[PATCH 00/16] KVM: arm64: selftests: Tests for protected VMs
From: Fuad Tabba
Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 03:49:09 EST
Hi folks,
This series adds selftests for protected VMs. A test skips on a host
without pKVM, and so does any case where the host doesn't have the
required feature, e.g., PtrAuth, SVE or hugetlb pages.
A couple of points:
- Each area gets its own test rather than cases folded into existing
tests such as psci_test, hypercalls, set_id_regs, etc. A protected
guest requires its own boot path, and has to share the ucall pool
before its first ucall. On top of that, a protected guest gets the
opposite result for many of those tests' checks.
- pkvm_exceptions skips its breakpoint, watchpoint and single-step cases
while a protected guest's ID_AA64DFR0_EL1.DebugVer is 0. pkvm_id_regs
reads the same field to choose between the hidden and the exposed
debug view. With the patch that adds self-hosted debug to protected
guests [1], both tests run the debug cases with no change.
The series is structured as follows:
01: external_aborts: an abort injected before a vCPU's first run.
02-04: Generic selftest changes: creating a protected VM, the pKVM
function IDs and the ucall pool's address.
05-06: Protected-VM library: boot trampoline and helpers.
07-16: The tests, one per area.
Based on Linux 7.4-rc1 (6628e7d4c6b25).
Cheers,
/fuad
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261102093950.2922035-1-fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx/
Fuad Tabba (16):
KVM: arm64: selftests: Inject an abort before a vCPU's first run
KVM: selftests: Allow arm64 tests to create protected VMs
tools: arm-smccc: Add the pKVM memory sharing function IDs
KVM: selftests: Export the ucall pool's guest physical address
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add protected-VM boot trampoline
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add protected-VM library helpers
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add pkvm_host_abi host-interface test
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add pkvm_psci multi-vCPU PSCI test
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add pkvm_mem_share hypercall test
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add pkvm_smccc hypercall test
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add pkvm_id_regs register and trap test
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add pkvm_vcpu_regs register-state test
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add pkvm_irq interrupt test
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add pkvm_isolation host-access test
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add pkvm_lifecycle teardown test
KVM: arm64: selftests: Add pkvm_exceptions debug and SError test
tools/include/linux/arm-smccc.h | 22 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 12 +
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/external_aborts.c | 21 +
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_exceptions.c | 261 ++++++++
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_host_abi.c | 428 ++++++++++++
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_id_regs.c | 306 +++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_irq.c | 268 ++++++++
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_isolation.c | 225 +++++++
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_lifecycle.c | 110 +++
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_mem_share.c | 394 +++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_psci.c | 632 ++++++++++++++++++
.../testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_smccc.c | 117 ++++
.../selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_vcpu_regs.c | 221 ++++++
.../selftests/kvm/include/arm64/pkvm.h | 74 ++
.../selftests/kvm/include/ucall_common.h | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/pkvm.c | 245 +++++++
.../selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/pvm-entry.S | 58 ++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c | 5 +-
.../testing/selftests/kvm/lib/ucall_common.c | 9 +-
19 files changed, 3406 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_exceptions.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_host_abi.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_id_regs.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_irq.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_isolation.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_lifecycle.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_mem_share.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_psci.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_smccc.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/pkvm_vcpu_regs.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/arm64/pkvm.h
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/pkvm.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/pvm-entry.S
base-commit: 6628e7d4c6b25c8d18f1345e3a20d21829aae7e4
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