From: "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
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 v5 8/9] KVM: PPC: selftests: Skip idle-page check when running nested on pseries LPAR
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:58:52 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fd4a29b096f5ffa23198cfea469a0ea0f535bf13.1790101179.git.ritesh.list@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1790101179.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>
Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
---
.../testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
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:[~2026-09-22 18:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-22 18:28 [PATCH v5 0/9] KVM: selftests: add powerpc support Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-09-22 18:28 ` [PATCH v5 1/9] KVM: PPC: selftests: add support for powerpc Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-09-22 18:28 ` [PATCH v5 2/9] KVM: selftests: Enable kvm_create_max_vcpus test " Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-09-22 18:28 ` [PATCH v5 3/9] KVM: selftests: Don't limit LE dirty-bitmap bitops to s390x Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-09-22 18:28 ` [PATCH v5 4/9] KVM: selftests: Split out a KVM_CREATE_VCPU helper that can fail Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-09-22 18:28 ` [PATCH v5 5/9] KVM: selftests: Make kvm_create_max_vcpus tolerate ENOMEM Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-09-22 18:28 ` [PATCH v5 6/9] KVM: selftests: Limit the number of VM creates in hardware_disable_test Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-09-22 18:28 ` [PATCH v5 7/9] KVM: PPC: selftests: Make nested case on pseries LPARs as resource constrained Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-09-22 18:28 ` Ritesh Harjani (IBM) [this message]
2026-09-22 18:28 ` [PATCH v5 9/9] KVM: selftests: Move memslot_perf_test off the 256M ELF load address Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
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