[PATCH v3 10/12] KVM: selftests: Add helper APIs to cancel+join pthreads

Sean Christopherson seanjc at google.com
Fri Jul 31 12:56:10 PDT 2026


Deduplicate test code that does cancel()+join() on pthreads by adding a
collection of syscall wrappers.  The tests that asynchronously cancel
pthreads, i.e. use PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS, are particularly ugly,
especially since it's not immediately obvious why those tests assert on
the thread being CANCELED, whereas others do not.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
---
 .../selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h      | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_ipi.c  | 15 ++----------
 .../selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c      | 15 ++----------
 .../selftests/kvm/x86/recalc_apic_map_test.c  |  3 +--
 .../selftests/kvm/x86/sync_regs_test.c        |  3 +--
 .../selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c        | 15 ++----------
 .../selftests/kvm/x86/xen_shinfo_test.c       |  3 +--
 7 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
index d6c18e13b9c8..c0657e54aee5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
@@ -104,6 +104,30 @@ __KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(pthread_create, 4, pthread_t *, thread,
 __KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(pthread_join, 2, pthread_t, thread, void **, thread_return);
 __KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(pthread_cancel, 1, pthread_t, thread);
 
+static inline void __kvm_pthread_cancel_join(pthread_t thread, void **r)
+{
+	kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
+	kvm_pthread_join(thread, r);
+}
+
+static inline void kvm_pthread_cancel_join(pthread_t thread)
+{
+	__kvm_pthread_cancel_join(thread, NULL);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Cancel+Join a pthread that was configured with PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS
+ * and is expected to exit only in response to cancellation.
+ */
+static inline void kvm_pthread_cancel_join_async(pthread_t thread)
+{
+	void *r;
+
+	__kvm_pthread_cancel_join(thread, &r);
+	TEST_ASSERT(r == PTHREAD_CANCELED,
+		    "expected retval=%p, got %p", PTHREAD_CANCELED, r);
+}
+
 #define kvm_free_fd(fd)		\
 do {				\
 	kvm_close(fd);		\
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_ipi.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_ipi.c
index d2efb1043534..a2fc0bca8011 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_ipi.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_ipi.c
@@ -222,17 +222,6 @@ static void *vcpu_thread(void *arg)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void cancel_join_vcpu_thread(pthread_t thread, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	void *retval;
-
-	kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
-	kvm_pthread_join(thread, &retval);
-	TEST_ASSERT(retval == PTHREAD_CANCELED,
-		    "expected retval=%p, got %p", PTHREAD_CANCELED,
-		    retval);
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct kvm_vm *vm;
@@ -293,8 +282,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 done:
-	cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[0], vcpu[1]);
-	cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[1], vcpu[2]);
+	kvm_pthread_cancel_join_async(threads[0]);
+	kvm_pthread_cancel_join_async(threads[1]);
 	kvm_vm_free(vm);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c
index e4fc9bb6f329..dc9d40830a7f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c
@@ -548,17 +548,6 @@ static void *vcpu_thread(void *arg)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void cancel_join_vcpu_thread(pthread_t thread, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	void *retval;
-
-	kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
-	kvm_pthread_join(thread, &retval);
-	TEST_ASSERT(retval == PTHREAD_CANCELED,
-		    "expected retval=%p, got %p", PTHREAD_CANCELED,
-		    retval);
-}
-
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct kvm_vm *vm;
@@ -652,8 +641,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 done:
-	cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[0], vcpu[1]);
-	cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[1], vcpu[2]);
+	kvm_pthread_cancel_join_async(threads[0]);
+	kvm_pthread_cancel_join_async(threads[1]);
 	kvm_vm_free(vm);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/recalc_apic_map_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/recalc_apic_map_test.c
index e3e397f32bff..6252a96320ee 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/recalc_apic_map_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/recalc_apic_map_test.c
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ int main(void)
 		vcpu_set_msr(vcpuN, MSR_IA32_APICBASE, LAPIC_DISABLED);
 	}
 
-	kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
-	kvm_pthread_join(thread, NULL);
+	kvm_pthread_cancel_join(thread);
 
 	kvm_vm_free(vm);
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sync_regs_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sync_regs_test.c
index 99a5bbeffc5d..ed0c21b427c9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sync_regs_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/sync_regs_test.c
@@ -199,8 +199,7 @@ static void race_sync_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, void *racer)
 		}
 	}
 
-	kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
-	kvm_pthread_join(thread, NULL);
+	kvm_pthread_cancel_join(thread);
 
 	kvm_x86_state_cleanup(state);
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c
index 33e78b284c67..469e3ab16460 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c
@@ -228,17 +228,6 @@ static void *vcpu_thread(void *arg)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void cancel_join_vcpu_thread(pthread_t thread, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	void *retval;
-
-	kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
-	kvm_pthread_join(thread, &retval);
-	TEST_ASSERT(retval == PTHREAD_CANCELED,
-		    "expected retval=%p, got %p", PTHREAD_CANCELED,
-		    retval);
-}
-
 void do_migrations(struct test_data_page *data, int run_secs, int delay_usecs,
 		   u64 *pipis_rcvd)
 {
@@ -450,8 +439,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/*
 	 * Cancel threads and wait for them to stop.
 	 */
-	cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[0], params[0].vcpu);
-	cancel_join_vcpu_thread(threads[1], params[1].vcpu);
+	kvm_pthread_cancel_join_async(threads[0]);
+	kvm_pthread_cancel_join_async(threads[1]);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the host support Idle HLT, i.e. KVM *might* be using Idle HLT,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xen_shinfo_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xen_shinfo_test.c
index 3ec5e67b21ef..aaa414c677ad 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xen_shinfo_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xen_shinfo_test.c
@@ -947,8 +947,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				TEST_ASSERT(!evtchn_irq_expected,
 					    "Expected event channel IRQ but it didn't happen");
 
-				kvm_pthread_cancel(thread);
-				kvm_pthread_join(thread, 0);
+				kvm_pthread_cancel_join(thread);
 				goto done;
 
 			case TEST_GUEST_SAW_IRQ:
-- 
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