[PATCH v4 6/7] KVM: selftests: Add the guest_memfd memory failure test
From: Lisa Wang
Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 18:02:31 EST
After modifying truncate_error_folio(), we expect memory_failure() will
return 0 instead of MF_FAILED. Also, we want to make sure
memory_failure() signaling function is same.
Test that memory_failure() returns 0 for guest_memfd, where
.error_remove_folio() is handled by not actually truncating, and
returning MF_DELAYED.
In addition, test that SIGBUS signaling behavior is not changed before
and after this modification.
There are two kinds of guest memory failure injections - madvise or
debugfs. When memory failure is injected using madvise, the
MF_ACTION_REQUIRED flag is set, and the page is mapped and dirty, the
process should get a SIGBUS. When memory is failure is injected using
debugfs, the KILL_EARLY machine check memory corruption kill policy is
set, and the page is mapped and dirty, the process should get a SIGBUS.
Co-developed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lisa Wang <wyihan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 2 +
.../kvm/guest_memfd_memory_failure_test.c | 336 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 338 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
index fdec90e85467..9409ded6cbce 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += access_tracking_perf_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += coalesced_io_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += dirty_log_perf_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += guest_memfd_test
+TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += guest_memfd_memory_failure_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += hardware_disable_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += memslot_modification_stress_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 += memslot_perf_test
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += coalesced_io_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += dirty_log_perf_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += get-reg-list
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += guest_memfd_test
+TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += guest_memfd_memory_failure_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += memslot_modification_stress_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += memslot_perf_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_arm64 += mmu_stress_test
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_memory_failure_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_memory_failure_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c8032d390ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_memory_failure_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright Intel Corporation, 2026
+ *
+ * Author: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
+ * Author: Lisa Wang <wyihan@xxxxxxxxxx>
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/prctl.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/falloc.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include "kvm_util.h"
+#include "test_util.h"
+#include "kselftest_harness.h"
+
+static size_t page_size, total_size;
+
+enum memory_failure_injection_method {
+ MF_INJECT_DEBUGFS,
+ MF_INJECT_MADVISE,
+};
+
+FIXTURE(guest_memfd_failure) {
+ struct kvm_vm *vm;
+ int fd;
+ unsigned long poisoned_pfn;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT(guest_memfd_failure) {
+ enum memory_failure_injection_method method;
+ int kill_config;
+ bool map_page;
+ bool dirty_page;
+ bool sigbus_expected;
+ int return_code;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(guest_memfd_failure, debugfs_early_dirty) {
+ .method = MF_INJECT_DEBUGFS,
+ .kill_config = PR_MCE_KILL_EARLY,
+ .map_page = true,
+ .dirty_page = true,
+ .sigbus_expected = true,
+ .return_code = 0,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(guest_memfd_failure, debugfs_early_clean) {
+ .method = MF_INJECT_DEBUGFS,
+ .kill_config = PR_MCE_KILL_EARLY,
+ .map_page = true,
+ .dirty_page = false,
+ .sigbus_expected = false,
