Re: [PATCH v1] KVM: selftests: Improve sea_to_user test

On 1/31/26 8:37 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:28:37 +0000,
> Jiaqi Yan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Several improvments to the test for KVM_EXIT_ARM_SEA:
>>
>> - Refactor run_vm to catch GUEST_FAIL, instead of causing confusing
>>    unhandled MMIO kvm exit.
>>
>> - Sync far_invalid to guest.
>>
>> - Exit test with KSFT_SKIP or KSFT_FAIL when should.
>>
>> - Add comment about VM backing memory type.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiaqi Yan <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>   .../testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/sea_to_user.c | 94 +++++++++++--------
>>   1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> 
> Overall, this test is still pretty broken.
> 
> For example, on my Altra box:
> 
> maz@filthy-habits:~$ ./sea_to_user
> Random seed: 0x6b8b4567
> # Mapped 0x40000 pages: gva=0x80000000 to gpa=0xff80000000
> # Before EINJect: data=0xbaadcafe
> # EINJ_GVA=0x81234bad, einj_gpa=0xff81234bad, einj_hva=0xffff41234bad, einj_hpa=0xbad
> ok 1 # SKIP EINJ table not available in firmware
> 
> Well, not quite. EINJ *is* available, it is just that this test,
> contrary to *all* the other tests, requires some insanely high
> privileges. But the test is making stupid assumption.
> 
> But that's not all:
> 
> maz@filthy-habits:~$ sudo ./sea_to_user
> Random seed: 0x6b8b4567
> # Mapped 0x40000 pages: gva=0x80000000 to gpa=0xff80000000
> # Before EINJect: data=0xbaadcafe
> # EINJ_GVA=0x81234bad, einj_gpa=0xff81234bad, einj_hva=0xffff41234bad, einj_hpa=0x80041234bad
> # echo 0x10 > /sys/kernel/debug/apei/einj/error_type - done
> # echo 0x2 > /sys/kernel/debug/apei/einj/flags - done
> # echo 0x80041234bad > /sys/kernel/debug/apei/einj/param1 - done
> # echo 0xffffffffffffffff > /sys/kernel/debug/apei/einj/param2 - done
> # echo 0x1 > /sys/kernel/debug/apei/einj/notrigger - done
> sh: 1: echo: echo: I/O error
> Bail out! Failed to write EINJ entry: Success (0)
> # Totals: pass:0 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
> 
> Failed? Or Success? Who knows...
> 
> But frankly, the whole "embedded shell script" is disgusting. What is
> wrong with driving the injection from the test itself, rather than
> this access()+popen()? popen() itself is a liability (see the man page
> for system()), and should never be used for this sort of things.
> 
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/sea_to_user.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/sea_to_user.c
>> index 573dd790aeb8e..4a3511fa1f940 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/sea_to_user.c
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/sea_to_user.c
>> @@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
>>    * including the notrigger feature. Otherwise the test will be skipped.
>>    * The under-test platform's APEI should be unable to claim SEA. Otherwise
>>    * the test will also be skipped.
>> + *
>> + * The VM backing memory is tied to HugeTLB 1G hugepage so far. Make sure
>> + * there are more than 4 1G hugepage on the system. They can be allocated
> 
> Why *more than*? Isn't that *at least* instead?
> 
>> + * at runtime by:
>> + *   echo 4 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-1048576kB/nr_hugepages
>>    */
> 
> Why can't you provide an adequate diagnostic instead of this stuff:
> 
> maz@filthy-habits:~$ ./sea_to_user
> Random seed: 0x6b8b4567
> ==== Test Assertion Failure ====
>    include/kvm_syscalls.h:58: mem != MAP_FAILED
>    pid=887 tid=887 errno=12 - Cannot allocate memory
>       1	0x0000000000405b4f: __kvm_mmap at kvm_syscalls.h:58 (discriminator 3)
>       2	 (inlined by) kvm_mmap at kvm_syscalls.h:65 (discriminator 3)
>       3	 (inlined by) vm_mem_add at kvm_util.c:1036 (discriminator 3)
>       4	0x0000000000402373: vm_create_with_sea_handler at sea_to_user.c:290
>       5	 (inlined by) main at sea_to_user.c:336
>       6	0x0000ffffb0dc229b: ?? ??:0
>       7	0x0000ffffb0dc237b: ?? ??:0
>       8	0x00000000004027ef: _start at ??:?
>    mmap() failed, rc: -1 errno: 12 (Cannot allocate memory)
> 
> What is preventing you from not requiring huge pages? And not
> requiring 4kB as the base page size?
> 
> Given how broken this is, I'm likely to disable this test until you
> fix it for real.

Pls help review the expect output:

# selftests: kvm: sea_to_user
# Random seed: 0x6b8b4567
# # Mapped 0x40000 pages: gva=0x80000000 to gpa=0xff80000000
# # Before EINJect: data=0xbaadcafe
# # EINJ_GVA=0x81234bad, einj_gpa=0xff81234bad, einj_hva=0xffff41234bad, 
einj_hpa=0x2141234bad
# 1..0 # SKIP EINJ debugfs interface not available; run as root with 
CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_EINJ and firmware EINJ support
ok 1 selftests: kvm: sea_to_user # SKIP
# 1 skipped test(s) detected.  Consider enabling relevant config options 
to improve coverage.
# Totals: pass:0 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:1 error:0

, and the diff behind:

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/sea_to_user.c 
b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/sea_to_user.c
index a23d74ed45035..7e86cbeb55291 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/sea_to_user.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/sea_to_user.c
@@ -86,25 +86,32 @@ static u64 translate_hva_to_hpa(unsigned long hva)

  static void write_einj_entry(const char *einj_path, u64 val)
  {
-	char cmd[256] = {0};
-	FILE *cmdfile = NULL;
+	char buf[32];
+	int fd, len, ret;

-	sprintf(cmd, "echo %#lx > %s", val, einj_path);
-	cmdfile = popen(cmd, "r");
+	fd = open(einj_path, O_WRONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		ksft_exit_fail_perror(einj_path);

-	if (pclose(cmdfile) == 0)
-		ksft_print_msg("echo %#lx > %s - done\n", val, einj_path);
-	else
-		ksft_exit_fail_perror("Failed to write EINJ entry");
+	len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%#lx\n", val);
+	ret = write(fd, buf, len);
+	if (ret != len)
+		ksft_exit_fail_perror(einj_path);
+
+	close(fd);
+	ksft_print_msg("%#lx > %s - done\n", val, einj_path);
  }

  static void inject_uer(u64 hpa)
  {
-	if (access("/sys/firmware/acpi/tables/EINJ", R_OK) == -1)
-		ksft_test_result_skip("EINJ table no available in firmware");
-
+	/*
+	 * Reading the ACPI EINJ table requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN, so a plain
+	 * access() check gives a false negative for unprivileged runs. Probe
+	 * the debugfs EINJ interface instead: it is only present when both
+	 * firmware and the kernel EINJ driver support error injection.
+	 */
  	if (access(EINJ_ETYPE, R_OK | W_OK) == -1)
-		ksft_test_result_skip("EINJ module probably not loaded?");
+		ksft_exit_skip("EINJ debugfs interface not available; run as root 
with CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_EINJ and firmware EINJ support\n");

  	write_einj_entry(EINJ_ETYPE, ERROR_TYPE_MEMORY_UER);
  	write_einj_entry(EINJ_FLAGS, MASK_MEMORY_UER);
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	M.
>