[PATCH v6 02/18] KVM: selftests: Add macros to read/write+sync to/from guest memory

Sean Christopherson seanjc at google.com
Tue Jun 9 17:53:22 PDT 2026


From: David Matlack <dmatlack at google.com>

Add SYNC_FROM_GUEST_AND_READ(vm, variable), to read a variable value
from the guest. Add WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vm, variable, value) to
write a value to a guest variable. These macros improve the readability
of code which reads and writes data between host and guest in tests.

Use the new macro in existing tests that do back-to-back write+sync.

No functional changes are intended.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack at google.com>
Co-developed-by: Josh Hilke <jrhilke at google.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Hilke <jrhilke at google.com>
[sean: massage changelog]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c  |  9 +++-----
 .../testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h  | 10 +++++++++
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/mmu_stress_test.c |  9 +++-----
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/steal_time.c      | 22 +++++++------------
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c
index 74ca096bf976..087e94a8a81a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c
@@ -708,8 +708,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 
 		sync_global_to_guest(vm, iteration);
 
-		WRITE_ONCE(nr_writes, 0);
-		sync_global_to_guest(vm, nr_writes);
+		WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vm, nr_writes, 0);
 
 		dirty_ring_prev_iteration_last_page = dirty_ring_last_page;
 		WRITE_ONCE(dirty_ring_vcpu_ring_full, false);
@@ -775,16 +774,14 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 		 * writing memory during verification, pages that this thread
 		 * sees as clean may be written with this iteration's value.
 		 */
-		WRITE_ONCE(vcpu_stop, true);
-		sync_global_to_guest(vm, vcpu_stop);
+		WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vm, vcpu_stop, true);
 		sem_wait(&sem_vcpu_stop);
 
 		/*
 		 * Clear vcpu_stop after the vCPU thread has acknowledge the
 		 * stop request and is waiting, i.e. is definitely not running!
 		 */
-		WRITE_ONCE(vcpu_stop, false);
-		sync_global_to_guest(vm, vcpu_stop);
+		WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vm, vcpu_stop, false);
 
 		/*
 		 * Sync the number of writes performed before verification, the
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
index 04a910164a29..c1f588154398 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
@@ -1138,6 +1138,16 @@ vm_adjust_num_guest_pages(enum vm_guest_mode mode, unsigned int num_guest_pages)
 	memcpy(&(g), _p, sizeof(g));				\
 })
 
+#define SYNC_FROM_GUEST_AND_READ(_vm, _variable) ({		\
+	sync_global_from_guest(_vm, _variable);			\
+	READ_ONCE(_variable);					\
+})
+
+#define WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(_vm, _variable, _value) do {	\
+	WRITE_ONCE(_variable, _value);				\
+	sync_global_to_guest(_vm, _variable);			\
+} while (0)
+
 /*
  * Write a global value, but only in the VM's (guest's) domain.  Primarily used
  * for "globals" that hold per-VM values (VMs always duplicate code and global
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/mmu_stress_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/mmu_stress_test.c
index 54d281419d31..473ef4c0ea9f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/mmu_stress_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/mmu_stress_test.c
@@ -155,10 +155,8 @@ static void *vcpu_worker(void *data)
 		    "Expected EFAULT on write to RO memory, got r = %d, errno = %d", r, errno);
 
 	atomic_inc(&nr_ro_faults);
-	if (atomic_read(&nr_ro_faults) == nr_vcpus) {
-		WRITE_ONCE(all_vcpus_hit_ro_fault, true);
-		sync_global_to_guest(vm, all_vcpus_hit_ro_fault);
-	}
+	if (atomic_read(&nr_ro_faults) == nr_vcpus)
+		WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vm, all_vcpus_hit_ro_fault, true);
 
