From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Zack Rusin" <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 10/12] KVM: selftests: Test VMware hypercall exits
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 06:23:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-208435@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e6dfd2e43c8a6ea04fe59b1b5825138ad5523273.1794374897.git.zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 4 potential
issues to consider:
- [Low] KVM: selftests: native_hypercall_insn() rejects Zhaoxin VMX CPUs
- [Low] KVM: selftests: vmware_hypercall_test open-codes
vcpu_run_complete_io()
- [Low] KVM: selftests: exit_reasons_known[] omits
KVM_EXIT_STRING(VMWARE)
- [Low] KVM: selftests: main() in vmware_hypercall_test duplicates
(false, true) case
--
commit 54cae967f2b7981d769102ff002d20cd884b4d2d
Author: Zack Rusin <zack.rusin@broadcom.com>
KVM: selftests: Test VMware hypercall exits
This commit adds vmware_hypercall_test to cover KVM_VMWARE_ENABLE_HYPERCALL
and KVM_EXIT_VMWARE, and enables VMware hypercall exits in xen_vmcall_test.
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/vmware_hypercall_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/vmware_hypercall_test.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..d882d3661022b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/vmware_hypercall_test.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,388 @@
[ ... ]
> +static const u8 *native_hypercall_insn(void)
> +{
> + if (host_cpu_is_intel)
> + return vmx_vmcall;
> + if (host_cpu_is_amd_compatible)
> + return svm_vmmcall;
> +
> + TEST_FAIL("VMware hypercall test requires an Intel or AMD-compatible CPU");
> +}
[Severity: Low]
Should native_hypercall_insn() check host_cpu_is_intel_compatible instead
of host_cpu_is_intel? Zhaoxin CPUs implement VMX and use VMCALL (as
handled in fix_hypercall_test.c and X86_HYPERCALL()), so checking only
host_cpu_is_intel causes the test to hit TEST_FAIL() on Zhaoxin hosts.
[ ... ]
> +static void run_to_vmware_exit(struct vmware_test *test, bool cpl3,
> + bool compat)
> +{
> + test->vcpu->run->kvm_valid_regs = KVM_SYNC_X86_REGS;
> + vcpu_run(test->vcpu);
> + TEST_ASSERT_KVM_EXIT_REASON(test->vcpu, KVM_EXIT_VMWARE);
> + TEST_ASSERT(test->vcpu->run->kvm_valid_regs & KVM_SYNC_X86_REGS,
> + "KVM did not return synchronized GPRs");
> + assert_hypercall_state(test, cpl3, compat);
> +}
[Severity: Low]
Does exit_reasons_known[] in tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
need a KVM_EXIT_STRING(VMWARE) entry? Without it, exit_reason_str()
returns "Unknown" if TEST_ASSERT_KVM_EXIT_REASON() fails on an expected or
unexpected KVM_EXIT_VMWARE exit.
[ ... ]
> +static void test_synchronized_output(bool compat)
> +{
[ ... ]
> + run->s.regs.regs = expected;
> + run->kvm_dirty_regs = KVM_SYNC_X86_REGS;
> + run->immediate_exit = 1;
> +
> + errno = 0;
> + ret = __vcpu_run(test.vcpu);
> + run->immediate_exit = 0;
> + TEST_ASSERT(ret == -1 && errno == EINTR,
> + "Completion with immediate_exit failed: ret=%d errno=%d",
> + ret, errno);
[ ... ]
> +}
> +
> +static void test_valid_exception(u32 vector, u32 error_code, u64 address,
> + bool dirty_regs)
> +{
[ ... ]
> + run->immediate_exit = 1;
> +
> + errno = 0;
> + ret = __vcpu_run(test.vcpu);
> + run->immediate_exit = 0;
> + TEST_ASSERT(ret == -1 && errno == EINTR,
> + "Exception completion failed: ret=%d errno=%d", ret, errno);
[Severity: Low]
Can test_synchronized_output() and test_valid_exception() use
vcpu_run_complete_io(test.vcpu) instead of open-coding the immediate_exit
sequence?
[ ... ]
> +int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> +{
[ ... ]
> + test_synchronized_output(false);
> + test_synchronized_output(true);
> +
> + test = create_test(true, false, ARG_RAX);
> + run_to_vmware_exit(&test, true, false);
> + destroy_test(&test);
> +
> + test = create_test(false, true, ARG_RAX);
> + run_to_vmware_exit(&test, false, true);
> + destroy_test(&test);
[Severity: Low]
Was the second create_test() / run_to_vmware_exit() block meant to pass
(true, true) instead of (false, true)? test_synchronized_output(true)
already exercises (cpl3=false, compat=true), whereas (cpl3=true,
compat=true) is not tested.
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/cover.1794374897.git.zack.rusin@broadcom.com?part=10
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 6:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-11 5:59 [PATCH v3 00/12] KVM: Improve VMware guest support Zack Rusin
2026-11-11 5:59 ` [PATCH v3 01/12] KVM: x86/pmu: Honor enable_vmware_backdoor for VMware pseudo-PMCs Zack Rusin
2026-11-12 0:13 ` Jim Mattson
2026-11-11 5:59 ` [PATCH v3 02/12] KVM: x86: Move VMware backdoor support to separate files Zack Rusin
2026-11-12 0:14 ` Jim Mattson
2026-11-11 5:59 ` [PATCH v3 03/12] KVM: x86: Encapsulate VMware backdoor checks Zack Rusin
2026-11-12 0:14 ` Jim Mattson
2026-11-11 5:59 ` [PATCH v3 04/12] KVM: x86: Add CONFIG_KVM_VMWARE Zack Rusin
2026-11-12 0:15 ` Jim Mattson
2026-11-11 5:59 ` [PATCH v3 05/12] KVM: x86: Add a unified VMware capability Zack Rusin
2026-11-12 0:17 ` Jim Mattson
2026-11-11 5:59 ` [PATCH v3 06/12] KVM: x86: Forward VMware hypercalls to userspace Zack Rusin
2026-11-12 0:28 ` Jim Mattson
2026-11-12 5:48 ` Zack Rusin
2026-11-11 5:59 ` [PATCH v3 07/12] KVM: x86: Route nested VMware backdoors to KVM Zack Rusin
2026-11-11 6:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-11 5:59 ` [PATCH v3 08/12] KVM: selftests: Add helpers to run x86 guest code in user mode Zack Rusin
2026-11-11 5:59 ` [PATCH v3 09/12] KVM: selftests: Port VMware backdoor coverage Zack Rusin
2026-11-11 5:59 ` [PATCH v3 10/12] KVM: selftests: Test VMware hypercall exits Zack Rusin
2026-11-11 6:23 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-11 6:00 ` [PATCH v3 11/12] KVM: selftests: Test VMware hypercall exits with nested Hyper-V flushes Zack Rusin
2026-11-11 6:00 ` [PATCH v3 12/12] KVM: selftests: Test nested VMware backdoor routing Zack Rusin
2026-11-11 6:21 ` sashiko-bot
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