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From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] KVM: selftests: x86: Use TAP interface in the userspace_msr_exit test
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 20:31:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ed511f49-ef77-4cc6-bebb-7f4e7c69e008@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZbQIz3thIczeRhCs@google.com>

On 26/01/2024 20.32, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 05, 2023, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> Use the kselftest_harness.h interface in this test to get TAP
>> output, so that it is easier for the user to see what the test
>> is doing.
>>
>> Note: We're not using the KVM_ONE_VCPU_TEST() macro here (but the
>> generic TEST() macro from kselftest_harness.h) since each of the
>> tests needs a different guest code function.
> 
> I would much rather we add a KVM framework that can deal with this, i.e. build
> something that is flexible from the get-go.  Allowing tests to set the entry point
> after vCPU is fairly straightforward (patch below, compile tested only on x86).
> 
> With that, my vote would be to have KVM_ONE_VCPU_TEST_SUITE() *always* pass NULL
> for the entry point, and instead always require sub-tests to pass the guest code
> to KVM_ONE_VCPU_TEST().  I think having the sub-test explicitly specify its guest
> code will be helpful for developers reading the code. 

Yes, I agree that sounds quite a bit nicer. I'll give it a try...

  Thomas



      reply	other threads:[~2024-02-08 19:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-05 14:38 [PATCH v2 0/7] Use TAP in some more x86 KVM selftests Thomas Huth
2023-10-05 14:38 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] KVM: selftests: x86: sync_regs_test: Use vcpu_run() where appropriate Thomas Huth
2023-10-05 14:38 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] KVM: selftests: x86: sync_regs_test: Get regs structure before modifying it Thomas Huth
2023-10-05 14:38 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] KVM: selftests: Add a macro to define a test with one vcpu Thomas Huth
2023-10-05 14:38 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: selftests: x86: Use TAP interface in the sync_regs test Thomas Huth
2023-10-05 14:38 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] KVM: selftests: x86: Use TAP interface in the fix_hypercall test Thomas Huth
2023-10-05 14:38 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: selftests: x86: Use TAP interface in the vmx_pmu_caps test Thomas Huth
2023-10-05 14:38 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] KVM: selftests: x86: Use TAP interface in the userspace_msr_exit test Thomas Huth
2024-01-26 19:32   ` Sean Christopherson
2024-02-08 19:31     ` Thomas Huth [this message]

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