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[RFC,34/39] KVM: selftests: Add notes in private_mem_kvm_exits_test for mmap-able guest_memfd

Message ID 0ea30ee1128f7e6d033783034b6bc48dfbabb5db.1726009989.git.ackerleytng@google.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series 1G page support for guest_memfd | expand

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Ackerley Tng Sept. 10, 2024, 11:44 p.m. UTC 
Note in comments why madvise() is not needed before setting memory to
private.

Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
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 .../selftests/kvm/x86_64/private_mem_kvm_exits_test.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/private_mem_kvm_exits_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/private_mem_kvm_exits_test.c
index 13e72fcec8dd..f8bcfc897f6a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/private_mem_kvm_exits_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/private_mem_kvm_exits_test.c
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@  static void test_private_access_memslot_deleted(void)
 
 	virt_map(vm, EXITS_TEST_GVA, EXITS_TEST_GPA, EXITS_TEST_NPAGES);
 
-	/* Request to access page privately */
+	/*
+	 * Request to access page privately. madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) not required
+	 * since memory was never mmap()-ed from guest_memfd. Anonymous memory
+	 * was used instead for this memslot's userspace_addr.
+	 */
 	vm_mem_set_private(vm, EXITS_TEST_GPA, EXITS_TEST_SIZE);
 
 	pthread_create(&vm_thread, NULL,
@@ -98,7 +102,10 @@  static void test_private_access_memslot_not_private(void)
 
 	virt_map(vm, EXITS_TEST_GVA, EXITS_TEST_GPA, EXITS_TEST_NPAGES);
 
-	/* Request to access page privately */
+	/*
+	 * Request to access page privately. madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) not required
+	 * since the affected memslot doesn't use guest_memfd.
+	 */
 	vm_mem_set_private(vm, EXITS_TEST_GPA, EXITS_TEST_SIZE);
 
 	exit_reason = run_vcpu_get_exit_reason(vcpu);