 #if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__aarch64__)
 	/*
@@ -383,8 +381,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	rendezvous_with_vcpus(&time_run2, "run 2");
 
 	mprotect(mem, slot_size, PROT_READ);
-	mprotect_ro_done = true;
-	sync_global_to_guest(vm, mprotect_ro_done);
+	WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vm, mprotect_ro_done, true);
 
 	rendezvous_with_vcpus(&time_ro, "mprotect RO");
 	mprotect(mem, slot_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/steal_time.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/steal_time.c
index 76fcdd1fd3cb..2de87549fcc0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/steal_time.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/steal_time.c
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ static bool is_steal_time_supported(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 static void steal_time_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 i)
 {
 	/* ST_GPA_BASE is identity mapped */
-	st_gva[i] = (void *)(ST_GPA_BASE + i * STEAL_TIME_SIZE);
-	sync_global_to_guest(vcpu->vm, st_gva[i]);
+	WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vcpu->vm, st_gva[i],
+				(void *)(ST_GPA_BASE + i * STEAL_TIME_SIZE));
 
 	vcpu_set_msr(vcpu, MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME, (ulong)st_gva[i] | KVM_MSR_ENABLED);
 }
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ static void steal_time_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 i)
 	};
 
 	/* ST_GPA_BASE is identity mapped */
-	st_gva[i] = (void *)(ST_GPA_BASE + i * STEAL_TIME_SIZE);
-	sync_global_to_guest(vm, st_gva[i]);
+	WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vm, st_gva[i], (void *)(ST_GPA_BASE + i * STEAL_TIME_SIZE));
 
 	st_ipa = (ulong)st_gva[i];
 	vcpu_ioctl(vcpu, KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR, &dev);
@@ -310,10 +309,8 @@ static bool is_steal_time_supported(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 static void steal_time_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 i)
 {
 	/* ST_GPA_BASE is identity mapped */
-	st_gva[i] = (void *)(ST_GPA_BASE + i * STEAL_TIME_SIZE);
-	st_gpa[i] = addr_gva2gpa(vcpu->vm, (gva_t)st_gva[i]);
-	sync_global_to_guest(vcpu->vm, st_gva[i]);
-	sync_global_to_guest(vcpu->vm, st_gpa[i]);
+	WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vcpu->vm, st_gva[i], (void *)(ST_GPA_BASE + i * STEAL_TIME_SIZE));
+	WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vcpu->vm, st_gpa[i], addr_gva2gpa(vcpu->vm, (gva_t)st_gva[i]));
 }
 
 static void steal_time_dump(struct kvm_vm *vm, u32 vcpu_idx)
@@ -442,8 +439,7 @@ static void steal_time_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 i)
 	};
 
 	/* ST_GPA_BASE is identity mapped */
-	st_gva[i] = (void *)(ST_GPA_BASE + i * STEAL_TIME_SIZE);
-	sync_global_to_guest(vm, st_gva[i]);
+	WRITE_AND_SYNC_TO_GUEST(vm, st_gva[i], (void *)(ST_GPA_BASE + i * STEAL_TIME_SIZE));
 
 	err = __vcpu_ioctl(vcpu, KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR, &attr);
 	TEST_ASSERT(err == 0, "No PV stealtime Feature");
@@ -549,8 +545,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 
 		/* Second VCPU run, expect guest stolen time to be <= run_delay */
 		run_vcpu(vcpus[i]);
-		sync_global_from_guest(vm, guest_stolen_time[i]);
-		stolen_time = guest_stolen_time[i];
+		stolen_time = SYNC_FROM_GUEST_AND_READ(vm, guest_stolen_time[i]);
 		run_delay = get_run_delay();
 		TEST_ASSERT(stolen_time <= run_delay,
 			    "Expected stolen time <= %ld, got %ld",
@@ -570,8 +565,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 
 		/* Run VCPU again to confirm stolen time is consistent with run_delay */
 		run_vcpu(vcpus[i]);
-		sync_global_from_guest(vm, guest_stolen_time[i]);
-		stolen_time = guest_stolen_time[i] - stolen_time;
+		stolen_time = SYNC_FROM_GUEST_AND_READ(vm, guest_stolen_time[i]) - stolen_time;
 		TEST_ASSERT(stolen_time >= run_delay,
 			    "Expected stolen time >= %ld, got %ld",
 			    run_delay, stolen_time);
-- 
2.54.0.1099.g489fc7bff1-goog




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