diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
index ba24691719ef..74e99a2b1b49 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),s390)
 	UNAME_M := s390x
 endif
 
-LIBKVM = lib/assert.c lib/elf.c lib/io.c lib/kvm_util.c lib/sparsebit.c lib/test_util.c lib/guest_modes.c
+LIBKVM = lib/assert.c lib/elf.c lib/io.c lib/kvm_util.c lib/sparsebit.c lib/test_util.c lib/guest_modes.c lib/perf_test_util.c
 LIBKVM_x86_64 = lib/x86_64/processor.c lib/x86_64/vmx.c lib/x86_64/svm.c lib/x86_64/ucall.c lib/x86_64/handlers.S
 LIBKVM_aarch64 = lib/aarch64/processor.c lib/aarch64/ucall.c
 LIBKVM_s390x = lib/s390x/processor.c lib/s390x/ucall.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
index b0c41de32e9b..cdad1eca72f7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@
 #define PER_VCPU_DEBUG(...) _no_printf(__VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
 
+static int nr_vcpus = 1;
+static uint64_t guest_percpu_mem_size = DEFAULT_PER_VCPU_MEM_SIZE;
 static char *guest_data_prototype;
 
 static void *vcpu_worker(void *data)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct vcpu_args *vcpu_args = (struct vcpu_args *)data;
+	struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args = (struct perf_test_vcpu_args *)data;
 	int vcpu_id = vcpu_args->vcpu_id;
 	struct kvm_vm *vm = perf_test_args.vm;
 	struct kvm_run *run;
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	int vcpu_id;
 	int r;
 
-	vm = create_vm(mode, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size);
+	vm = perf_test_create_vm(mode, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size);
 
 	perf_test_args.wr_fract = 1;
 
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	vcpu_threads = malloc(nr_vcpus * sizeof(*vcpu_threads));
 	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_threads, "Memory allocation failed");
 
-	add_vcpus(vm, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size);
+	perf_test_setup_vcpus(vm, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size);
 
 	if (p->use_uffd) {
 		uffd_handler_threads =
@@ -359,8 +361,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 		perf_test_args.vcpu_args[0].pages * nr_vcpus /
 		((double)ts_diff.tv_sec + (double)ts_diff.tv_nsec / 100000000.0));
 
-	ucall_uninit(vm);
-	kvm_vm_free(vm);
+	perf_test_destroy_vm(vm);
 
 	free(guest_data_prototype);
 	free(vcpu_threads);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
index 36bea75a8d6f..2283a0ec74a9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@
 /* How many host loops to run by default (one KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG for each loop)*/
 #define TEST_HOST_LOOP_N		2UL
 
+static int nr_vcpus = 1;
+static uint64_t guest_percpu_mem_size = DEFAULT_PER_VCPU_MEM_SIZE;
+
 /* Host variables */
 static u64 dirty_log_manual_caps;
 static bool host_quit;
 static uint64_t iteration;
-static uint64_t vcpu_last_completed_iteration[MAX_VCPUS];
+static uint64_t vcpu_last_completed_iteration[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
 
 static void *vcpu_worker(void *data)
 {
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ static void *vcpu_worker(void *data)
 	struct timespec ts_diff;
 	struct timespec total = (struct timespec){0};
 	struct timespec avg;
-	struct vcpu_args *vcpu_args = (struct vcpu_args *)data;
+	struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args = (struct perf_test_vcpu_args *)data;
 	int vcpu_id = vcpu_args->vcpu_id;
 
 	vcpu_args_set(vm, vcpu_id, 1, vcpu_id);
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	struct kvm_enable_cap cap = {};
 	struct timespec clear_dirty_log_total = (struct timespec){0};
 
-	vm = create_vm(mode, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size);
+	vm = perf_test_create_vm(mode, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size);
 
 	perf_test_args.wr_fract = p->wr_fract;
 
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	vcpu_threads = malloc(nr_vcpus * sizeof(*vcpu_threads));
 	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_threads, "Memory allocation failed");
 
-	add_vcpus(vm, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size);
+	perf_test_setup_vcpus(vm, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size);
 
 	sync_global_to_guest(vm, perf_test_args);
 
