From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@linux.dev>
Cc: Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@google.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 3/3] arm: pmu: Remove checks for !overflow in chained counters tests
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 10:40:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875yjmdf23.wl-maz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220723075955.ipoekdpzkqticadt@kamzik>
On Sat, 23 Jul 2022 08:59:55 +0100,
Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@linux.dev> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 02:53:20PM -0700, Ricardo Koller wrote:
> >
> > Which brings me to what to do with this test. Should it be fixed for
> > bare-metal by ignoring the PMOVSSET check? or should it actually check
> > for PMOVSSET=1 and fail on KVM until KVM gets fixed?
> >
>
> Hi Ricardo,
>
> Please write the test per the spec. Failures pointed out in kvm-unit-tests
> are great, when the tests are written correctly, since it means it's
> doing its job :-)
Agreed. This is a bug, and bugs are to be fixed. The fact that it will
flare up and annoy people is a good incentive to fix the kernel!
Thanks,
M.
--
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-24 9:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-18 15:49 [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 0/3] arm: pmu: Fixes for bare metal Ricardo Koller
2022-07-18 15:49 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 1/3] arm: pmu: Add missing isb()'s after sys register writing Ricardo Koller
2022-07-18 16:38 ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-07-18 17:48 ` Ricardo Koller
2022-07-19 11:26 ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-07-19 11:14 ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-07-20 21:20 ` Ricardo Koller
2022-07-18 15:49 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 2/3] arm: pmu: Reset the pmu registers before starting some tests Ricardo Koller
2022-07-18 15:49 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 3/3] arm: pmu: Remove checks for !overflow in chained counters tests Ricardo Koller
2022-07-19 11:34 ` Marc Zyngier
2022-07-20 8:40 ` Ricardo Koller
2022-07-20 9:45 ` Marc Zyngier
2022-07-20 21:17 ` Ricardo Koller
2022-07-20 21:26 ` Ricardo Koller
2022-07-21 13:43 ` Marc Zyngier
2022-07-22 21:53 ` Ricardo Koller
2022-07-23 7:59 ` Andrew Jones
2022-07-24 9:40 ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2022-07-27 2:29 ` Ricardo Koller
2022-07-30 12:47 ` Marc Zyngier
2022-07-30 12:52 ` Marc Zyngier
2022-08-01 19:15 ` Ricardo Koller
2022-07-18 16:42 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 0/3] arm: pmu: Fixes for bare metal Alexandru Elisei
2022-07-18 17:18 ` Ricardo Koller
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