[PATCH v3 2/3] vfio: selftests: Add vfio_pci_find_mem_bar() helper

From: Mina Almasry

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 18:05:41 EST


Add vfio_pci_find_mem_bar() to libvfio to locate a BAR (or range within
a BAR) of at least min_size bytes that behaves like ordinary memory and
can be safely read and written without device-specific side effects.

Detection is backed by a table of known devices, starting with QEMU's
pci-testdev (1b36:0005) BAR 2 when configured with membar=<size> and
membar-backed=on.

Suggested-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Evans <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../lib/include/libvfio/vfio_pci_device.h | 10 +++
.../selftests/vfio/lib/vfio_pci_device.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 77 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/include/libvfio/vfio_pci_device.h b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/include/libvfio/vfio_pci_device.h
index 007adc322c1e..19d458adba1a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/include/libvfio/vfio_pci_device.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/include/libvfio/vfio_pci_device.h
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ struct vfio_pci_bar {
void *vaddr;
};

+struct vfio_pci_mem_bar {
+ struct vfio_pci_bar *bar;
+ void *vaddr;
+ u64 offset;
+ u64 size;
+};
+
struct vfio_pci_device {
const char *bdf;
int fd;
@@ -162,6 +169,9 @@ static inline bool vfio_pci_device_match(struct vfio_pci_device *device,
(device_id == vfio_pci_config_readw(device, PCI_DEVICE_ID));
}

+bool vfio_pci_find_mem_bar(struct vfio_pci_device *device, u64 min_size,
+ struct vfio_pci_mem_bar *mem_bar);
+
const char *vfio_pci_get_cdev_path(const char *bdf);

void vfio_pci_group_setup(struct vfio_pci_device *device, const char *bdf);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/vfio_pci_device.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/vfio_pci_device.c
index 4063a0e2b3df..d5308fe61490 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/vfio_pci_device.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/lib/vfio_pci_device.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/log2.h>
#include <linux/mman.h>
#include <linux/overflow.h>
+#include <linux/pci_ids.h>
#include <linux/sizes.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/vfio.h>
@@ -245,6 +246,72 @@ static void vfio_pci_bar_unmap_all(struct vfio_pci_device *device)
}
}

+#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_REDHAT_TEST 0x0005
+
+struct vfio_pci_mem_bar_desc {
+ u16 vendor_id;
+ u16 device_id;
+ u8 bar_index;
+ u64 offset;
+ u64 size;
+};
+
+static const struct vfio_pci_mem_bar_desc mem_bar_descs[] = {
+ /* QEMU pci-testdev with membar=<size>,membar-backed=on */
+ {
+ .vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT,
+ .device_id = PCI_DEVICE_ID_REDHAT_TEST,
+ .bar_index = 2,
+ },
+};
+
+bool vfio_pci_find_mem_bar(struct vfio_pci_device *device, u64 min_size,
+ struct vfio_pci_mem_bar *mem_bar)
+{
+ const u32 rw_mmap_flags = VFIO_REGION_INFO_FLAG_MMAP |
+ VFIO_REGION_INFO_FLAG_READ |
+ VFIO_REGION_INFO_FLAG_WRITE;
+ size_t i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mem_bar_descs); i++) {
+ const struct vfio_pci_mem_bar_desc *desc = &mem_bar_descs[i];
+ struct vfio_pci_bar *bar;
+ u64 size;
+
+ if (!vfio_pci_device_match(device, desc->vendor_id,
+ desc->device_id))
+ continue;
+
+ VFIO_ASSERT_LT(desc->bar_index, PCI_STD_NUM_BARS);
+ bar = &device->bars[desc->bar_index];
+
+ if ((bar->info.flags & rw_mmap_flags) != rw_mmap_flags)
+ continue;
+
+ VFIO_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(bar->vaddr);
+
+ if (bar->info.size <= desc->offset)
+ continue;
+
+ size = bar->info.size - desc->offset;
+ if (desc->size)
+ size = min(size, desc->size);
+
+ if (size < min_size)
+ continue;
+
+ *mem_bar = (struct vfio_pci_mem_bar){
+ .bar = bar,
+ .vaddr = bar->vaddr + desc->offset,
+ .offset = desc->offset,
+ .size = size,
+ };
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
void vfio_pci_config_access(struct vfio_pci_device *device, bool write,
size_t config, size_t size, void *data)
{
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