[PATCH v5 8/9] KVM: PPC: selftests: Skip idle-page check when running nested on pseries LPAR

From: Ritesh Harjani (IBM)

Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 14:32:14 EST


Same nested TLB/access bit issue like x86. Use the is_pseries_lpar()
check to detect when running nested kvm on pseries LPAR to only warn on
idle-page check.

Reported-by: Anushree Mathur <anushree.mathur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
index 4415c94b2866..94bfb82f7b79 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
@@ -470,6 +470,17 @@ static int access_tracking_unreliable(void)
puts("Skipping idle page count sanity check, because the test is run nested");
return 1;
}
+#endif
+#ifdef __powerpc64__
+ /*
+ * Nested KVM (pSeries LPAR) can hide accessed/idle, since KVM doesn't
+ * explicitely flush the TLB for access bit update. L0 keeps
+ * translations cached so the guest won't see the idle bit cleared.
+ */
+ if (is_pseries_lpar()) {
+ puts("Skipping idle page count sanity check, because the test is run nested");
+ return 1;
+ }
#endif
/*
* When NUMA balancing is enabled, guest memory will be unmapped to get
--
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