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+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+set -u
+set -e
+
+# This script currently only works for x86_64, as
+# it is based on the VM image used by the BPF CI which is
+# x86_64.
+QEMU_BINARY="${QEMU_BINARY:="qemu-system-x86_64"}"
+X86_BZIMAGE="arch/x86/boot/bzImage"
+DEFAULT_COMMAND="./test_progs"
+MOUNT_DIR="mnt"
+ROOTFS_IMAGE="root.img"
+OUTPUT_DIR="$HOME/.bpf_selftests"
+KCONFIG_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libbpf/libbpf/master/travis-ci/vmtest/configs/latest.config"
+INDEX_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libbpf/libbpf/master/travis-ci/vmtest/configs/INDEX"
+NUM_COMPILE_JOBS="$(nproc)"
+
+usage()
+{
+	cat <<EOF
+Usage: $0 [-k] [-i] [-d <output_dir>] -- [<command>]
+
+<command> is the command you would normally run when you are in
+tools/testing/selftests/bpf. e.g:
+
+	$0 -- ./test_progs -t test_lsm
+
+If no command is specified, "${DEFAULT_COMMAND}" will be run by
+default.
+
+If you build your kernel using KBUILD_OUTPUT= or O= options, these
+can be passed as environment variables to the script:
+
+  O=<kernel_build_path> $0 -- ./test_progs -t test_lsm
+
+or
+
+  KBUILD_OUTPUT=<kernel_build_path> $0 -- ./test_progs -t test_lsm
+
+Options:
+
+	-k)		"Keep the kernel", i.e. don't recompile the kernel if it exists.
+	-i)		Update the rootfs image with a newer version.
+	-d)		Update the output directory (default: ${OUTPUT_DIR})
+	-j)		Number of jobs for compilation, similar to -j in make
+			(default: ${NUM_COMPILE_JOBS})
+EOF
+}
+
+unset URLS
+populate_url_map()
+{
+	if ! declare -p URLS &> /dev/null; then
+		# URLS contain the mapping from file names to URLs where
+		# those files can be downloaded from.
+		declare -gA URLS
+		while IFS=$'\t' read -r name url; do
+			URLS["$name"]="$url"
+		done < <(curl -Lsf ${INDEX_URL})
+	fi
+}
+
+download()
+{
+	local file="$1"
+
+	if [[ ! -v URLS[$file] ]]; then
+		echo "$file not found" >&2
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "Downloading $file..." >&2
+	curl -Lsf "${URLS[$file]}" "${@:2}"
+}
+
+newest_rootfs_version()
+{
+	{
+	for file in "${!URLS[@]}"; do
+		if [[ $file =~ ^libbpf-vmtest-rootfs-(.*)\.tar\.zst$ ]]; then
+			echo "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+		fi
+	done
+	} | sort -rV | head -1
+}
+
+download_rootfs()
+{
+	local rootfsversion="$1"
+	local dir="$2"
+
+	if ! which zstd &> /dev/null; then
+		echo 'Could not find "zstd" on the system, please install zstd'
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	download "libbpf-vmtest-rootfs-$rootfsversion.tar.zst" |
+		zstd -d | sudo tar -C "$dir" -x
+}
+
+recompile_kernel()
+{
+	local kernel_checkout="$1"
+	local make_command="$2"
+
+	cd "${kernel_checkout}"
+
+	${make_command} olddefconfig
+	${make_command}
+}
+
+mount_image()
+{
+	local rootfs_img="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${ROOTFS_IMAGE}"
+	local mount_dir="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${MOUNT_DIR}"
+
+	sudo mount -o loop "${rootfs_img}" "${mount_dir}"
+}
+
+unmount_image()
+{
+	local mount_dir="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${MOUNT_DIR}"
+
+	sudo umount "${mount_dir}" &> /dev/null
+}
+
+update_selftests()
+{
+	local kernel_checkout="$1"
+	local selftests_dir="${kernel_checkout}/tools/testing/selftests/bpf"
+
+	cd "${selftests_dir}"
+	${make_command}
+
+	# Mount the image and copy the selftests to the image.
+	mount_image
+	sudo rm -rf "${mount_dir}/root/bpf"
+	sudo cp -r "${selftests_dir}" "${mount_dir}/root"
+	unmount_image
+}
+
+update_init_script()
+{
+	local init_script_dir="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${MOUNT_DIR}/etc/rcS.d"
+	local init_script="${init_script_dir}/S50-startup"
+	local command="$1"
+	local log_file="$2"
+
+	mount_image
+
+	if [[ ! -d "${init_script_dir}" ]]; then
+		cat <<EOF
+Could not find ${init_script_dir} in the mounted image.
+This likely indicates a bad rootfs image, Please download
+a new image by passing "-i" to the script
+EOF
+		exit 1
+
+	fi
+
+	sudo bash -c "cat >${init_script}" <<EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+
+{
+	cd /root/bpf
+	echo ${command}
+	stdbuf -oL -eL ${command}
+} 2>&1 | tee /root/${log_file}
+poweroff -f
+EOF
+
+	sudo chmod a+x "${init_script}"
+	unmount_image
+}
+
+create_vm_image()
+{
+	local rootfs_img="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${ROOTFS_IMAGE}"
+	local mount_dir="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${MOUNT_DIR}"
+
+	rm -rf "${rootfs_img}"
+	touch "${rootfs_img}"
+	chattr +C "${rootfs_img}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+	truncate -s 2G "${rootfs_img}"
+	mkfs.ext4 -q "${rootfs_img}"
+
+	mount_image
+	download_rootfs "$(newest_rootfs_version)" "${mount_dir}"
+	unmount_image
+}
+
+run_vm()
+{
+	local kernel_bzimage="$1"
+	local rootfs_img="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${ROOTFS_IMAGE}"
+
+	if ! which "${QEMU_BINARY}" &> /dev/null; then
+		cat <<EOF
+Could not find ${QEMU_BINARY}
+Please install qemu or set the QEMU_BINARY environment variable.
