[PATCH v8 39/46] KVM: selftests: Test conversion with elevated page refcount
From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
Date: Thu Jun 18 2026 - 20:49:39 EST
From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Add a selftest to verify that converting a shared guest_memfd page to a
private page fails if the page has an elevated reference count.
When KVM converts a shared page to a private one, it expects the page to
have a reference count equal to the reference counts taken by the
filemap. If another kernel subsystem holds a reference to the page, the
conversion must be aborted.
The test asserts that both bulk and single-page conversion attempts
correctly fail with EAGAIN for the pinned page. After the page is unpinned,
the test verifies that subsequent conversions succeed.
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c
index 99b0023609670..4ebbd29029526 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c
@@ -441,6 +441,62 @@ GMEM_CONVERSION_TEST_INIT_SHARED(forked_accesses)
#undef TEST_STATE_AWAIT
}
+static void test_convert_to_private_fails(test_data_t *t, u64 pgoff,
+ size_t nr_pages,
+ u64 expected_error_offset)
+{
+ /* +1 to make it anything but expected_error_offset. */
+ u64 error_offset = expected_error_offset + 1;
+ u64 offset = pgoff * page_size;
+ int ret;
+
+ do {
+ ret = __gmem_set_private(t->gmem_fd, offset,
+ nr_pages * page_size, &error_offset);
+ } while (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR);
+ TEST_ASSERT(ret == -1 && errno == EAGAIN,
+ "Wanted EAGAIN on page %lu, got %d (ret = %d)", pgoff,
+ errno, ret);
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(error_offset, expected_error_offset);
+}
+
+GMEM_CONVERSION_MULTIPAGE_TEST_INIT_SHARED(elevated_refcount, 4)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ pin_pages(t->mem + test_page * page_size, page_size);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
+ test_shared(t, i, 0, 'A', 'B');
+
+ /*
+ * Converting in bulk should fail as long any page in the range has
+ * unexpected refcounts.
+ */
+ test_convert_to_private_fails(t, 0, nr_pages, test_page * page_size);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
+ /*
+ * Converting page-wise should also fail as long any page in the
+ * range has unexpected refcounts.
+ */
+ if (i == test_page)
+ test_convert_to_private_fails(t, i, 1, test_page * page_size);
+ else
+ test_convert_to_private(t, i, 'B', 'C');
+ }
+
+ unpin_pages();
+
+ gmem_set_private(t->gmem_fd, 0, nr_pages * page_size);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
+ char expected = i == test_page ? 'B' : 'C';
+
+ test_private(t, i, expected, 'D');
+ }
+}
+
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES) & BIT(KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM));
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