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From: Alban Crequy <alban.crequy@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
	"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
	Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	Alban Crequy <alban.crequy@gmail.com>,
	Alban Crequy <albancrequy@microsoft.com>,
	Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/mm: add tests for process_vm_readv flags
Date: Wed,  8 Apr 2026 16:54:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260408145436.843538-3-alban.crequy@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408145436.843538-1-alban.crequy@gmail.com>

From: Alban Crequy <albancrequy@microsoft.com>

Add selftests for the PROCESS_VM_PIDFD and PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT flags
introduced in process_vm_readv/writev.

Tests cover:
- basic read with no flags
- invalid flags (EINVAL)
- invalid address (EFAULT)
- flag validation precedence over address validation
- PROCESS_VM_PIDFD: read via pidfd
- PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT: read from resident memory
- PROCESS_VM_PIDFD | PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT combined
- userfaultfd blocking read (no flags)
- PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT with userfaultfd (non-blocking, returns EFAULT)

Signed-off-by: Alban Crequy <albancrequy@microsoft.com>
---
New in v2.

 tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile           |   1 +
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/process_vm_readv.c | 368 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 369 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/mm/process_vm_readv.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
index 7a5de4e9bf52..056d9d961f6b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES += droppable
 TEST_GEN_FILES += guard-regions
 TEST_GEN_FILES += merge
 TEST_GEN_FILES += rmap
+TEST_GEN_FILES += process_vm_readv
 
