From: Giacomo Mazzola <gmazz@amazon.de>
To: <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Giacomo Mazzola <gmazz@amazon.de>
Subject: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 0/8] x86: fixes for running KUT as EFI on non-QEMU KVM hosts
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:25:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261020152525.57694-1-gmazz@amazon.de> (raw)
This series fixes several issues encountered when running KUT x86 tests
as EFI applications on a KVM-based hypervisor that lacks any ad-hoc
para-virtualized interface (e.g. fw_cfg), on arbitrary VM shapes
(variable CPU count and memory size).
Patches 1-4 fix crashes and faults:
- Stack size mismatch between EFI and non-EFI paths
- Memory allocator selecting regions above the 4 GiB identity map
- #GP on systems without a PMU
- ISR thunks using rel32 jumps that overflow beyond 2 GiB
Patches 5-6 fix SMP bringup:
- Replace per-AP serial prints that cause watchdog timeouts on
large systems
- Add timeout-based AP detection when fw_cfg is unavailable
Patches 7-8 fix command line handling:
- Correct the load_options_size byte-to-character conversion
- Add KUT_ENV= parsing for passing environment variables via the
command line
Regression-tested by running the full KUT suite under QEMU+KVM+OVMF,
in both ./configure and ./configure --enable-efi. Results are
identical with and without this series.
v1 -> v2:
- 8/8: reworked per Drew's review. Moved the implementation from
lib/efi.c to lib/argv.c so the feature is available to non-EFI
builds as well, use a strncmp() prefix match instead of strstr(),
shift argv down instead of swapping with the last element so
argument order is preserved, and drop the redundant isspace()
check and COMMAND_LINE_SIZE cap. Retitled accordingly
("efi: parse KUT_ENV= from load options into environ" ->
"lib: parse KUT_ENV= from command line into environ").
This patch was already posted standalone as v2 and reviewed [2];
it is included here unchanged so the series is complete.
- 1/8 - 7/8: unchanged.
- Picked up Andrew Jones' Reviewed-by on 7/8 and 8/8.
- Rebased onto current master.
Patches 1-6 received no review in v1, so they are unchanged and still
need a look. Resending the full series to make it reviewable as a
whole.
[1] v1: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260609140901.95727-1-gmazz@amazon.de/
[2] v2 8/8 standalone: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260625140452.24159-1-gmazz@amazon.de/
Giacomo Mazzola (8):
x86: efi: use PER_CPU_SIZE for per-CPU stack allocation
x86: fix EFI memory allocator to clamp regions to 4 GiB
x86: skip PMU init when no PMU is advertised
x86: fix ISR thunk to use absolute indirect jump
x86: replace per-AP bringup prints with a single summary line
x86: add timeout-based SMP bringup when fw_cfg is unavailable
efi: fix load_options_size conversion to character count
lib: parse KUT_ENV= from command line into environ
lib/argv.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lib/efi.c | 2 +-
lib/x86/apic.c | 1 -
lib/x86/isr.c | 8 +++++---
lib/x86/setup.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
lib/x86/smp.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
x86/efi/efistart64.S | 2 +-
7 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
base-commit: 5a221342a025948fa7d84f0c404748f6ba57f3ad
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2.47.3
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2026-10-20 15:25 Giacomo Mazzola [this message]
2026-10-20 15:25 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 1/8] x86: efi: use PER_CPU_SIZE for per-CPU stack allocation Giacomo Mazzola
2026-10-20 15:25 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 2/8] x86: fix EFI memory allocator to clamp regions to 4 GiB Giacomo Mazzola
2026-10-20 15:25 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 3/8] x86: skip PMU init when no PMU is advertised Giacomo Mazzola
2026-10-20 15:25 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 4/8] x86: fix ISR thunk to use absolute indirect jump Giacomo Mazzola
2026-10-20 15:25 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 5/8] x86: replace per-AP bringup prints with a single summary line Giacomo Mazzola
2026-10-20 15:25 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 6/8] x86: add timeout-based SMP bringup when fw_cfg is unavailable Giacomo Mazzola
2026-10-20 15:25 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 7/8] efi: fix load_options_size conversion to character count Giacomo Mazzola
2026-10-20 15:25 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 8/8] lib: parse KUT_ENV= from command line into environ Giacomo Mazzola
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