[RFC PATCH 2/3] KVM: selftests: Check dirty-ring size before enabling
From: Leonardo Bras
Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 13:18:00 EST
As of today, trying to enable dirty-ring with a size bigger than the
maximum will return an "argument list too long" error.
Change vm_enable_dirty_ring() to get the maximum size, then compare it to
the desired size before enabling. If the value is invalid, print a more
precise error message.
Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@xxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index 195f3fdae1e3..237f0ce0ae60 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -160,24 +160,34 @@ unsigned int kvm_check_cap(long cap)
ret = __kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, (void *)cap);
TEST_ASSERT(ret >= 0, KVM_IOCTL_ERROR(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, ret));
kvm_free_fd(kvm_fd);
return (unsigned int)ret;
}
void vm_enable_dirty_ring(struct kvm_vm *vm, u32 ring_size)
{
- if (vm_check_cap(vm, KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL))
- vm_enable_cap(vm, KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL, ring_size);
- else
- vm_enable_cap(vm, KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING, ring_size);
+ long cap = KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL;
+ int max_size = vm_check_cap(vm, cap);
+
+ if (!max_size) {
+ cap = KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING;
+ max_size = vm_check_cap(vm, cap);
+ }
+
+ TEST_ASSERT(ring_size <= max_size && is_power_of_2(ring_size),
+ "Invalid dirty-ring size: Should be a power of two "
+ "smaller than %d entries\n",
+ max_size / sizeof(struct kvm_dirty_gfn));
+
+ vm_enable_cap(vm, cap, ring_size);
vm->dirty_ring_size = ring_size;
}
static void vm_open(struct kvm_vm *vm)
{
vm->kvm_fd = _open_kvm_dev_path_or_exit(O_RDWR);
TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_has_cap(KVM_CAP_IMMEDIATE_EXIT));
vm->fd = __kvm_ioctl(vm->kvm_fd, KVM_CREATE_VM, (void *)vm->type);
--
2.54.0