa, size, NULL, fd, 0);
+
+ mem = kvm_mmap(size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd);
+ memset(mem, 0xaa, size);
+ kvm_munmap(mem, size);
+
+ virt_map(vm, gpa, gpa, size / vm->page_size);
+ vcpu_args_set(vcpu, 2, gpa, size);
+ vcpu_run(vcpu);
+
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(get_ucall(vcpu, NULL), UCALL_DONE);
+
+ mem = kvm_mmap(size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd);
+ for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(mem[i], 0xff);
+
+ close(fd);
+ close(pool_fd);
+ kvm_vm_free(vm);
+}
+
+
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
unsigned long vm_types, vm_type;
@@ -849,4 +905,5 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
test_guest_memfd(vm_type);
test_guest_memfd_guest();
+ test_guest_memfd_guest_resource();
}
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