tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vm_types_test.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++ .../selftests/kvm/x86/sev_init2_tests.c | 4 -- 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vm_types_test.c
KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES advertises the bitmap of VM types that KVM_CREATE_VM
accepts, but nothing verified that the ioctl actually enforces it: that
every advertised type can be created and every non-advertised type is
rejected. sev_init2_tests carried a TODO for this ("check that
unsupported types cannot be created. Probably a separate selftest"),
but the check is not specific to SEV or KVM_SEV_INIT2, and not even to
x86.
Add a standalone test that walks the type space and, for each value,
asserts that KVM_CREATE_VM succeeds iff the corresponding bit is set in
KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES, and otherwise fails with -EINVAL. The walk extends
past bit 31 so that out-of-range type values, which can never be
advertised in the u32 bitmap, are also confirmed to be rejected. The
test only depends on KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES, so it lives in the common set and
is skipped on architectures that don't advertise the capability.
Drop the now-addressed TODO from sev_init2_tests.c.
Tested on an AMD SEV-SNP capable host. With KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES=0x15
(DEFAULT/SEV/SNP), only the advertised types are created and everything
else is rejected:
$ strace -e trace=ioctl ./vm_types_test 2>&1 | grep KVM_CREATE_VM
ioctl(3, KVM_CREATE_VM, 0) = 4 # DEFAULT
ioctl(3, KVM_CREATE_VM, 0x1) = -1 EINVAL # SW_PROTECTED
ioctl(3, KVM_CREATE_VM, 0x2) = 4 # SEV
ioctl(3, KVM_CREATE_VM, 0x3) = -1 EINVAL # SEV-ES
ioctl(3, KVM_CREATE_VM, 0x4) = 4 # SNP
ioctl(3, KVM_CREATE_VM, 0x5) = -1 EINVAL # TDX
... 0x6..0x3f all -1 EINVAL ...
Reloading kvm_amd with sev_snp=0 drops the bitmap to 0x5 and only types
0 and 2 are then created, confirming the test tracks the advertised set
rather than hard-coded types.
Signed-off-by: Hemanth Selam <hemanth.selam@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Reworked into a separate, generic test that checks all VM types
against KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES (per review), instead of adding negative
checks to sev_init2_tests; also cover out-of-range types. Dropped the
manual fd cleanup and the redundant errno in the assert message, and
removed the addressed TODO from sev_init2_tests.c.
- Dropped the separate "SEV: Sanity check the launch measurement" patch
that accompanied v1/v2; this revision is a single patch.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260709174955.628913-1-hemanth.selam@gmail.com/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260709164751.621326-1-hemanth.selam@gmail.com/
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vm_types_test.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++
.../selftests/kvm/x86/sev_init2_tests.c | 4 --
3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vm_types_test.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
index d28a057fa6c2..ad74d0b98694 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS_COMMON += kvm_page_table_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_COMMON += set_memory_region_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_COMMON += memslot_modification_stress_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_COMMON += memslot_perf_test
+TEST_GEN_PROGS_COMMON += vm_types_test
# Compiled test targets
TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86 = $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_COMMON)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vm_types_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vm_types_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8ef3b018f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/vm_types_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Verify that KVM_CREATE_VM accepts exactly the VM types enumerated by
+ * KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES, and rejects every other type with -EINVAL.
+ */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <linux/kvm.h>
+
+#include "kvm_util.h"
+#include "test_util.h"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ unsigned int supported_types;
+ unsigned long type;
+ int kvm_fd, fd;
+
+ TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_has_cap(KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES));
+
+ kvm_fd = open_kvm_dev_path_or_exit();
+ supported_types = kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES);
+ pr_info("KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES: 0x%x\n", supported_types);
+
+ /*
+ * KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES is a u32 bitmap, so only types 0..31 can ever be
+ * advertised. Walk past that range as well to confirm that any
+ * out-of-range type is rejected rather than silently accepted.
+ */
+ for (type = 0; type < 64; type++) {
+ bool supported = type < 32 && (supported_types & (1U << type));
+
+ fd = __kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_CREATE_VM, (void *)type);
+
+ if (supported) {
+ TEST_ASSERT(fd >= 0,
+ "KVM_CREATE_VM(%lu) should succeed, KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES=0x%x",
+ type, supported_types);
+ close(fd);
+ } else {
+ TEST_ASSERT(fd < 0 && errno == EINVAL,
+ "KVM_CREATE_VM(%lu) should fail with EINVAL, KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES=0x%x",
+ type, supported_types);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sev_init2_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sev_init2_tests.c
index 8db88c355f16..d4227dc922ab 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sev_init2_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sev_init2_tests.c
@@ -77,10 +77,6 @@ void test_vm_types(void)
{
test_init2(KVM_X86_SEV_VM, &(struct kvm_sev_init){});
- /*
- * TODO: check that unsupported types cannot be created. Probably
- * a separate selftest.
- */
if (have_sev_es)
test_init2(KVM_X86_SEV_ES_VM, &(struct kvm_sev_init){});
--
2.43.7
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