From: "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Christophe Leroy <chleroy@kernel.org>,
Anushree Mathur <anushree.mathur@linux.ibm.com>,
Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>,
Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>,
Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>,
Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 4/5] KVM: PPC: selftests: Skip idle-page check when running nested on pseries LPAR
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 09:17:27 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4e9622b3c3329cd32c120175b06bd30a933b8375.1791014924.git.ritesh.list@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1791014923.git.ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Same nested TLB/access bit issue like x86. Use the is_pseries_lpar()
check to detect when running nested kvm on pseries LPAR to only warn on
idle-page check.
Reported-by: Anushree Mathur <anushree.mathur@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Anushree Mathur <anushree.mathur@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 +
.../testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
index a7ecd7a242a9..57d1bf994fe8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS_powerpc += kvm_page_table_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_powerpc += set_memory_region_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_powerpc += memslot_modification_stress_test
TEST_GEN_PROGS_powerpc += memslot_perf_test
+TEST_GEN_PROGS_powerpc += access_tracking_perf_test
SPLIT_TESTS += arch_timer
SPLIT_TESTS += get-reg-list
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
index 4415c94b2866..94bfb82f7b79 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
@@ -470,6 +470,17 @@ static int access_tracking_unreliable(void)
puts("Skipping idle page count sanity check, because the test is run nested");
return 1;
}
+#endif
+#ifdef __powerpc64__
+ /*
+ * Nested KVM (pSeries LPAR) can hide accessed/idle, since KVM doesn't
+ * explicitely flush the TLB for access bit update. L0 keeps
+ * translations cached so the guest won't see the idle bit cleared.
+ */
+ if (is_pseries_lpar()) {
+ puts("Skipping idle page count sanity check, because the test is run nested");
+ return 1;
+ }
#endif
/*
* When NUMA balancing is enabled, guest memory will be unmapped to get
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-05 3:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-05 3:47 [PATCH v6 0/5] KVM: selftests: add powerpc support Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-05 3:47 ` [PATCH v6 1/5] KVM: PPC: selftests: add support for powerpc Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-05 3:47 ` [PATCH v6 2/5] KVM: selftests: Move memslot_perf_test off the 256M ELF load address Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-05 3:47 ` [PATCH v6 3/5] KVM: PPC: selftests: Add helper for checking if running nested Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-05 3:47 ` Ritesh Harjani (IBM) [this message]
2026-10-05 3:47 ` [PATCH v6 5/5] KVM: selftests: Don't limit LE dirty-bitmap bitops to s390x Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
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