On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 at 01:32, Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Ackerley Tng <[email protected]>
>
> Add a selftest to verify that converting a shared guest_memfd page to a
> private page fails if the page has an elevated reference count.
>
> When KVM converts a shared page to a private one, it expects the page to
> have a reference count equal to the reference counts taken by the
> filemap. If another kernel subsystem holds a reference to the page, the
> conversion must be aborted.
>
> The test asserts that both bulk and single-page conversion attempts
> correctly fail with EAGAIN for the pinned page. After the page is unpinned,
> the test verifies that subsequent conversions succeed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <[email protected]>
> Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>

Not sure Sashiko's concern is worth it.

Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <[email protected]>

Cheers,
/fuad

> ---
>  .../kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c         | 56 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c 
> b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c
> index 99b0023609670..4ebbd29029526 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/guest_memfd_conversions_test.c
> @@ -441,6 +441,62 @@ GMEM_CONVERSION_TEST_INIT_SHARED(forked_accesses)
>  #undef TEST_STATE_AWAIT
>  }
>
> +static void test_convert_to_private_fails(test_data_t *t, u64 pgoff,
> +                                         size_t nr_pages,
> +                                         u64 expected_error_offset)
> +{
> +       /* +1 to make it anything but expected_error_offset. */
> +       u64 error_offset = expected_error_offset + 1;
> +       u64 offset = pgoff * page_size;
> +       int ret;
> +
> +       do {
> +               ret = __gmem_set_private(t->gmem_fd, offset,
> +                                        nr_pages * page_size, &error_offset);
> +       } while (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(ret == -1 && errno == EAGAIN,
> +                   "Wanted EAGAIN on page %lu, got %d (ret = %d)", pgoff,
> +                   errno, ret);
> +       TEST_ASSERT_EQ(error_offset, expected_error_offset);
> +}
> +
> +GMEM_CONVERSION_MULTIPAGE_TEST_INIT_SHARED(elevated_refcount, 4)
> +{
> +       int i;
> +
> +       pin_pages(t->mem + test_page * page_size, page_size);
> +
> +       for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
> +               test_shared(t, i, 0, 'A', 'B');
> +
> +       /*
> +        * Converting in bulk should fail as long any page in the range has
> +        * unexpected refcounts.
> +        */
> +       test_convert_to_private_fails(t, 0, nr_pages, test_page * page_size);
> +
> +       for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
> +               /*
> +                * Converting page-wise should also fail as long any page in 
> the
> +                * range has unexpected refcounts.
> +                */
> +               if (i == test_page)
> +                       test_convert_to_private_fails(t, i, 1, test_page * 
> page_size);
> +               else
> +                       test_convert_to_private(t, i, 'B', 'C');
> +       }
> +
> +       unpin_pages();
> +
> +       gmem_set_private(t->gmem_fd, 0, nr_pages * page_size);
> +
> +       for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
> +               char expected = i == test_page ? 'B' : 'C';
> +
> +               test_private(t, i, expected, 'D');
> +       }
> +}
> +
>  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  {
>         TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES) & 
> BIT(KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM));
>
> --
> 2.55.0.rc0.738.g0c8ab3ebcc-goog
>
>

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