3 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-common.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-common.c
index b0ac0ec2356d65..7ad6ba660c7d6f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-common.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-common.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ bool test_uffdio_wp = true;
 unsigned long long *count_verify;
 uffd_test_ops_t *uffd_test_ops;
 uffd_test_case_ops_t *uffd_test_case_ops;
+atomic_bool ready_for_fork;
 
 static int uffd_mem_fd_create(off_t mem_size, bool hugetlb)
 {
@@ -518,6 +519,8 @@ void *uffd_poll_thread(void *arg)
 	pollfd[1].fd = pipefd[cpu*2];
 	pollfd[1].events = POLLIN;
 
+	ready_for_fork = true;
+
 	for (;;) {
 		ret = poll(pollfd, 2, -1);
 		if (ret <= 0) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-common.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-common.h
index cb055282c89c96..cc5629c3d2aa10 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-common.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-common.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <sys/random.h>
+#include <stdatomic.h>
 
 #include "../kselftest.h"
 #include "vm_util.h"
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ extern bool map_shared;
 extern bool test_uffdio_wp;
 extern unsigned long long *count_verify;
 extern volatile bool test_uffdio_copy_eexist;
+extern atomic_bool ready_for_fork;
 
 extern uffd_test_ops_t anon_uffd_test_ops;
 extern uffd_test_ops_t shmem_uffd_test_ops;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
index 536e09b03aee01..21ec23206ab44a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
@@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ static void uffd_sigbus_test_common(bool wp)
 	char c;
 	struct uffd_args args = { 0 };
 
+	ready_for_fork = false;
+
 	fcntl(uffd, F_SETFL, uffd_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
 
 	if (uffd_register(uffd, area_dst, nr_pages * page_size,
@@ -790,6 +792,9 @@ static void uffd_sigbus_test_common(bool wp)
 	if (pthread_create(&uffd_mon, NULL, uffd_poll_thread, &args))
 		err("uffd_poll_thread create");
 
+	while (!ready_for_fork)
+		; /* Wait for the poll_thread to start executing before forking */
+
 	pid = fork();
 	if (pid < 0)
 		err("fork");
@@ -829,6 +834,8 @@ static void uffd_events_test_common(bool wp)
 	char c;
 	struct uffd_args args = { 0 };
 
+	ready_for_fork = false;
+
 	fcntl(uffd, F_SETFL, uffd_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (uffd_register(uffd, area_dst, nr_pages * page_size,
 			  true, wp, false))
@@ -838,6 +845,9 @@ static void uffd_events_test_common(bool wp)
 	if (pthread_create(&uffd_mon, NULL, uffd_poll_thread, &args))
 		err("uffd_poll_thread create");
 
+	while (!ready_for_fork)
+		; /* Wait for the poll_thread to start executing before forking */
+
 	pid = fork();
 	if (pid < 0)
 		err("fork");