[PATCH RFC 12/17] KVM: selftests: Test guest_memfd with mounted tmpfs root directory

From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay

Date: Fri Sep 25 2026 - 20:57:06 EST


From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add test coverage verifying that opening the root directory of an
existing mounted tmpfs filesystem and passing that file descriptor as
the resource pool succeeds across all guest_memfd subtests and flag
combinations.

Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c | 137 +++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 103 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
index 73212d5307049..94ef64474f2a0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <limits.h>

#include <linux/bitmap.h>
#include <linux/falloc.h>
#include <linux/mount.h>
#include <linux/sizes.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

@@ -541,66 +543,122 @@ static void test_resource_fd_tmpfs_huge(struct kvm_vm *vm)
close(pool_fd);
}

-#define ____gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, __gmem_size, args...) \
+enum gmem_pool_type {
+ GMEM_POOL_NONE,
+ GMEM_POOL_FSMOUNT,
+ GMEM_POOL_MOUNTED_DIR,
+};
+
+struct gmem_pool {
+ int fd;
+ char path[PATH_MAX];
+ bool is_mounted;
+};
+
+static struct gmem_pool create_gmem_pool(size_t size, enum gmem_pool_type type)
+{
+ struct gmem_pool pool = { .fd = -1, .is_mounted = false };
+ int mnt_fd;
+
+ if (type == GMEM_POOL_NONE)
+ return pool;
+
+ mnt_fd = create_tmpfs_pool_fd("never", true, size);
+ TEST_REQUIRE(mnt_fd >= 0);
+
+ if (type == GMEM_POOL_FSMOUNT) {
+ pool.fd = mnt_fd;
+ return pool;
+ }
+
+ strcpy(pool.path, "/tmp/gmem_test_dir_XXXXXX");
+ TEST_ASSERT(mkdtemp(pool.path), "mkdtemp failed");
+
+ if (syscall(__NR_move_mount, mnt_fd, "", AT_FDCWD, pool.path,
+ MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH)) {
+ close(mnt_fd);
+ rmdir(pool.path);
+ TEST_REQUIRE(false);
+ }
+ close(mnt_fd);
+
+ pool.fd = open(pool.path, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY);
+ TEST_ASSERT(pool.fd >= 0, "open mounted tmpfs root failed");
+ pool.is_mounted = true;
+
+ return pool;
+}
+
+static void destroy_gmem_pool(struct gmem_pool *pool)
+{
+ if (pool->fd >= 0)
+ close(pool->fd);
+ if (pool->is_mounted) {
+ TEST_ASSERT(!umount(pool->path), "umount failed");
+ TEST_ASSERT(!rmdir(pool->path), "rmdir failed");
+ }
+}
+
+#define ____gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, __pool_type, __gmem_size, args...) \
do { \
- int pool_fd = -1; \
+ struct gmem_pool pool = { .fd = -1 }; \
int fd; \
\
if ((__flags) & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE) { \
- pool_fd = create_tmpfs_pool_fd("never", true, __gmem_size); \
+ pool = create_gmem_pool(__gmem_size, __pool_type); \
fd = vm_create_guest_memfd_resource(__vm, __gmem_size, \
- __flags, pool_fd); \
+ __flags, pool.fd); \
} else { \
fd = vm_create_guest_memfd(__vm, __gmem_size, __flags); \
} \
\
test_##__test(args); \
close(fd); \
- if (pool_fd >= 0) \
- close(pool_fd); \
+ destroy_gmem_pool(&pool); \
} while (0)

-#define __gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, __gmem_size) \
- ____gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, __gmem_size, fd, __gmem_size)
+#define __gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, __pool_type, __gmem_size) \
+ ____gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, __pool_type, __gmem_size, fd, __gmem_size)

-#define gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags) \
- __gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, page_size * 4)
+#define gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, __pool_type) \
+ __gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, __pool_type, page_size * 4)

-#define __gmem_test_vm(__test, __vm, __flags, __gmem_size) \
- ____gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, __gmem_size, __vm, fd, __gmem_size)
+#define __gmem_test_vm(__test, __vm, __flags, __pool_type, __gmem_size) \
+ ____gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags, __pool_type, __gmem_size, __vm, fd, __gmem_size)