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 
 	/* Enable dirty logging */
 	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start);
-	vm_mem_region_set_flags(vm, TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX,
+	vm_mem_region_set_flags(vm, PERF_TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX,
 				KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES);
 	ts_diff = timespec_diff_now(start);
 	pr_info("Enabling dirty logging time: %ld.%.9lds\n\n",
@@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 			iteration, ts_diff.tv_sec, ts_diff.tv_nsec);
 
 		clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start);
-		kvm_vm_get_dirty_log(vm, TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX, bmap);
+		kvm_vm_get_dirty_log(vm, PERF_TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX, bmap);
 
 		ts_diff = timespec_diff_now(start);
 		get_dirty_log_total = timespec_add(get_dirty_log_total,
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 
 		if (dirty_log_manual_caps) {
 			clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start);
-			kvm_vm_clear_dirty_log(vm, TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX, bmap, 0,
+			kvm_vm_clear_dirty_log(vm, PERF_TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX, bmap, 0,
 					       host_num_pages);
 
 			ts_diff = timespec_diff_now(start);
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 
 	/* Disable dirty logging */
 	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &start);
-	vm_mem_region_set_flags(vm, TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX, 0);
+	vm_mem_region_set_flags(vm, PERF_TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX, 0);
 	ts_diff = timespec_diff_now(start);
 	pr_info("Disabling dirty logging time: %ld.%.9lds\n",
 		ts_diff.tv_sec, ts_diff.tv_nsec);
@@ -226,8 +229,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 
 	free(bmap);
 	free(vcpu_threads);
-	ucall_uninit(vm);
-	kvm_vm_free(vm);
+	perf_test_destroy_vm(vm);
 }
 
 static void help(char *name)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
index 149766ecd68b..5cbb861525ed 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "sparsebit.h"
 
+#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 512
 
 /*
  * Callers of kvm_util only have an incomplete/opaque description of the
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
index cd4c258f458d..b1188823c31b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
@@ -9,35 +9,15 @@
 #define SELFTEST_KVM_PERF_TEST_UTIL_H
 
 #include "kvm_util.h"
-#include "processor.h"
-
-#define MAX_VCPUS 512
-
-#define TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX		1
 
 /* Default guest test virtual memory offset */
 #define DEFAULT_GUEST_TEST_MEM		0xc0000000
 
 #define DEFAULT_PER_VCPU_MEM_SIZE	(1 << 30) /* 1G */
 
-/*
- * Guest physical memory offset of the testing memory slot.
- * This will be set to the topmost valid physical address minus
- * the test memory size.
- */
-static uint64_t guest_test_phys_mem;
-
-/*
- * Guest virtual memory offset of the testing memory slot.
- * Must not conflict with identity mapped test code.
- */
-static uint64_t guest_test_virt_mem = DEFAULT_GUEST_TEST_MEM;
-static uint64_t guest_percpu_mem_size = DEFAULT_PER_VCPU_MEM_SIZE;
-
-/* Number of VCPUs for the test */
-static int nr_vcpus = 1;
+#define PERF_TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX	1
 
-struct vcpu_args {
+struct perf_test_vcpu_args {
 	uint64_t gva;
 	uint64_t pages;
 
@@ -51,119 +31,21 @@ struct perf_test_args {
 	uint64_t guest_page_size;
 	int wr_fract;
 
-	struct vcpu_args vcpu_args[MAX_VCPUS];
+	struct perf_test_vcpu_args vcpu_args[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
 };
 
-static struct perf_test_args perf_test_args;
+extern struct perf_test_args perf_test_args;
 
