Re: [PATCH v8 34/46] KVM: selftests: Test conversion before allocation

[Fuad Tabba]

On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 at 01:32, Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
<devnull+ackerleytng.google.com@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add two test cases to the guest_memfd conversions selftest to cover
> the scenario where a conversion is requested before any memory has been
> allocated in the guest_memfd region.
>
> The KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES2 ioctl can be called on a memory region at
> any time. If the guest had not yet faulted in any pages for that region,
> the kernel must record the conversion request and apply the requested state
> when the pages are eventually allocated.
>
> The new tests cover both conversion directions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,
/fuad

> ---
>  .../selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c       | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 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 8e17d5c08aeb8..b43ac196330f1 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c
> @@ -265,6 +265,20 @@ GMEM_CONVERSION_MULTIPAGE_TEST_INIT_SHARED(indexing, 4)
>  #undef combine
>  }
>
> +/*
> + * Test that even if there are no folios yet, conversion requests are recorded
> + * in guest_memfd.
> + */
> +GMEM_CONVERSION_TEST_INIT_SHARED(before_allocation_shared)
> +{
> +       test_convert_to_private(t, 0, 0, 'A');
> +}
> +
> +GMEM_CONVERSION_TEST_INIT_PRIVATE(before_allocation_private)
> +{
> +       test_convert_to_shared(t, 0, 0, 'A', 'B');
> +}
> +
>  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  {
>         TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES) & BIT(KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM));
>
> --
> 2.55.0.rc0.738.g0c8ab3ebcc-goog
>
>