 ifneq ($(ARCH),arm64)
 TEST_GEN_FILES += soft-dirty
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/process_vm_readv.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/process_vm_readv.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc25471410b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/process_vm_readv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,368 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/uio.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/userfaultfd.h>
+
+#include "kselftest_harness.h"
+
+#ifndef PROCESS_VM_PIDFD
+#define PROCESS_VM_PIDFD	(1UL << 0)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT
+#define PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT	(1UL << 1)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __NR_pidfd_open
+#define __NR_pidfd_open 434
+#endif
+
+static int sys_pidfd_open(pid_t pid, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_pidfd_open, pid, flags);
+}
+
+static const uint8_t test_data[] = { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04,
+				     0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08 };
+#define POISON_BYTE 0xCC
+
+/*
+ * Test: basic process_vm_readv with no flags
+ */
+TEST(read_basic)
+{
+	uint8_t buf[sizeof(test_data)];
+	struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf) };
+	struct iovec remote_iov = {
+		.iov_base = (void *)test_data,
+		.iov_len = sizeof(test_data)
+	};
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	memset(buf, POISON_BYTE, sizeof(buf));
+	n = process_vm_readv(getpid(), &local_iov, 1, &remote_iov, 1, 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(sizeof(test_data), n);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, memcmp(buf, test_data, sizeof(test_data)));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test: invalid flags should return EINVAL
+ */
+TEST(read_invalid_flags)
+{
+	uint8_t buf[8] = { 0 };
+	struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf) };
+	struct iovec remote_iov = {
+		.iov_base = (void *)test_data,
+		.iov_len = sizeof(test_data)
+	};
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	n = process_vm_readv(getpid(), &local_iov, 1, &remote_iov, 1, 255);
+	ASSERT_EQ(-1, n);
+	ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test: invalid address should return EFAULT
+ */
+TEST(read_invalid_address)
+{
+	uint8_t buf[8] = { 0 };
+	struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf) };
+	struct iovec remote_iov = { .iov_base = NULL, .iov_len = 8 };
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	n = process_vm_readv(getpid(), &local_iov, 1, &remote_iov, 1, 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(-1, n);
+	ASSERT_EQ(EFAULT, errno);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test: invalid address with invalid flags should return EINVAL
+ * (flag check happens before address validation)
+ */
+TEST(read_invalid_address_invalid_flags)
+{
+	uint8_t buf[8] = { 0 };
+	struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf) };
+	struct iovec remote_iov = { .iov_base = NULL, .iov_len = 8 };
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	n = process_vm_readv(getpid(), &local_iov, 1, &remote_iov, 1, 255);
+	ASSERT_EQ(-1, n);
+	ASSERT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test: invalid address with all valid flags should return EFAULT
+ * (flags are valid so we get past the flag check to the address check)
+ */
+TEST(read_invalid_address_all_valid_flags)
+{
+	int pidfd;
+	struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = NULL, .iov_len = 8 };
+	struct iovec remote_iov = { .iov_base = NULL, .iov_len = 8 };
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	pidfd = sys_pidfd_open(getpid(), 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(pidfd, 0);
+
+	n = process_vm_readv(pidfd, &local_iov, 1, &remote_iov, 1,
+			     PROCESS_VM_PIDFD | PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT);
+	ASSERT_EQ(-1, n);
+	ASSERT_EQ(EFAULT, errno);
+
+	close(pidfd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test: read with PIDFD flag
+ */
+TEST(read_pidfd)
+{
+	uint8_t buf[sizeof(test_data)];
+	struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf) };
+	struct iovec remote_iov = {
+		.iov_base = (void *)test_data,
+		.iov_len = sizeof(test_data)
+	};
+	ssize_t n;
+	int pidfd;
+
+	memset(buf, POISON_BYTE, sizeof(buf));
+	pidfd = sys_pidfd_open(getpid(), 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(pidfd, 0);
+
+	n = process_vm_readv(pidfd, &local_iov, 1, &remote_iov, 1,
+			     PROCESS_VM_PIDFD);
+	ASSERT_EQ(sizeof(test_data), n);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, memcmp(buf, test_data, sizeof(test_data)));
+
+	close(pidfd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test: read with NOWAIT from resident memory (should succeed)
+ */
+TEST(read_nowait_resident)
+{
+	uint8_t buf[sizeof(test_data)];
+	struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf) };
+	struct iovec remote_iov = {
+		.iov_base = (void *)test_data,
+		.iov_len = sizeof(test_data)
+	};
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	memset(buf, POISON_BYTE, sizeof(buf));
+	n = process_vm_readv(getpid(), &local_iov, 1, &remote_iov, 1,
+			     PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT);
+	ASSERT_EQ(sizeof(test_data), n);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, memcmp(buf, test_data, sizeof(test_data)));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test: read with PIDFD + NOWAIT from resident memory
