Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] KVM: selftests: Link with VFIO selftests lib and test device interrupts

David Matlack
2026-04-02T17:57:03Z

On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 10:35 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> wrote:

> However! We _do_ have a KVM testing gap that can be trivially filled as there
> is no existing eventfd_signal() => KVM IRQ injection selftest. And this test is
> pretty much exactly that. I just don't want to deal with jumping through VFIO
> hoops for effectively no coverage (for KVM).
>
> If we strip out that fluff, then the test is runnable without _any_ VFIO
> involvement, which means it can run by default, e.g. in n environments without
> VFIO or VFIO-able devices, e.g. in automated CI testgrids.
>
> Something like so. And then we should also rename the test to drop vfio_pci from
> the name, as the VFIO aspect becomes purely optional.

That plan sounds good to me!