[PATCH v3 4/5] KVM: selftests: Use VFIO selftests library to pick IOMMU mode in irq_test

From: David Matlack

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 16:11:32 EST


Use the VFIO selftests library to pick the IOMMU mode in irq_test and
drop probe_iommu_type(). Pass NULL to iommu_init() when the user does
not specify a mode with -t, and skip the test if the requested mode is
not available, or if no mode is available at all.

probe_iommu_type() picks iommufd whenever /dev/iommu can be opened, even
if VFIO device cdevs are not available (CONFIG_VFIO_DEVICE_CDEV=n), in
which case the test fails rather than using the VFIO container. The VFIO
selftests library accounts for this when picking a mode, so there is no
need for irq_test to probe for a mode itself.

Note, this changes irq_test's default container mode from
vfio_type1_iommu to vfio_type1v2_iommu, which the VFIO selftests library
prefers. This only matters when iommufd is not available.

Opportunistically rename iommu_type to iommu_mode to match the
terminology used by the VFIO selftests library.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/aiIG2L_KdPwuxYA1@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/irq_test.c | 26 +++++---------------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/irq_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/irq_test.c
index 791e576c334c..0d6ca1a052c4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/irq_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/irq_test.c
@@ -148,22 +148,6 @@ static void kvm_set_empty_gsi_routing(struct kvm_vm *vm)
vm_ioctl(vm, KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING, &routing);
}

-static const char *probe_iommu_type(void)
-{
- int io_fd;
-
- io_fd = open("/dev/iommu", O_RDONLY);
- if (io_fd >= 0) {
- close(io_fd);
- return MODE_IOMMUFD;
- }
-
- io_fd = __open_path_or_exit("/dev/vfio/vfio", O_RDONLY,
- "Is VFIO (or IOMMUFD) loaded and enabled?");
- close(io_fd);
- return MODE_VFIO_TYPE1_IOMMU;
-}
-
static void help(const char *name)
{
printf("Usage: %s [-a] [-d <segment:bus:device.function>] [-e] [-h] [-i nr_irqs] [-m] [-n] [-t iommu_type] [-v nr_vcpus] [-x]\n", name);
@@ -205,7 +189,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
int nr_irqs = 1000, nr_vcpus = 1;
bool set_empty_routing = false;
const char *device_bdf = NULL;
- const char *iommu_type = NULL;
+ const char *iommu_mode = NULL;
int i, j, c, msix, eventfd;
bool migrate_vcpus = false;
cpu_set_t available_cpus;
@@ -235,7 +219,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
use_nmi = true;
break;
case 't':
- iommu_type = optarg;
+ iommu_mode = optarg;
break;
case 'v':
nr_vcpus = atoi_positive("Number of vCPUS", optarg);
@@ -266,9 +250,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
}

if (device_bdf) {
- if (!iommu_type)
- iommu_type = probe_iommu_type();
- iommu = iommu_init(iommu_type);
+ __TEST_REQUIRE(iommu_mode_is_available(iommu_mode), "%s",
+ iommu_mode_unavailable_msg(iommu_mode));
+ iommu = iommu_init(iommu_mode);
device = vfio_pci_device_init(device_bdf, iommu);
msix = vfio_setup_msi(device);
irq = vfio_msix_to_host_irq(device_bdf, msix);
--
2.56.0.506.g506a7eabc5-goog