[PATCH 5/6] tools/testing/vma: add test to assert MAP_PRIVATE-/dev/zero is anon

From: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 14:26:47 EST


Now we've made MAP_PRIVATE-mapped /dev/zero mappings truly anonymous, add a
VMA userland test to assert that this is the case and everything is as we
would expect for an anonymous mapping.

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/vma/tests/mmap.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/tests/mmap.c b/tools/testing/vma/tests/mmap.c
index c85bc000d1cb..fa73faff2262 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/tests/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/tests/mmap.c
@@ -45,7 +45,44 @@ static bool test_mmap_region_basic(void)
return true;
}

+static bool test_pure_anon_dev_zero(void)
+{
+ const vma_flags_t vma_flags = mk_vma_flags(VMA_READ_BIT, VMA_WRITE_BIT,
+ VMA_MAYREAD_BIT, VMA_MAYWRITE_BIT);
+ struct file file = {
+ .f_op = &zero_fops,
+ };
+ struct mm_struct mm = {};
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ unsigned long addr;
+ VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, &mm, 0);
+
+ current->mm = &mm;
+
+ /*
+ * Map a MAP_PRIVATE-/dev/zero mapping at address 0x300000 with a page
+ * offset of 0x10, which we expect to be reset to the anonymous page
+ * offset.
+ */
+ addr = __mmap_region(&file, 0x300000, 0x3000, vma_flags, 0x10, NULL);
+ ASSERT_EQ(addr, 0x300000);
+
+ /* Assert that it truly is an anonymous mapping. */
+ vma = vma_lookup(&mm, addr);
+ ASSERT_NE(vma, NULL);
+ ASSERT_TRUE(vma_is_anonymous(vma));
+ ASSERT_EQ(vma->vm_file, NULL);
+ ASSERT_EQ(vma->vm_private_data, NULL);
+ /* Expect anonymous page offsets. */
+ ASSERT_EQ(vma->vm_pgoff, 0x300);
+ ASSERT_EQ(vma_start_anon_pgoff(vma), 0x300);
+
+ cleanup_mm(&mm, &vmi);
+ return true;
+}
+
static void run_mmap_tests(int *num_tests, int *num_fail)
{
TEST(mmap_region_basic);
+ TEST(pure_anon_dev_zero);
}

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