[LTP] [PATCH] userfaultfd: Add test using UFFDIO_POISON
Petr Vorel
pvorel@suse.cz
Fri Feb 6 15:47:54 CET 2026
Hi Ricardo,
...
> +static void sigbus_handler(int sig)
> +{
> + if (sig == SIGBUS) {
> + sigbus_seen = 1;
> + siglongjmp(jmpbuf, 1);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static void set_pages(void)
> +{
> + page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
> + page = SAFE_MMAP(NULL, page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
> + MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
> +}
> +
> +static void reset_pages(void)
> +{
> + SAFE_MUNMAP(page, page_size);
> +}
> +
> +static void *handle_thread(void)
> +{
> + static struct uffd_msg msg;
> + struct uffdio_poison uffdio_poison = {};
> + struct pollfd pollfd;
> + int nready;
> +
> + SAFE_PTHREAD_BARRIER_WAIT(&barrier);
> +
> + pollfd.fd = uffd;
> + pollfd.events = POLLIN;
> + nready = poll(&pollfd, 1, -1);
> + if (nready == -1)
> + tst_brk(TBROK | TERRNO, "Error on poll");
> +
> + SAFE_READ(1, uffd, &msg, sizeof(msg));
> +
> + if (msg.event != UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT)
> + tst_brk(TFAIL, "Received unexpected UFFD_EVENT %d", msg.event);
> +
> + poison_fault_seen = 1;
> +
> + /* Poison the page that triggered the fault */
> + uffdio_poison.range.start = msg.arg.pagefault.address & ~(page_size - 1);
> + uffdio_poison.range.len = page_size;
> +
> + SAFE_IOCTL(uffd, UFFDIO_POISON, &uffdio_poison);
CI shows old toolchains fail due:
error: 'UFFDIO_POISON' undeclared
We need a fallback definition in include/lapi/userfaultfd.h.
> +
> + close(uffd);
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static void run(void)
> +{
> + pthread_t thr;
> + struct uffdio_api uffdio_api = {};
> + struct uffdio_register uffdio_register;
> + struct sigaction sa = {};
> + volatile char dummy;
> +
> + sa.sa_handler = sigbus_handler;
> + sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
> + SAFE_SIGACTION(SIGBUS, &sa, NULL);
> +
> + set_pages();
> +
> + uffd = SAFE_USERFAULTFD(O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK, false);
> +
> + uffdio_api.api = UFFD_API;
> + uffdio_api.features = UFFD_FEATURE_POISON;
> +
> + SAFE_IOCTL(uffd, UFFDIO_API, &uffdio_api);
> +
> + uffdio_register.range.start = (unsigned long) page;
> + uffdio_register.range.len = page_size;
> + uffdio_register.mode = UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING;
> +
> + SAFE_IOCTL(uffd, UFFDIO_REGISTER, &uffdio_register);
> +
> + SAFE_PTHREAD_BARRIER_INIT(&barrier, NULL, 2);
> + SAFE_PTHREAD_CREATE(&thr, NULL, (void *) handle_thread, NULL);
> +
> + SAFE_PTHREAD_BARRIER_WAIT(&barrier);
> +
> + /* Try to read from the page: should trigger fault, get poisoned, then SIGBUS */
> + if (sigsetjmp(jmpbuf, 1) == 0) {
> + dummy = page[0];
> + (void)dummy;
> + }
> +
> + SAFE_PTHREAD_JOIN(thr, NULL);
> + SAFE_PTHREAD_BARRIER_DESTROY(&barrier);
> + reset_pages();
If any of the SAFE_* functions fail, reset_pages() is not called.
We should call it also in cleanup(), guard it with variable not to be munmapped
twice.
The rest LGTM.
Kind regards,
Petr
> +
> + if (poison_fault_seen && sigbus_seen) {
> + tst_res(TPASS, "POISON successfully triggered SIGBUS");
> + } else if (poison_fault_seen && !sigbus_seen) {
> + tst_res(TFAIL, "POISON fault seen but no SIGBUS received");
> + } else if (!poison_fault_seen && sigbus_seen) {
> + tst_res(TFAIL, "SIGBUS received but no poison fault seen");
> + } else {
> + tst_res(TFAIL, "No poison fault or SIGBUS observed");
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static struct tst_test test = {
> + .test_all = run,
> + .min_kver = "6.6",
> +};
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