P_FILE_PATH);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
index 56e9bd541edd..e33cda301dad 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.c
@@ -449,6 +449,23 @@ bool check_vmflag_pfnmap(void *addr)
 	return check_vmflag(addr, "pf");
 }
 
+bool softdirty_supported(void)
+{
+	char *addr;
+	bool supported = false;
+	const size_t pagesize = getpagesize();
+
+	/* New mappings are expected to be marked with VM_SOFTDIRTY (sd). */
+	addr = mmap(0, pagesize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+		    MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, 0, 0);
+	if (!addr)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("mmap failed\n");
+
+	supported = check_vmflag(addr, "sd");
+	munmap(addr, pagesize);
+	return supported;
+}
+
 /*
  * Open an fd at /proc/$pid/maps and configure procmap_out ready for
  * PROCMAP_QUERY query. Returns 0 on success, or an error code otherwise.
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
index 07c4acfd84b6..26c30fdc0241 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/vm_util.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ bool find_vma_procmap(struct procmap_fd *procmap, void *address);
 int close_procmap(struct procmap_fd *procmap);
 int write_sysfs(const char *file_path, unsigned long val);
 int read_sysfs(const char *file_path, unsigned long *val);
+bool softdirty_supported(void);
 
 static inline int open_self_procmap(struct procmap_fd *procmap_out)
 {FAILED: patch "[PATCH] selftests/mm: skip soft-dirty tests when" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> undefinedlance.yang@linux.dev,akpm@linux-foundation.org,david@redhat.com,krisman@collabora.com,lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com,shuah@kernel.org,stable@vger.kernel.org undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined«5ƒŽ)