diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/Makefile
index f408bd6bfc3d4..984534cfbf1b6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/Makefile
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := resctrl_tests
 LOCAL_HDRS += $(wildcard *.h)
 
 include ../lib.mk
+CFLAGS += -I$(top_srcdir)/tools/include
 
 $(OUTPUT)/resctrl_tests: $(wildcard *.c)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index dab1953fc7a06..35fa3afee9c3c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include "../kselftest.h"
 
 #define MB			(1024 * 1024)
@@ -156,8 +158,11 @@ struct perf_event_read {
  */
 extern volatile int *value_sink;
 
+extern int snc_unreliable;
+
 extern char llc_occup_path[1024];
 
+int snc_nodes_per_l3_cache(void);
 int get_vendor(void);
 bool check_resctrlfs_support(void);
 int filter_dmesg(void);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
index 3335af815b210..5154ffd821c44 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static bool test_vendor_specific_check(const struct resctrl_test *test)
 
 static void run_single_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_params *uparams)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret, snc_mode;
 
 	if (test->disabled)
 		return;
@@ -128,8 +128,15 @@ static void run_single_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_p
 		return;
 	}
 
+	snc_mode = snc_nodes_per_l3_cache();
+
 	ksft_print_msg("Starting %s test ...\n", test->name);
 
+	if (snc_mode == 1 && snc_unreliable && get_vendor() == ARCH_INTEL) {
+		ksft_test_result_skip("SNC detection unreliable due to offline CPUs. Test results may not be accurate if SNC enabled.\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (test_prepare(test)) {
 		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Abnormal failure when preparing for the test\n");
 		return;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
index d38d6dd90be44..dc7ce3cbdb271 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 #include "resctrl.h"
 
+int snc_unreliable;
+
 static int find_resctrl_mount(char *buffer)
 {
 	FILE *mounts;
@@ -156,6 +158,98 @@ int get_domain_id(const char *resource, int cpu_no, int *domain_id)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Count number of CPUs in a /sys bitmap
+ */
+static unsigned int count_sys_bitmap_bits(char *name)
+{
+	FILE *fp = fopen(name, "r");
+	int count = 0, c;
+
+	if (!fp)
+		return 0;
+
+	while ((c = fgetc(fp)) != EOF) {
+		if (!isxdigit(c))
+			continue;
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'f':
+			count++;
+			fallthrough;
+		case '7': case 'b': case 'd': case 'e':
+			count++;
+			fallthrough;
+		case '3': case '5': case '6': case '9': case 'a': case 'c':
+			count++;
+			fallthrough;
+		case '1': case '2': case '4': case '8':
+			count++;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static bool cpus_offline_empty(void)
+{
+	char offline_cpus_str[64];
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	fp = fopen("/sys/devices/system/cpu/offline", "r");
+	if (!fp) {
+		ksft_perror("Could not open /sys/devices/system/cpu/offline");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (fscanf(fp, "%63s", offline_cpus_str) < 0) {
+		if (!errno) {
+			fclose(fp);
+			return 1;
+		}
+		ksft_perror("Could not read /sys/devices/system/cpu/offline");
+	}
+
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Detect SNC by comparing #CPUs in node0 with #CPUs sharing LLC with CPU0.
+ * If any CPUs are offline declare the detection as unreliable.
+ */
+int snc_nodes_per_l3_cache(void)
+{
+	int node_cpus, cache_cpus;
+	static int snc_mode;
+
+	if (!snc_mode) {
+		snc_mode = 1;
+		if (!cpus_offline_empty()) {
+			ksft_print_msg("Runtime SNC detection unreliable due to offline CPUs.\n");
+			ksft_print_msg("Setting SNC mode to disabled.\n");
+			snc_unreliable = 1;
+			return snc_mode;
+		}
+		node_cpus = count_sys_bitmap_bits("/sys/devices/system/node/node0/cpumap");
+		cache_cpus = count_sys_bitmap_bits("/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index3/shared_cpu_map");
+
+		if (!node_cpus || !cache_cpus) {
+			ksft_print_msg("Could not determine Sub-NUMA Cluster mode.\n");
+			snc_unreliable = 1;
+			return snc_mode;
+		}
+		snc_mode = cache_cpus / node_cpus;
+
+		if (snc_mode > 1)
+			ksft_print_msg("SNC-%d mode discovered.\n", snc_mode);
+	}
+
+	return snc_mode;
+}
+
 /*
  * get_cache_size - Get cache size for a specified CPU
  * @cpu_no:	CPU number
@@ -211,6 +305,17 @@ int get_cache_size(int cpu_no, const char *cache_type, unsigned long *cache_size
 			break;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The amount of cache represented by each bit in the masks
+	 * in the schemata file is reduced by a factor equal to SNC
+	 * nodes per L3 cache.
+	 * E.g. on a SNC-2 system with a 100MB L3 cache a test that
+	 * allocates memory from its local SNC node (default behavior
+	 * without using libnuma) will only see 50 MB llc_occupancy
+	 * with a fully populated L3 mask in the schemata file.
+	 */
+	if (cache_num == 3)
+		*cache_size /= snc_nodes_per_l3_cache();
 	return 0;
 }