[PATCH v2 08/10] KVM: selftests: Trigger save+restore randomly in the #PF stress test
From: Yosry Ahmed
Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 16:40:24 EST
Instead of an explicit GUEST_SYNC() after each access+#PF, run another
thread that keeps sending SIGUSR to the vCPU thread, essentially
triggering exits to userspace and save+restore on random points in guest
execution. This makes the test a lot more meaningful as it opens the
door to exercising race conditions between #PF handling in the guest
and save+restore in the host.
The signals are ignored using SIG_IGN outside of __vcpu_run() to avoid
interrupting other ioctls/sysctls performed by the test.
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../kvm/x86/stress_save_restore_pf_test.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/stress_save_restore_pf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/stress_save_restore_pf_test.c
index 622d102179e66..92efb7ac9d95f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/stress_save_restore_pf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/stress_save_restore_pf_test.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <time.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "test_util.h"
@@ -94,15 +96,41 @@ static void guest_access_memory(void *arg)
/* Clear the present bit again so it faults next time */
*guest_get_pte(vaddr) &= ~pte_present_mask;
invlpg(vaddr);
+ }
+}
+
+static void *sigusr_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+ pthread_t vcpu_thread = (pthread_t)arg;
- GUEST_SYNC(guest_faults);
+ for (;;) {
+ pthread_testcancel();
+ pthread_kill(vcpu_thread, SIGUSR1);
+ usleep(100);
}
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static void dummy_signal_handler(int signo) {}
+static struct sigaction sa;
+
+static void vcpu_sigusr_listen(void)
+{
+ sa.sa_handler = dummy_signal_handler;
+ sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, NULL);
+}
+
+static void vcpu_sigusr_ignore(void)
+{
+ sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+ sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, NULL);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
struct kvm_x86_state *state;
int r, i, level, count = 0;
+ pthread_t sigusr_thread;
gpa_t gpa, pgtable_gpa;
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
struct kvm_vm *vm;
@@ -151,18 +179,30 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
pgtable_gpa = PTE_GET_PA(pte);
}
+ /* Initialize the thread sending SIGUSR and install the handler */
+ vcpu_sigusr_ignore();
+ r = pthread_create(&sigusr_thread, NULL, sigusr_thread_fn,
+ (void *)pthread_self());
+ TEST_ASSERT(!r, "pthread_create() failed: %d", r);
+
while (count++ < NR_ITERATIONS) {
+ /*
+ * Only handle SIGUSR while the vCPU is running, otherwise
+ * ignore it to avoid interrupting other ioctls/syscalls.
+ */
+ vcpu_sigusr_listen();
r = __vcpu_run(vcpu);
- TEST_ASSERT(!r, "vcpu_run failed");
- TEST_ASSERT_KVM_EXIT_REASON(vcpu, KVM_EXIT_IO);
-
- get_ucall(vcpu, &uc);
- if (uc.cmd == UCALL_ABORT) {
+ if (r == -1)
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(errno, EINTR);
+ vcpu_sigusr_ignore();
+
+ /* The guest only exits due to a signal or failed assertion */
+ if (!r) {
+ TEST_ASSERT_KVM_EXIT_REASON(vcpu, KVM_EXIT_IO);
+ TEST_ASSERT_EQ(get_ucall(vcpu, &uc), UCALL_ABORT);
REPORT_GUEST_ASSERT(uc);
break;
}
- TEST_ASSERT_EQ(uc.cmd, UCALL_SYNC);
- TEST_ASSERT_EQ(uc.args[1], count - 1);
state = vcpu_save_state(vcpu);
@@ -175,8 +215,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
sync_global_from_guest(vm, guest_faults);
+ TEST_ASSERT(guest_faults > 0, "No guest page faults triggered");
pr_info("Guest page faults: %lu\n", guest_faults);
+ pthread_cancel(sigusr_thread);
+ pthread_join(sigusr_thread, NULL);
kvm_vm_free(vm);
return 0;
}
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