Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Provide generic way to read system counter

[Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2023, Colton Lewis wrote:
> Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev> writes:
> 
> > > These functions were originally part of my patch to introduce latency
> > > measurements into dirty_log_perf_test. [1] Sean Christopherson
> > > suggested lifting these functions into their own patch in generic code
> > > so they can be used by any test. [2] Ricardo Koller suggested the
> > > addition of the MEASURE macro to more easily time individual
> > > statements. [3]
> 
> > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20221115173258.2530923-1-coltonlewis@google.com/
> > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/Y8gfOP5CMXK60AtH@google.com/
> > > [3] https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/Y8cIdxp5k8HivVAe@google.com/
> 
> > This patch doesn't make a great deal of sense outside of [1]. Can you
> > send this as part of your larger series next time around?
> 
> I copied the wrong email link where Sean suggested this should be
> generic code in a separate patch. I may have been mistaken in thinking
> he meant to upstream it separately.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/Y8gjG6gG5UR6T3Yg@google.com/
> 
> But yes, I would prefer to keep this as part of the larger series.

Yeah, I just meant put it into a separate patch, but keep it in the series.