[PATCH 2/2] KVM: selftests: Add and use kvm_free_fd() to harden against fd goofs
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri May 22 2026 - 13:23:38 EST
Add a kvm_free_fd() macro to close and invalidate a file descriptor, and
use it through the core infrastructure to harden against goofs where a
selftest attempts to reuse a closed file descriptor.
Cc: Bibo Mao <maobibo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h | 6 +++++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c | 23 +++++++++----------
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
index 067a4c9cf452..6cb3bed29b81 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
@@ -89,4 +89,10 @@ __KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(fallocate, 4, int, fd, int, mode, loff_t, offset, loff_t, l
__KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(ftruncate, 2, unsigned int, fd, off_t, length);
__KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(madvise, 3, void *, addr, size_t, length, int, advice);
+#define kvm_free_fd(fd) \
+do { \
+ kvm_close(fd); \
+ (fd) = -1; \
+} while (0)
+
#endif /* SELFTEST_KVM_SYSCALLS_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index 4ad015c6c44f..195f3fdae1e3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ static ssize_t get_module_param(const char *module_name, const char *param,
int fd, r;
/* Verify KVM is loaded, to provide a more helpful SKIP message. */
- close(open_kvm_dev_path_or_exit());
+ fd = open_kvm_dev_path_or_exit();
+ kvm_free_fd(fd);
r = snprintf(path, path_size, "/sys/module/%s/parameters/%s",
module_name, param);
@@ -90,8 +91,7 @@ static ssize_t get_module_param(const char *module_name, const char *param,
TEST_ASSERT(bytes_read > 0, "read(%s) returned %ld, wanted %ld bytes",
path, bytes_read, buffer_size);
- r = close(fd);
- TEST_ASSERT(!r, "close(%s) failed", path);
+ kvm_free_fd(fd);
return bytes_read;
}
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ unsigned int kvm_check_cap(long cap)
ret = __kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, (void *)cap);
TEST_ASSERT(ret >= 0, KVM_IOCTL_ERROR(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, ret));
- close(kvm_fd);
+ kvm_free_fd(kvm_fd);
return (unsigned int)ret;
}
@@ -747,8 +747,7 @@ static void kvm_stats_release(struct kvm_binary_stats *stats)
stats->desc = NULL;
}
- kvm_close(stats->fd);
- stats->fd = -1;
+ kvm_free_fd(stats->fd);
}
__weak void vcpu_arch_free(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -777,7 +776,7 @@ static void vm_vcpu_rm(struct kvm_vm *vm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
kvm_munmap(vcpu->run, vcpu_mmap_sz());
- kvm_close(vcpu->fd);
+ kvm_free_fd(vcpu->fd);
kvm_stats_release(&vcpu->stats);
list_del(&vcpu->list);
@@ -793,8 +792,8 @@ void kvm_vm_release(struct kvm_vm *vmp)
list_for_each_entry_safe(vcpu, tmp, &vmp->vcpus, list)
vm_vcpu_rm(vmp, vcpu);
- kvm_close(vmp->fd);
- kvm_close(vmp->kvm_fd);
+ kvm_free_fd(vmp->fd);
+ kvm_free_fd(vmp->kvm_fd);
/* Free cached stats metadata and close FD */
kvm_stats_release(&vmp->stats);
@@ -815,10 +814,10 @@ static void __vm_mem_region_delete(struct kvm_vm *vm,
if (region->fd >= 0) {
/* There's an extra map when using shared memory. */
kvm_munmap(region->mmap_alias, region->mmap_size);
- close(region->fd);
+ kvm_free_fd(region->fd);
}
if ((int)region->region.guest_memfd >= 0)
- close(region->region.guest_memfd);
+ kvm_free_fd(region->region.guest_memfd);
free(region);
}
@@ -1311,7 +1310,7 @@ static size_t vcpu_mmap_sz(void)
TEST_ASSERT(ret >= 0 && ret >= sizeof(struct kvm_run),
KVM_IOCTL_ERROR(KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE, ret));
- close(dev_fd);
+ kvm_free_fd(dev_fd);
return ret;
}
--
2.54.0.794.g4f17f83d09-goog