[PATCH v3 4/4] vfio: selftests: replace iova=vaddr with allocated iovas

From: Alex Mastro

Date: Tue Nov 11 2025 - 13:48:53 EST


vfio_dma_mapping_test and vfio_pci_driver_test currently use iova=vaddr
as part of DMA mapping operations. However, not all IOMMUs support the
same virtual address width as the processor. For instance, older Intel
consumer platforms only support 39-bits of IOMMU address space. On such
platforms, using the virtual address as the IOVA fails.

Make the tests more robust by using iova_allocator to vend IOVAs, which
queries legally accessible IOVAs from the underlying IOMMUFD or VFIO
container.

Reviewed-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alex Mastro <amastro@xxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_test.c | 5 ++++-
tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_pci_driver_test.c | 12 ++++++++----
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_test.c
index e1374aab96bd..102603d4407d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_dma_mapping_test.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static int iommu_mapping_get(const char *bdf, u64 iova,

FIXTURE(vfio_dma_mapping_test) {
struct vfio_pci_device *device;
+ struct iova_allocator *iova_allocator;
};

FIXTURE_VARIANT(vfio_dma_mapping_test) {
@@ -119,10 +120,12 @@ FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD_ALL_IOMMU_MODES(anonymous_hugetlb_1gb, SZ_1G, MAP_HUGETLB |
FIXTURE_SETUP(vfio_dma_mapping_test)
{
self->device = vfio_pci_device_init(device_bdf, variant->iommu_mode);
+ self->iova_allocator = iova_allocator_init(self->device);
}

FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(vfio_dma_mapping_test)
{
+ iova_allocator_cleanup(self->iova_allocator);
vfio_pci_device_cleanup(self->device);
}

@@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ TEST_F(vfio_dma_mapping_test, dma_map_unmap)
else
ASSERT_NE(region.vaddr, MAP_FAILED);

- region.iova = (u64)region.vaddr;
+ region.iova = iova_allocator_alloc(self->iova_allocator, size);
region.size = size;

vfio_pci_dma_map(self->device, &region);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_pci_driver_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_pci_driver_test.c
index 2dbd70b7db62..f69eec8b928d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_pci_driver_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/vfio_pci_driver_test.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static const char *device_bdf;
} while (0)

static void region_setup(struct vfio_pci_device *device,
+ struct iova_allocator *iova_allocator,
struct vfio_dma_region *region, u64 size)
{
const int flags = MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ static void region_setup(struct vfio_pci_device *device,
VFIO_ASSERT_NE(vaddr, MAP_FAILED);

region->vaddr = vaddr;
- region->iova = (u64)vaddr;
+ region->iova = iova_allocator_alloc(iova_allocator, size);
region->size = size;

vfio_pci_dma_map(device, region);
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ static void region_teardown(struct vfio_pci_device *device,

FIXTURE(vfio_pci_driver_test) {
struct vfio_pci_device *device;
+ struct iova_allocator *iova_allocator;
struct vfio_dma_region memcpy_region;
void *vaddr;
int msi_fd;
@@ -72,14 +74,15 @@ FIXTURE_SETUP(vfio_pci_driver_test)
struct vfio_pci_driver *driver;

self->device = vfio_pci_device_init(device_bdf, variant->iommu_mode);
+ self->iova_allocator = iova_allocator_init(self->device);

driver = &self->device->driver;

- region_setup(self->device, &self->memcpy_region, SZ_1G);
- region_setup(self->device, &driver->region, SZ_2M);
+ region_setup(self->device, self->iova_allocator, &self->memcpy_region, SZ_1G);
+ region_setup(self->device, self->iova_allocator, &driver->region, SZ_2M);

/* Any IOVA that doesn't overlap memcpy_region and driver->region. */
- self->unmapped_iova = 8UL * SZ_1G;
+ self->unmapped_iova = iova_allocator_alloc(self->iova_allocator, SZ_1G);

vfio_pci_driver_init(self->device);
self->msi_fd = self->device->msi_eventfds[driver->msi];
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(vfio_pci_driver_test)
region_teardown(self->device, &self->memcpy_region);
region_teardown(self->device, &driver->region);

+ iova_allocator_cleanup(self->iova_allocator);
vfio_pci_device_cleanup(self->device);
}


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