[PATCH v4 19/20] tools/testing/vma: add test to assert MAP_PRIVATE-/dev/zero is anon

"Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <[email protected]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:21:44 +0100
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Message-ID <20260806-b4-scalable-cow-virt-pgoff-v4-19-ab318a350404@kernel.org>
Now we've made MAP_PRIVATE-mapped /dev/zero mappings truly anonymous, add a
VMA userland test to assert that this is the case and everything is as
we would expect for an anonymous mapping.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <[email protected]>
---
 tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h |  1 +
 tools/testing/vma/tests/mmap.c  | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h b/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
index aee36707abdd..41203b1c2323 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct task_struct *get_current(void);
 
 #define MAJOR(dev)	((unsigned int) ((dev) >> MINORBITS))
 #define MINOR(dev)	((unsigned int) ((dev) & MINORMASK))
+#define MKDEV(ma, mi)	(((ma) << MINORBITS) | (mi))
 
 #define S_IFMT  00170000
 #define S_IFCHR  0020000
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/tests/mmap.c b/tools/testing/vma/tests/mmap.c
index c85bc000d1cb..ebe01362e530 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/tests/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/tests/mmap.c
@@ -45,7 +45,57 @@ static bool test_mmap_region_basic(void)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static int dummy_mmap_prepare(struct vm_area_desc *desc)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool test_pure_anon_dev_zero(void)
+{
+	const vma_flags_t vma_flags = mk_vma_flags(VMA_READ_BIT, VMA_WRITE_BIT,
+			VMA_MAYREAD_BIT, VMA_MAYWRITE_BIT);
+	const struct file_operations f_op = {
+		.mmap_prepare = dummy_mmap_prepare,
+	};
+	struct inode inode = {
+		.i_mode = S_IFCHR,
+		.i_rdev = MKDEV(MEM_MAJOR, DEVZERO_MINOR),
+	};
+	struct file file = {
+		.f_inode = &inode,
+		.f_op = &f_op,
+	};
+	struct mm_struct mm = {};
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+	unsigned long addr;
+	VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, &mm, 0);
+
+	current->mm = &mm;
+
+	/*
+	 * Map a MAP_PRIVATE-/dev/zero mapping at address 0x300000 with a page
+	 * offset of 0x10, which we expect to be reset to the anonymous page
+	 * offset.
+	 */
+	addr = __mmap_region(&file, 0x300000, 0x3000, vma_flags, 0x10, NULL);
+	ASSERT_EQ(addr, 0x300000);
+
+	/* Assert that it truly is an anonymous mapping. */
+	vma = vma_lookup(&mm, addr);
+	ASSERT_NE(vma, NULL);
+	ASSERT_TRUE(vma_is_anonymous(vma));
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma->vm_file, NULL);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma->vm_private_data, NULL);
+	/* Expect anonymous page offsets. */
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma->vm_pgoff, 0x300);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma_start_anon_pgoff(vma), 0x300);
+
+	cleanup_mm(&mm, &vmi);
+	return true;
+}
+
 static void run_mmap_tests(int *num_tests, int *num_fail)
 {
 	TEST(mmap_region_basic);
+	TEST(pure_anon_dev_zero);
 }

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