diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mdwe_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mdwe_test.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <asm/hwcap.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <linux/prctl.h>
+
+#include "../kselftest.h"
+
+#define PR_SET_MDWE                     65
+# define PR_MDWE_FLAG_MMAP              1
+
+#define PR_GET_MDWE                     66
+
+#ifdef __aarch64__
+#define PROT_BTI      0x10            /* BTI guarded page */
+#endif
+
+#define TEST1 "mmap(PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC)\n"
+#define TEST2 "mmap(PROT_WRITE); mprotect(PROT_EXEC)\n"
+#define TEST3 "mmap(PROT_EXEC); mprotect(PROT_EXEC | PROT_READ)\n"
+#define TEST4 "mmap(PROT_EXEC); mprotect(PROT_EXEC | PROT_BTI)\n"
+
+int fork_test(int (*func)(int))
+{
+	pid_t pid;
+	int status;
+
+	pid = fork();
+	if (pid < 0) {
+		printf("fork failed\n");
+		return KSFT_FAIL;
+	}
+
+	if (pid == 0)
+		exit(func(1));
+
+	waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+
+	if (WIFEXITED(status))
+		return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void test_result(int err, const char *msg)
+{
+	switch (err) {
+	case KSFT_PASS:
+		ksft_test_result_pass(msg);
+		break;
+	case KSFT_FAIL:
+		ksft_test_result_fail(msg);
+		break;
+	case KSFT_SKIP:
+		ksft_test_result_skip(msg);
+		break;
+	default:
+		ksft_test_result_error("Unknown return code %d from %s",
+				       err, msg);
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+int test1(int mdwe_enabled)
+{
+	void *p;
+
+	int size = getpagesize();
+	int mmap_flags = MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
+
+	p = mmap(0, size, PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC, mmap_flags, 0, 0);
+
+	if (mdwe_enabled)
+		return p == MAP_FAILED ? KSFT_PASS : KSFT_FAIL;
+	else
+		return p != MAP_FAILED ? KSFT_PASS : KSFT_FAIL;
+}
+
+int test2(int mdwe_enabled)
+{
+	void *p;
+	int ret;
+
+	int size = getpagesize();
+	int mmap_flags = MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
+
+	p = mmap(0, size, PROT_WRITE, mmap_flags, 0, 0);
+	if (p == MAP_FAILED)
+		return 0;
+	ret = mprotect(p, size, PROT_EXEC);
+
+	if (mdwe_enabled)
+		return ret < 0 ? KSFT_PASS : KSFT_FAIL;
+	else
+		return ret == 0 ? KSFT_PASS : KSFT_FAIL;
+}
+
+int test3(int mdwe_enabled)
+{
+	void *p;
+	int ret;
+
+	int size = getpagesize();
+	int mmap_flags = MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
+
+	p = mmap(0, size, PROT_EXEC, mmap_flags, 0, 0);
+	if (p == MAP_FAILED)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = mprotect(p, size, PROT_EXEC | PROT_READ);
+
+	return ret == 0 ? KSFT_PASS : KSFT_FAIL;
+}
+
+#ifdef __aarch64__
+int test4(int mdwe_enabled)
+{
+	void *p;
+	int ret;
+
+	int size = getpagesize();
+	int mmap_flags = MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
+
+	if (!(getauxval(AT_HWCAP2) & HWCAP2_BTI))
+		return KSFT_SKIP;
+
+	p = mmap(0, size, PROT_EXEC, mmap_flags, 0, 0);
+	if (p == MAP_FAILED)
+		return KSFT_FAIL;
+
+	ret = mprotect(p, size, PROT_EXEC | PROT_BTI);
+
+	return ret == 0 ? KSFT_PASS : KSFT_FAIL;
+}
+#endif
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ksft_print_header();
+#ifdef __aarch64__
+	ksft_set_plan(12);
+#else
+	ksft_set_plan(9);
+#endif
+
+	// First run the tests without MDWE
+	test_result(test1(0), TEST1);
+	test_result(test2(0), TEST2);
+	test_result(test3(0), TEST3);
+#ifdef __aarch64__
+	test_result(test4(0), TEST4);
+#endif
+
+	// Enable MDWE and then run the tests again.
+	ret = prctl(PR_SET_MDWE, PR_MDWE_FLAG_MMAP, 0, 0, 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ksft_print_msg("PR_SET_MDWE failed or unsupported!\n");
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
+	ret = prctl(PR_GET_MDWE, PR_MDWE_FLAG_MMAP, 0, 0, 0);
+	if (ret == 0)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("PR_GET_MDWE failed!");
+
+	test_result(test1(1), "MDWE: " TEST1);
+	test_result(test2(1), "MDWE: " TEST2);
+	test_result(test3(1), "MDWE: " TEST3);
+#ifdef __aarch64__
+	test_result(test4(1), "MDWE: " TEST4);
+#endif
+
+	// Verify the MDWE setting is transferred when fork()ing
+	test_result(fork_test(test1), "MDWE+fork: " TEST1);
+	test_result(fork_test(test2), "MDWE+fork: " TEST2);
+	test_result(fork_test(test3), "MDWE+fork: " TEST3);
+#ifdef __aarch64__
+	test_result(fork_test(test4), "MDWE+fork: " TEST4);
+#endif
+
+exit:
+	ksft_finished();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