+ .return_code = 0,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(guest_memfd_failure, debugfs_early_unmapped) {
+ .method = MF_INJECT_DEBUGFS,
+ .kill_config = PR_MCE_KILL_EARLY,
+ .map_page = false,
+ .dirty_page = true,
+ .sigbus_expected = false,
+ .return_code = 0,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(guest_memfd_failure, debugfs_late_dirty) {
+ .method = MF_INJECT_DEBUGFS,
+ .kill_config = PR_MCE_KILL_LATE,
+ .map_page = true,
+ .dirty_page = true,
+ .sigbus_expected = false,
+ .return_code = 0,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(guest_memfd_failure, debugfs_late_clean) {
+ .method = MF_INJECT_DEBUGFS,
+ .kill_config = PR_MCE_KILL_LATE,
+ .map_page = true,
+ .dirty_page = false,
+ .sigbus_expected = false,
+ .return_code = 0,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(guest_memfd_failure, debugfs_late_unmapped) {
+ .method = MF_INJECT_DEBUGFS,
+ .kill_config = PR_MCE_KILL_LATE,
+ .map_page = false,
+ .dirty_page = true,
+ .sigbus_expected = false,
+ .return_code = 0,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(guest_memfd_failure, madvise_dirty) {
+ .method = MF_INJECT_MADVISE,
+ .kill_config = PR_MCE_KILL_DEFAULT,
+ .map_page = true,
+ .dirty_page = true,
+ .sigbus_expected = true,
+ .return_code = 0,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(guest_memfd_failure, madvise_clean) {
+ .method = MF_INJECT_MADVISE,
+ .kill_config = PR_MCE_KILL_DEFAULT,
+ .map_page = true,
+ .dirty_page = false,
+ .sigbus_expected = false,
+ .return_code = 0,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(guest_memfd_failure)
+{
+ self->vm = NULL;
+ self->fd = -1;
+ self->poisoned_pfn = 0;
+}
+
+static void write_memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, bool mark, int expected_return_code)
+{
+ char path[PATH_MAX];
+ char *filename;
+ char buf[20];
+ int ret;
+ int len;
+ int fd;
+
+ filename = mark ? "corrupt-pfn" : "unpoison-pfn";
+ snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "/sys/kernel/debug/hwpoison/%s", filename);
+
+ fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
+ TEST_ASSERT(fd >= 0, "Failed to open %s.", path);
+
+ len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "0x%lx\n", pfn);
+ if (len < 0 || (unsigned int)len >= sizeof(buf))
+ TEST_ASSERT(0, "snprintf failed or truncated.");
+
+ ret = write(fd, buf, len);
+ if (expected_return_code == 0) {
+ /*
+ * If the memory_failure() returns 0, write() should be successful,
+ * which returns how many bytes it writes.
+ */
+ TEST_ASSERT(ret > 0, "Writing memory failure (path: %s) failed: %s", path,
+ strerror(errno));
+ } else {
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(ret, -1);
+ /* errno is memory_failure() return code. */
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(errno, expected_return_code);
+ }
+
+ close(fd);
+}
+
+static void mark_memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int expected_return_code)
+{
+ write_memory_failure(pfn, true, expected_return_code);
+}
+
+static void unmark_memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int expected_return_code)
+{
+ write_memory_failure(pfn, false, expected_return_code);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(guest_memfd_failure)
+{
+ if (self->fd >= 0)
+ close(self->fd);
+ if (self->vm)
+ kvm_vm_free(self->vm);
+ if (self->poisoned_pfn)
+ unmark_memory_failure(self->poisoned_pfn, 0);
+}
+
+static unsigned long addr_to_pfn(void *addr)
+{
+ const uint64_t pagemap_pfn_mask = BIT(54) - 1;
+ const uint64_t pagemap_page_present = BIT(63);
+ uint64_t page_info;
+ ssize_t n_bytes;
+ int pagemap_fd;
+
+ pagemap_fd = open("/proc/self/pagemap", O_RDONLY);
+ TEST_ASSERT(pagemap_fd >= 0, "Opening pagemap should succeed.");
+
+ n_bytes = pread(pagemap_fd, &page_info, 8, (uint64_t)addr / page_size * 8);
+ TEST_ASSERT(n_bytes == 8, "pread of pagemap failed. n_bytes=%ld", n_bytes);
+
+ close(pagemap_fd);
+
+ TEST_ASSERT(page_info & pagemap_page_present, "The page for addr should be present");
+ return page_info & pagemap_pfn_mask;
+}
+
+static void do_test_memory_failure(FIXTURE_DATA(guest_memfd_failure) * self,
+ const FIXTURE_VARIANT(guest_memfd_failure) * variant)
+{
+ unsigned long memory_failure_pfn;
+ char *memory_failure_addr;