+ */
+TEST(read_pidfd_nowait_resident)
+{
+	uint8_t buf[sizeof(test_data)];
+	struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf) };
+	struct iovec remote_iov = {
+		.iov_base = (void *)test_data,
+		.iov_len = sizeof(test_data)
+	};
+	ssize_t n;
+	int pidfd;
+
+	memset(buf, POISON_BYTE, sizeof(buf));
+	pidfd = sys_pidfd_open(getpid(), 0);
+	ASSERT_GE(pidfd, 0);
+
+	n = process_vm_readv(pidfd, &local_iov, 1, &remote_iov, 1,
+			     PROCESS_VM_PIDFD | PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT);
+	ASSERT_EQ(sizeof(test_data), n);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, memcmp(buf, test_data, sizeof(test_data)));
+
+	close(pidfd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Userfaultfd helpers for NOWAIT tests
+ */
+static int setup_userfaultfd(void)
+{
+	struct uffdio_api api = { .api = UFFD_API };
+	int uffd;
+
+	uffd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
+	if (uffd < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_API, &api)) {
+		close(uffd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return uffd;
+}
+
+static void *register_uffd_region(int uffd, size_t size)
+{
+	struct uffdio_register reg;
+	void *mem;
+
+	mem = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+		   MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+	if (mem == MAP_FAILED)
+		return NULL;
+
+	reg.range.start = (unsigned long)mem;
+	reg.range.len = size;
+	reg.mode = UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING;
+	if (ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_REGISTER, &reg)) {
+		munmap(mem, size);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return mem;
+}
+
+struct uffd_handler_args {
+	int uffd;
+	const void *content;
+	size_t content_len;
+};
+
+static void *uffd_handler_thread(void *arg)
+{
+	struct uffd_handler_args *ha = arg;
+	struct uffd_msg msg;
+	struct uffdio_copy copy;
+	struct pollfd pfd = {
+		.fd = ha->uffd,
+		.events = POLLIN
+	};
+	void *page;
+	long page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+	int ret;
+
+	page = mmap(NULL, page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+		    MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+	if (page == MAP_FAILED)
+		return (void *)(long)-ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(page, ha->content, ha->content_len);
+
+	ret = poll(&pfd, 1, 5000);
+	if (ret <= 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (read(ha->uffd, &msg, sizeof(msg)) != sizeof(msg))
+		goto out;
+
+	if (msg.event != UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT)
+		goto out;
+
+	copy.dst = msg.arg.pagefault.address & ~(page_size - 1);
+	copy.src = (unsigned long)page;
+	copy.len = page_size;
+	copy.mode = 0;
+	ioctl(ha->uffd, UFFDIO_COPY, &copy);
+
+out:
+	munmap(page, page_size);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test: read from userfaultfd-registered memory (no flags, should block
+ * until page fault is resolved by handler thread)
+ */
+TEST(read_userfaultfd_blocking)
+{
+	int uffd;
+	void *mem;
+	long page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+	uint8_t buf[sizeof(test_data)];
+	struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf) };
+	struct iovec remote_iov;
+	struct uffd_handler_args ha;
+	pthread_t handler;
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	memset(buf, POISON_BYTE, sizeof(buf));
+
+	uffd = setup_userfaultfd();
+	ASSERT_GE(uffd, 0);
+
+	mem = register_uffd_region(uffd, page_size);
+	ASSERT_NE(NULL, mem);
+
+	ha.uffd = uffd;
+	ha.content = test_data;
+	ha.content_len = sizeof(test_data);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, pthread_create(&handler, NULL, uffd_handler_thread, &ha));
+
+	remote_iov.iov_base = mem;
+	remote_iov.iov_len = sizeof(test_data);
+	n = process_vm_readv(getpid(), &local_iov, 1, &remote_iov, 1, 0);
+	ASSERT_EQ(sizeof(test_data), n);
+	ASSERT_EQ(0, memcmp(buf, test_data, sizeof(test_data)));
+
+	pthread_join(handler, NULL);
+	munmap(mem, page_size);
+	close(uffd);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Test: read with NOWAIT from userfaultfd-registered memory that has
+ * not been faulted in yet. Should return EFAULT (not block).
+ */
+TEST(read_nowait_userfaultfd)
+{
+	int uffd;
+	void *mem;
+	long page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+	uint8_t buf[sizeof(test_data)] = { 0 };
+	struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf) };
+	struct iovec remote_iov;
+	ssize_t n;
+
+	uffd = setup_userfaultfd();
+	ASSERT_GE(uffd, 0);
+
+	mem = register_uffd_region(uffd, page_size);
+	ASSERT_NE(NULL, mem);
+
+	/* Ensure the page is not present */
+	madvise(mem, page_size, MADV_DONTNEED);
+
+	remote_iov.iov_base = mem;
+	remote_iov.iov_len = sizeof(test_data);
+	n = process_vm_readv(getpid(), &local_iov, 1, &remote_iov, 1,
+			     PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT);
+	ASSERT_EQ(-1, n);
+	ASSERT_EQ(EFAULT, errno);
+
+	munmap(mem, page_size);
+	close(uffd);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
-- 
2.45.0



      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-08 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-08 14:54 [PATCH v2 0/2] mm/process_vm_access: pidfd and nowait support for process_vm_readv/writev Alban Crequy
2026-04-08 14:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] " Alban Crequy
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