+EOF
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	${QEMU_BINARY} \
+		-nodefaults \
+		-display none \
+		-serial mon:stdio \
+		-cpu kvm64 \
+		-enable-kvm \
+		-smp 4 \
+		-m 2G \
+		-drive file="${rootfs_img}",format=raw,index=1,media=disk,if=virtio,cache=none \
+		-kernel "${kernel_bzimage}" \
+		-append "root=/dev/vda rw console=ttyS0,115200"
+}
+
+copy_logs()
+{
+	local mount_dir="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${MOUNT_DIR}"
+	local log_file="${mount_dir}/root/$1"
+
+	mount_image
+	sudo cp ${log_file} "${OUTPUT_DIR}"
+	sudo rm -f ${log_file}
+	unmount_image
+}
+
+is_rel_path()
+{
+	local path="$1"
+
+	[[ ${path:0:1} != "/" ]]
+}
+
+main()
+{
+	local script_dir="$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd -P)"
+	local kernel_checkout=$(realpath "${script_dir}"/../../../../)
+	local log_file="$(date +"bpf_selftests.%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.log")"
+	# By default the script searches for the kernel in the checkout directory but
+	# it also obeys environment variables O= and KBUILD_OUTPUT=
+	local kernel_bzimage="${kernel_checkout}/${X86_BZIMAGE}"
+	local command="${DEFAULT_COMMAND}"
+	local kernel_recompile="yes"
+	local update_image="no"
+
+	while getopts 'hkid:j:' opt; do
+		case ${opt} in
+		k)
+			kernel_recompile="no"
+			;;
+		i)
+			update_image="yes"
+			;;
+		d)
+			OUTPUT_DIR="$OPTARG"
+			;;
+		j)
+			NUM_COMPILE_JOBS="$OPTARG"
+			;;
+		h)
+			usage
+			exit 0
+			;;
+		\? )
+			echo "Invalid Option: -$OPTARG"
+			usage
+			exit 1
+			;;
+		: )
+			echo "Invalid Option: -$OPTARG requires an argument"
+			usage
+			exit 1
+			;;
+		esac
+	done
+	shift $((OPTIND -1))
+
+	if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+		echo "No command specified, will run ${DEFAULT_COMMAND} in the vm"
+	else
+		command="$@"
+	fi
+
+	local kconfig_file="${OUTPUT_DIR}/latest.config"
+	local make_command="make -j ${NUM_COMPILE_JOBS} KCONFIG_CONFIG=${kconfig_file}"
+
+	# Figure out where the kernel is being built.
+	# O takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT.
+	if [[ "${O:=""}" != "" ]]; then
+		if is_rel_path "${O}"; then
+			O="$(realpath "${PWD}/${O}")"
+		fi
+		kernel_bzimage="${O}/${X86_BZIMAGE}"
+		make_command="${make_command} O=${O}"
+	elif [[ "${KBUILD_OUTPUT:=""}" != "" ]]; then
+		if is_rel_path "${KBUILD_OUTPUT}"; then
+			KBUILD_OUTPUT="$(realpath "${PWD}/${KBUILD_OUTPUT}")"
+		fi
+		kernel_bzimage="${KBUILD_OUTPUT}/${X86_BZIMAGE}"
+		make_command="${make_command} KBUILD_OUTPUT=${KBUILD_OUTPUT}"
+	fi
+
+	populate_url_map
+
+	local rootfs_img="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${ROOTFS_IMAGE}"
+	local mount_dir="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${MOUNT_DIR}"
+
+	echo "Output directory: ${OUTPUT_DIR}"
+
+	mkdir -p "${OUTPUT_DIR}"
+	mkdir -p "${mount_dir}"
+	curl -Lsf "${KCONFIG_URL}" -o "${kconfig_file}"
+
+	if [[ "${kernel_recompile}" == "no" && ! -f "${kernel_bzimage}" ]]; then
+		echo "Kernel image not found in ${kernel_bzimage}, kernel will be recompiled"
+		kernel_recompile="yes"
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "${kernel_recompile}" == "yes" ]]; then
+		recompile_kernel "${kernel_checkout}" "${make_command}"
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "${update_image}" == "no" && ! -f "${rootfs_img}" ]]; then
+		echo "rootfs image not found in ${rootfs_img}"
+		update_image="yes"
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "${update_image}" == "yes" ]]; then
+		create_vm_image
+	fi
+
+	update_selftests "${kernel_checkout}" "${make_command}"
+	update_init_script "${command}" "${log_file}"
+	run_vm "${kernel_bzimage}"
+	copy_logs "${log_file}"
+	echo "Logs saved in ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${log_file}"
+}
+
+catch()
+{
+	local exit_code=$1
+	# This is just a cleanup and the directory may
+	# have already been unmounted. So, don't let this
+	# clobber the error code we intend to return.
+	unmount_image || true
+	exit ${exit_code}
+}
+
+trap 'catch "$?"' EXIT
+
+main "$@"
