2 files changed, 102 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile
index f703fcfe9f7c..83148875a12c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CAN_BUILD_WITH_NOPIE := $(shell ./check_cc.sh "$(CC)" trivial_program.c -no-pie)
 
 TARGETS_C_BOTHBITS := single_step_syscall sysret_ss_attrs syscall_nt test_mremap_vdso \
 			check_initial_reg_state sigreturn iopl ioperm \
-			test_vsyscall mov_ss_trap \
+			test_vsyscall mov_ss_trap sigtrap_loop \
 			syscall_arg_fault fsgsbase_restore sigaltstack
 TARGETS_C_BOTHBITS += nx_stack
 TARGETS_C_32BIT_ONLY := entry_from_vm86 test_syscall_vdso unwind_vdso \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/sigtrap_loop.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/sigtrap_loop.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d065479e89f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/sigtrap_loop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Intel Corporation
+ */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <err.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ucontext.h>
+
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+# define REG_IP REG_RIP
+#else
+# define REG_IP REG_EIP
+#endif
+
+static void sethandler(int sig, void (*handler)(int, siginfo_t *, void *), int flags)
+{
+	struct sigaction sa;
+
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+	sa.sa_sigaction = handler;
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO | flags;
+	sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+
+	if (sigaction(sig, &sa, 0))
+		err(1, "sigaction");
+
+	return;
+}
+
+static void sigtrap(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *ctx_void)
+{
+	ucontext_t *ctx = (ucontext_t *)ctx_void;
+	static unsigned int loop_count_on_same_ip;
+	static unsigned long last_trap_ip;
+
+	if (last_trap_ip == ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_IP]) {
+		printf("\tTrapped at %016lx\n", last_trap_ip);
+
+		/*
+		 * If the same IP is hit more than 10 times in a row, it is
+		 * _considered_ an infinite loop.
+		 */
+		if (++loop_count_on_same_ip > 10) {
+			printf("[FAIL]\tDetected SIGTRAP infinite loop\n");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	loop_count_on_same_ip = 0;
+	last_trap_ip = ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_IP];
+	printf("\tTrapped at %016lx\n", last_trap_ip);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	sethandler(SIGTRAP, sigtrap, 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * Set the Trap Flag (TF) to single-step the test code, therefore to
+	 * trigger a SIGTRAP signal after each instruction until the TF is
+	 * cleared.
+	 *
+	 * Because the arithmetic flags are not significant here, the TF is
+	 * set by pushing 0x302 onto the stack and then popping it into the
+	 * flags register.
+	 *
+	 * Four instructions in the following asm code are executed with the
+	 * TF set, thus the SIGTRAP handler is expected to run four times.
+	 */
+	printf("[RUN]\tSIGTRAP infinite loop detection\n");
+	asm volatile(
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+		/*
+		 * Avoid clobbering the redzone
+		 *
+		 * Equivalent to "sub $128, %rsp", however -128 can be encoded
+		 * in a single byte immediate while 128 uses 4 bytes.
+		 */
+		"add $-128, %rsp\n\t"
+#endif
+		"push $0x302\n\t"
+		"popf\n\t"
+		"nop\n\t"
+		"nop\n\t"
+		"push $0x202\n\t"
+		"popf\n\t"
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+		"sub $-128, %rsp\n\t"
+#endif
+	);
+
+	printf("[OK]\tNo SIGTRAP infinite loop detected\n");
+	return 0;
+}