 /*
- * Continuously write to the first 8 bytes of each page in the
- * specified region.
+ * Guest physical memory offset of the testing memory slot.
+ * This will be set to the topmost valid physical address minus
+ * the test memory size.
  */
-static void guest_code(uint32_t vcpu_id)
-{
-	struct vcpu_args *vcpu_args = &perf_test_args.vcpu_args[vcpu_id];
-	uint64_t gva;
-	uint64_t pages;
-	int i;
-
-	/* Make sure vCPU args data structure is not corrupt. */
-	GUEST_ASSERT(vcpu_args->vcpu_id == vcpu_id);
-
-	gva = vcpu_args->gva;
-	pages = vcpu_args->pages;
-
-	while (true) {
-		for (i = 0; i < pages; i++) {
-			uint64_t addr = gva + (i * perf_test_args.guest_page_size);
-
-			if (i % perf_test_args.wr_fract == 0)
-				*(uint64_t *)addr = 0x0123456789ABCDEF;
-			else
-				READ_ONCE(*(uint64_t *)addr);
-		}
-
-		GUEST_SYNC(1);
-	}
-}
-
-static struct kvm_vm *create_vm(enum vm_guest_mode mode, int vcpus,
-				uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes)
-{
-	struct kvm_vm *vm;
-	uint64_t guest_num_pages;
-
-	pr_info("Testing guest mode: %s\n", vm_guest_mode_string(mode));
-
-	perf_test_args.host_page_size = getpagesize();
-	perf_test_args.guest_page_size = vm_guest_mode_params[mode].page_size;
-
-	guest_num_pages = vm_adjust_num_guest_pages(mode,
-				(vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) / perf_test_args.guest_page_size);
-
-	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_memory_bytes % perf_test_args.host_page_size == 0,
-		    "Guest memory size is not host page size aligned.");
-	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_memory_bytes % perf_test_args.guest_page_size == 0,
-		    "Guest memory size is not guest page size aligned.");
-
-	vm = vm_create_with_vcpus(mode, vcpus,
-				  (vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) / perf_test_args.guest_page_size,
-				  0, guest_code, NULL);
-
-	perf_test_args.vm = vm;
-
-	/*
-	 * If there should be more memory in the guest test region than there
-	 * can be pages in the guest, it will definitely cause problems.
-	 */
-	TEST_ASSERT(guest_num_pages < vm_get_max_gfn(vm),
-		    "Requested more guest memory than address space allows.\n"
-		    "    guest pages: %lx max gfn: %x vcpus: %d wss: %lx]\n",
-		    guest_num_pages, vm_get_max_gfn(vm), vcpus,
-		    vcpu_memory_bytes);
-
-	guest_test_phys_mem = (vm_get_max_gfn(vm) - guest_num_pages) *
-			      perf_test_args.guest_page_size;
-	guest_test_phys_mem &= ~(perf_test_args.host_page_size - 1);
-#ifdef __s390x__
-	/* Align to 1M (segment size) */
-	guest_test_phys_mem &= ~((1 << 20) - 1);
-#endif
-	pr_info("guest physical test memory offset: 0x%lx\n", guest_test_phys_mem);
-
-	/* Add an extra memory slot for testing */
-	vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS,
-				    guest_test_phys_mem,
-				    TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX,
-				    guest_num_pages, 0);
-
-	/* Do mapping for the demand paging memory slot */
-	virt_map(vm, guest_test_virt_mem, guest_test_phys_mem, guest_num_pages, 0);
-
-	ucall_init(vm, NULL);
-
-	return vm;
-}
-
-static void add_vcpus(struct kvm_vm *vm, int vcpus, uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes)
-{
-	vm_paddr_t vcpu_gpa;
-	struct vcpu_args *vcpu_args;
-	int vcpu_id;
-
-	for (vcpu_id = 0; vcpu_id < vcpus; vcpu_id++) {
-		vcpu_args = &perf_test_args.vcpu_args[vcpu_id];
-
-		vcpu_args->vcpu_id = vcpu_id;
-		vcpu_args->gva = guest_test_virt_mem +
-				 (vcpu_id * vcpu_memory_bytes);
-		vcpu_args->pages = vcpu_memory_bytes /
-				   perf_test_args.guest_page_size;
+extern uint64_t guest_test_phys_mem;
 
-		vcpu_gpa = guest_test_phys_mem + (vcpu_id * vcpu_memory_bytes);
-		pr_debug("Added VCPU %d with test mem gpa [%lx, %lx)\n",
-			 vcpu_id, vcpu_gpa, vcpu_gpa + vcpu_memory_bytes);
-	}
-}
+struct kvm_vm *perf_test_create_vm(enum vm_guest_mode mode, int vcpus,
+				uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes);
+void perf_test_destroy_vm(struct kvm_vm *vm);
+void perf_test_setup_vcpus(struct kvm_vm *vm, int vcpus, uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes);
 