+ char *mem;
+ int ret;
+
+ mem = mmap(NULL, total_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, self->fd, 0);
+ TEST_ASSERT(mem != MAP_FAILED, "mmap() for guest_memfd should succeed.");
+ memory_failure_addr = mem + page_size;
+ if (variant->dirty_page)
+ *memory_failure_addr = 'A';
+ else
+ READ_ONCE(*memory_failure_addr);
+
+ /* Fault in page to read pfn, then unmap page for testing if needed. */
+ memory_failure_pfn = addr_to_pfn(memory_failure_addr);
+ if (!variant->map_page)
+ madvise(memory_failure_addr, page_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
+
+ ret = prctl(PR_MCE_KILL, PR_MCE_KILL_SET, variant->kill_config, 0, 0);
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ self->poisoned_pfn = memory_failure_pfn;
+
+ ret = 0;
+ switch (variant->method) {
+ case MF_INJECT_DEBUGFS: {
+ /* DEBUGFS injection handles return_code test inside the mark_memory_failure(). */
+ if (variant->sigbus_expected)
+ TEST_EXPECT_SIGBUS(mark_memory_failure(memory_failure_pfn,
+ variant->return_code));
+ else
+ mark_memory_failure(memory_failure_pfn, variant->return_code);
+ break;
+ }
+ case MF_INJECT_MADVISE: {
+ /*
+ * MADV_HWPOISON uses get_user_pages() so the page will always
+ * be faulted in at the point of memory_failure()
+ */
+ if (variant->sigbus_expected)
+ TEST_EXPECT_SIGBUS(ret = madvise(memory_failure_addr,
+ page_size, MADV_HWPOISON));
+ else
+ ret = madvise(memory_failure_addr, page_size, MADV_HWPOISON);
+
+ if (variant->return_code == 0)
+ TEST_ASSERT(ret == variant->return_code, "Memory failure failed. Errno: %s",
+ strerror(errno));
+ else {
+ /* errno is memory_failure() return code. */
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(errno, variant->return_code);
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ default:
+ TEST_FAIL("Unhandled memory failure injection method %d.", variant->method);
+ }
+
+ TEST_EXPECT_SIGBUS(READ_ONCE(*memory_failure_addr));
+ TEST_EXPECT_SIGBUS(*memory_failure_addr = 'A');
+
+ ret = munmap(mem, total_size);
+ TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "munmap() should succeed.");
+
+ ret = fallocate(self->fd, FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE, 0, total_size);
+ TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "Truncate the entire file (cleanup) should succeed.");
+
+ ret = prctl(PR_MCE_KILL, PR_MCE_KILL_SET, PR_MCE_KILL_DEFAULT, 0, 0);
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+ unmark_memory_failure(memory_failure_pfn, 0);
+ self->poisoned_pfn = 0;
+}
+
+TEST_F(guest_memfd_failure, test_memory_failure)
+{
+ unsigned long vm_types, vm_type;
+
+ total_size = page_size * 4;
+
+ vm_types = kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES);
+ if (!vm_types)
+ vm_types = BIT(VM_TYPE_DEFAULT);
+
+ for_each_set_bit(vm_type, &vm_types, BITS_PER_TYPE(vm_types)) {
+ uint64_t flags;
+
+ self->vm = vm_create_barebones_type(vm_type);
+ flags = vm_check_cap(self->vm, KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_FLAGS);
+ if (!(flags & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED)) {
+ kvm_vm_free(self->vm);
+ self->vm = NULL;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ self->fd = vm_create_guest_memfd(self->vm, total_size,
+ GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP | GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED);
+ ASSERT_GE(self->fd, 0) TH_LOG("vm_create_guest_memfd failed");
+
+ do_test_memory_failure(self, variant);
+
+ close(self->fd);
+ self->fd = -1;
+ kvm_vm_free(self->vm);
+ self->vm = NULL;
+ }
+}
+
+static bool can_inject_memory_failure(void)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/hwpoison/corrupt-pfn", O_WRONLY);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return false;
+
+ close(fd);
+ return true;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_FLAGS) & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED);
+ __TEST_REQUIRE(can_inject_memory_failure(),
+ "Insufficient permissions to access hwpoison debugfs (requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN / root))");
+ page_size = getpagesize();
+
+ return test_harness_run(argc, argv);
+}
--
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