static void continue_range(int ufd, __u64 start, __u64 len)
 {
        struct uffdio_continue req;
+       int ret;
 
        req.range.start = start;
        req.range.len = len;
        if (ioctl(ufd, UFFDIO_CONTINUE, &req))
                err("UFFDIO_CONTINUE failed for address 0x%" PRIx64,
                    (uint64_t)start);
+
+       /*
+        * Error handling within the kernel for continue is subtly different
+        * from copy or zeropage, so it may be a source of bugs. Trigger an
+        * error (-EEXIST) on purpose, to verify doing so doesn't cause a BUG.
+        */
+       req.mapped = 0;
+       ret = ioctl(ufd, UFFDIO_CONTINUE, &req);
+       if (ret >= 0 || req.mapped != -EEXIST)
+               err("failed to exercise UFFDIO_CONTINUE error handling, ret=%d, mapped=%" PRId64,
+                   ret, (int64_t) req.mapped);
 }
 
 static void *locking_thread(void *arg)
        void *expected_page;
        char c;
        struct uffd_stats stats = { 0 };
-       uint64_t features = UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS;
+       uint64_t req_features, features_out;
 
        if (!test_uffdio_minor)
                return 0;
        printf("testing minor faults: ");
        fflush(stdout);
 
-       uffd_test_ctx_init_ext(&features);
-       /* If kernel reports the feature isn't supported, skip the test. */
-       if (!(features & UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS)) {
+       if (test_type == TEST_HUGETLB)
+               req_features = UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS;
+       else if (test_type == TEST_SHMEM)
+               req_features = UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM;
+       else
+               return 1;
+
+       features_out = req_features;
+       uffd_test_ctx_init_ext(&features_out);
+       /* If kernel reports required features aren't supported, skip test. */
+       if ((features_out & req_features) != req_features) {
                printf("skipping test due to lack of feature support\n");
                fflush(stdout);
                return 0;
                map_shared = true;
                test_type = TEST_SHMEM;
                uffd_test_ops = &shmem_uffd_test_ops;
+               test_uffdio_minor = true;
        } else {
                err("Unknown test type: %s", type);
        }