 #endif /* SELFTEST_KVM_PERF_TEST_UTIL_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9be1944c2d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020, Google LLC.
+ */
+
+#include "kvm_util.h"
+#include "perf_test_util.h"
+#include "processor.h"
+
+struct perf_test_args perf_test_args;
+
+uint64_t guest_test_phys_mem;
+
+/*
+ * Guest virtual memory offset of the testing memory slot.
+ * Must not conflict with identity mapped test code.
+ */
+static uint64_t guest_test_virt_mem = DEFAULT_GUEST_TEST_MEM;
+
+/*
+ * Continuously write to the first 8 bytes of each page in the
+ * specified region.
+ */
+static void guest_code(uint32_t vcpu_id)
+{
+	struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args = &perf_test_args.vcpu_args[vcpu_id];
+	uint64_t gva;
+	uint64_t pages;
+	int i;
+
+	/* Make sure vCPU args data structure is not corrupt. */
+	GUEST_ASSERT(vcpu_args->vcpu_id == vcpu_id);
+
+	gva = vcpu_args->gva;
+	pages = vcpu_args->pages;
+
+	while (true) {
+		for (i = 0; i < pages; i++) {
+			uint64_t addr = gva + (i * perf_test_args.guest_page_size);
+
+			if (i % perf_test_args.wr_fract == 0)
+				*(uint64_t *)addr = 0x0123456789ABCDEF;
+			else
+				READ_ONCE(*(uint64_t *)addr);
+		}
+
+		GUEST_SYNC(1);
+	}
+}
+
+struct kvm_vm *perf_test_create_vm(enum vm_guest_mode mode, int vcpus,
+				   uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes)
+{
+	struct kvm_vm *vm;
+	uint64_t guest_num_pages;
+
+	pr_info("Testing guest mode: %s\n", vm_guest_mode_string(mode));
+
+	perf_test_args.host_page_size = getpagesize();
+	perf_test_args.guest_page_size = vm_guest_mode_params[mode].page_size;
+
+	guest_num_pages = vm_adjust_num_guest_pages(mode,
+				(vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) / perf_test_args.guest_page_size);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_memory_bytes % perf_test_args.host_page_size == 0,
+		    "Guest memory size is not host page size aligned.");
+	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_memory_bytes % perf_test_args.guest_page_size == 0,
+		    "Guest memory size is not guest page size aligned.");
+
+	vm = vm_create_with_vcpus(mode, vcpus,
+				  (vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) / perf_test_args.guest_page_size,
+				  0, guest_code, NULL);
+
+	perf_test_args.vm = vm;
+
+	/*
+	 * If there should be more memory in the guest test region than there
+	 * can be pages in the guest, it will definitely cause problems.
+	 */
+	TEST_ASSERT(guest_num_pages < vm_get_max_gfn(vm),
+		    "Requested more guest memory than address space allows.\n"
+		    "    guest pages: %lx max gfn: %x vcpus: %d wss: %lx]\n",
+		    guest_num_pages, vm_get_max_gfn(vm), vcpus,
+		    vcpu_memory_bytes);
+
+	guest_test_phys_mem = (vm_get_max_gfn(vm) - guest_num_pages) *
+			      perf_test_args.guest_page_size;
+	guest_test_phys_mem &= ~(perf_test_args.host_page_size - 1);
+#ifdef __s390x__
+	/* Align to 1M (segment size) */
+	guest_test_phys_mem &= ~((1 << 20) - 1);
+#endif
+	pr_info("guest physical test memory offset: 0x%lx\n", guest_test_phys_mem);
+
+	/* Add an extra memory slot for testing */
+	vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS,
+				    guest_test_phys_mem,
+				    PERF_TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX,
+				    guest_num_pages, 0);
+
+	/* Do mapping for the demand paging memory slot */
+	virt_map(vm, guest_test_virt_mem, guest_test_phys_mem, guest_num_pages, 0);
+
+	ucall_init(vm, NULL);
+
+	return vm;
+}
+
+void perf_test_destroy_vm(struct kvm_vm *vm)
+{
+	ucall_uninit(vm);
+	kvm_vm_free(vm);
+}
+
+void perf_test_setup_vcpus(struct kvm_vm *vm, int vcpus, uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes)
+{
+	vm_paddr_t vcpu_gpa;
+	struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args;
+	int vcpu_id;
+
+	for (vcpu_id = 0; vcpu_id < vcpus; vcpu_id++) {
+		vcpu_args = &perf_test_args.vcpu_args[vcpu_id];
+
+		vcpu_args->vcpu_id = vcpu_id;
+		vcpu_args->gva = guest_test_virt_mem +
+				 (vcpu_id * vcpu_memory_bytes);
+		vcpu_args->pages = vcpu_memory_bytes /
+				   perf_test_args.guest_page_size;
+
+		vcpu_gpa = guest_test_phys_mem + (vcpu_id * vcpu_memory_bytes);
+		pr_debug("Added VCPU %d with test mem gpa [%lx, %lx)\n",
+			 vcpu_id, vcpu_gpa, vcpu_gpa + vcpu_memory_bytes);
+	}
+}
