6 files changed, 33 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
index 26cc30290e76..112d3f443a17 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
@@ -1273,4 +1273,6 @@ bool vm_is_gpa_protected(struct kvm_vm *vm, vm_paddr_t paddr);
 
 uint32_t guest_get_vcpuid(void);
 
+bool kvm_arch_has_default_irqchip(void);
+
 #endif /* SELFTEST_KVM_UTIL_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/irqfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/irqfd_test.c
index 7c301b4c7005..5d7590d01868 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/irqfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/irqfd_test.c
@@ -89,11 +89,19 @@ static void juggle_eventfd_primary(struct kvm_vm *vm, int eventfd)
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	pthread_t racing_thread;
+	struct kvm_vcpu *unused;
 	int r, i;
 
-	/* Create "full" VMs, as KVM_IRQFD requires an in-kernel IRQ chip. */
-	vm1 = vm_create(1);
-	vm2 = vm_create(1);
+	TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_arch_has_default_irqchip());
+
+	/*
+	 * Create "full" VMs, as KVM_IRQFD requires an in-kernel IRQ chip. Also
+	 * create an unused vCPU as certain architectures (like arm64) need to
+	 * complete IRQ chip initialization after all possible vCPUs for a VM
+	 * have been created.
+	 */
+	vm1 = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&unused, NULL);
+	vm2 = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&unused, NULL);
 
 	WRITE_ONCE(__eventfd, kvm_new_eventfd());
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c
index 369a4c87dd8f..54f6d17c78f7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/arm64/processor.c
@@ -725,3 +725,8 @@ void kvm_arch_vm_release(struct kvm_vm *vm)
 	if (vm->arch.has_gic)
 		close(vm->arch.gic_fd);
 }
+
+bool kvm_arch_has_default_irqchip(void)
+{
+	return request_vgic && kvm_supports_vgic_v3();
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index 6743fbd9bd67..a35adfebfa23 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -2344,3 +2344,8 @@ bool vm_is_gpa_protected(struct kvm_vm *vm, vm_paddr_t paddr)
 	pg = paddr >> vm->page_shift;
 	return sparsebit_is_set(region->protected_phy_pages, pg);
 }
+
+__weak bool kvm_arch_has_default_irqchip(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/s390/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/s390/processor.c
index 20cfe970e3e3..8ceeb17c819a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/s390/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/s390/processor.c
@@ -221,3 +221,8 @@ void vcpu_arch_dump(FILE *stream, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, uint8_t indent)
 void assert_on_unhandled_exception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 }
+
+bool kvm_arch_has_default_irqchip(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c
index c748cd9b2eef..b418502c5ecc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c
@@ -1318,3 +1318,8 @@ bool sys_clocksource_is_based_on_tsc(void)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+bool kvm_arch_has_default_irqchip(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}