[PATCH v4 10/11] KVM: selftests: Split ____vm_create() and add vm_create_from_fd()

From: Tarun Sahu

Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 08:24:51 EST


Refactor ____vm_create() in the KVM selftest library to extract its
initialization steps into separate helpers vm_init_fields() and
vm_init_memory_properties(). Also introduce vm_create_from_fd() to
instantiate a struct kvm_vm from an existing VM file descriptor.

This allows test setups (such as guest_memfd preservation tests) to
reconstruct and initialize a struct kvm_vm when restoring preserved
VMs across live updates. No functional change is introduced for
existing tests.

Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h | 3 ++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
index 04a910164a29..0626efa5a73b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
@@ -471,6 +471,9 @@ const char *vm_guest_mode_string(u32 i);

void kvm_vm_free(struct kvm_vm *vmp);
void kvm_vm_restart(struct kvm_vm *vmp);
+void vm_init_fields(struct kvm_vm *vm, struct vm_shape shape);
+void vm_init_memory_properties(struct kvm_vm *vm);
+struct kvm_vm *vm_create_from_fd(int vm_fd, struct vm_shape shape);
void kvm_vm_release(struct kvm_vm *vmp);
void kvm_vm_elf_load(struct kvm_vm *vm, const char *filename);
int kvm_memfd_alloc(size_t size, bool hugepages);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index 195f3fdae1e3..d3f98d9eb709 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -276,13 +276,8 @@ __weak void vm_populate_gva_bitmap(struct kvm_vm *vm)
(1ULL << (vm->va_bits - 1)) >> vm->page_shift);
}

-struct kvm_vm *____vm_create(struct vm_shape shape)
+void vm_init_fields(struct kvm_vm *vm, struct vm_shape shape)
{
- struct kvm_vm *vm;
-
- vm = calloc(1, sizeof(*vm));
- TEST_ASSERT(vm != NULL, "Insufficient Memory");
-
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->vcpus);
vm->regions.gpa_tree = RB_ROOT;
vm->regions.hva_tree = RB_ROOT;
@@ -380,9 +375,10 @@ struct kvm_vm *____vm_create(struct vm_shape shape)
if (vm->pa_bits != 40)
vm->type = KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_IPA_SIZE(vm->pa_bits);
#endif
+}

- vm_open(vm);
-
+void vm_init_memory_properties(struct kvm_vm *vm)
+{
/* Limit to VA-bit canonical virtual addresses. */
vm->vpages_valid = sparsebit_alloc();
vm_populate_gva_bitmap(vm);
@@ -392,10 +388,47 @@ struct kvm_vm *____vm_create(struct vm_shape shape)

/* Allocate and setup memory for guest. */
vm->vpages_mapped = sparsebit_alloc();
+}
+
+struct kvm_vm *____vm_create(struct vm_shape shape)
+{
+ struct kvm_vm *vm;
+
+ vm = calloc(1, sizeof(*vm));
+ TEST_ASSERT(vm != NULL, "Insufficient Memory");
+
+ vm_init_fields(vm, shape);
+
+ vm_open(vm);
+
+ vm_init_memory_properties(vm);
+
+ return vm;
+}
+
+struct kvm_vm *vm_create_from_fd(int vm_fd, struct vm_shape shape)
+{
+ struct kvm_vm *vm;
+
+ vm = calloc(1, sizeof(*vm));
+ TEST_ASSERT(vm != NULL, "Insufficient Memory");
+
+ vm_init_fields(vm, shape);
+
+ vm->kvm_fd = _open_kvm_dev_path_or_exit(O_RDWR);
+ vm->fd = vm_fd;
+
+ if (kvm_has_cap(KVM_CAP_BINARY_STATS_FD))
+ vm->stats.fd = vm_get_stats_fd(vm);
+ else
+ vm->stats.fd = -1;
+
+ vm_init_memory_properties(vm);

return vm;
}

+
static u64 vm_nr_pages_required(enum vm_guest_mode mode,
u32 nr_runnable_vcpus,
u64 extra_mem_pages)
--
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