[PATCH v2 2/5] KVM: arm64: selftests: Fix incorrect rounding in page_align()

Andrew Jones andrew.jones at linux.dev
Mon Dec 22 10:06:08 PST 2025


On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 04:51:52PM +0000, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> The implementation of `page_align()` in `processor.c` calculates
> alignment incorrectly for values that are already aligned. Specifically,
> `(v + vm->page_size) & ~(vm->page_size - 1)` aligns to the *next* page
> boundary even if `v` is already page-aligned, potentially wasting a page
> of memory.
> 
> Fix the calculation to use standard alignment logic: `(v + vm->page_size
> - 1) & ~(vm->page_size - 1)`.
> 
> Fixes: 7a6629ef746d ("kvm: selftests: add virt mem support for aarch64")
> Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c
> index 5b379da8cb90..607a4e462984 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static vm_vaddr_t exception_handlers;
>  
>  static uint64_t page_align(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint64_t v)
>  {
> -	return (v + vm->page_size) & ~(vm->page_size - 1);
> +	return (v + vm->page_size - 1) & ~(vm->page_size - 1);
>  }
>  
>  static uint64_t pgd_index(struct kvm_vm *vm, vm_vaddr_t gva)
> -- 
> 2.52.0.239.gd5f0c6e74e-goog
> 
>

Thanks for finding and fixing this. I'll get my paper bag out later.

Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones at linux.dev>



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