-#define gmem_test_vm(__test, __vm, __flags) \
- __gmem_test_vm(__test, __vm, __flags, page_size * 4)
+#define gmem_test_vm(__test, __vm, __flags, __pool_type) \
+ __gmem_test_vm(__test, __vm, __flags, __pool_type, page_size * 4)

-static void __test_guest_memfd(struct kvm_vm *vm, u64 flags)
+static void __test_guest_memfd(struct kvm_vm *vm, u64 flags,
+ enum gmem_pool_type pool_type)
{
test_create_guest_memfd_multiple(vm);
test_create_guest_memfd_invalid_sizes(vm, flags);

- gmem_test(file_read_write, vm, flags);
+ gmem_test(file_read_write, vm, flags, pool_type);

if (flags & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP) {
if (flags & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED) {
size_t pmd_size = get_trans_hugepagesz();

- gmem_test(mmap_supported, vm, flags);
- gmem_test(fault_overflow, vm, flags);
- gmem_test(numa_allocation, vm, flags);
- __gmem_test(collapse, vm, flags, pmd_size);
+ gmem_test(mmap_supported, vm, flags, pool_type);
+ gmem_test(fault_overflow, vm, flags, pool_type);
+ gmem_test(numa_allocation, vm, flags, pool_type);
+ __gmem_test(collapse, vm, flags, pool_type, pmd_size);
} else {
- gmem_test(fault_private, vm, flags);
+ gmem_test(fault_private, vm, flags, pool_type);
}

- gmem_test(mmap_cow, vm, flags);
- gmem_test(mbind, vm, flags);
+ gmem_test(mmap_cow, vm, flags, pool_type);
+ gmem_test(mbind, vm, flags, pool_type);
} else {
- gmem_test(mmap_not_supported, vm, flags);
+ gmem_test(mmap_not_supported, vm, flags, pool_type);
}

- gmem_test(file_size, vm, flags);
- gmem_test(fallocate, vm, flags);
- gmem_test(invalid_punch_hole, vm, flags);
- gmem_test_vm(invalid_binding, vm, flags);
+ gmem_test(file_size, vm, flags, pool_type);
+ gmem_test(fallocate, vm, flags, pool_type);
+ gmem_test(invalid_punch_hole, vm, flags, pool_type);
+ gmem_test_vm(invalid_binding, vm, flags, pool_type);
}

static void test_guest_memfd(unsigned long vm_type)
@@ -616,23 +674,34 @@ static void test_guest_memfd(unsigned long vm_type)
test_resource_fd_tmpfs_swap(vm);
test_resource_fd_tmpfs_huge(vm);

- __test_guest_memfd(vm, 0);
- __test_guest_memfd(vm, GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE);
+ __test_guest_memfd(vm, 0, GMEM_POOL_NONE);
+ __test_guest_memfd(vm, GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE, GMEM_POOL_FSMOUNT);
+ __test_guest_memfd(vm, GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE, GMEM_POOL_MOUNTED_DIR);

flags = vm_check_cap(vm, KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_FLAGS);
if (flags & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP) {
- __test_guest_memfd(vm, GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP);
+ __test_guest_memfd(vm, GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP, GMEM_POOL_NONE);
+ __test_guest_memfd(vm, GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP |
+ GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE,
+ GMEM_POOL_FSMOUNT);
__test_guest_memfd(vm, GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP |
- GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE);
+ GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE,
+ GMEM_POOL_MOUNTED_DIR);
}

/* MMAP should always be supported if INIT_SHARED is supported. */
if (flags & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED) {
__test_guest_memfd(vm, GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP |
- GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED);
+ GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED,
+ GMEM_POOL_NONE);
+ __test_guest_memfd(vm, GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP |
+ GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED |
+ GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE,
+ GMEM_POOL_FSMOUNT);
__test_guest_memfd(vm, GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP |
GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED |
- GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE);
+ GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_USE_RESOURCE,
+ GMEM_POOL_MOUNTED_DIR);
}

kvm_vm_free(vm);

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