Re: [PATCH v3] selftests: x86: skip the tests if prerequisites aren't fulfilled

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On 3/27/24 05:17, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> > Skip instead of failing when prerequisite conditions aren't fulfilled,
> > such as invalid xstate values etc. This patch would make the tests show
> > as skip when run by:
> >    make -C tools/testing/selftests/ TARGETS=x86 run_tests
> > 
> >    ...
> >    # timeout set to 45
> >    # selftests: x86: amx_64
> >    # # xstate cpuid: invalid tile data size/offset: 0/0
> >    ok 42 selftests: x86: amx_64 # SKIP
> >    # timeout set to 45
> >    # selftests: x86: lam_64
> >    # # Unsupported LAM feature!
> >    ok 43 selftests: x86: lam_64 # SKIP
> >    ...
> > 
> > In amx test, Move away from check_cpuid_xsave() and start using
> > arch_prctl() to find out if amx support is present or not. In the
> > kernels where amx isn't present, arch_prctl returns -EINVAL. Hence it is
> > backward compatible.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
> > Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com>
> > ---
> > Changes since v2:
> > - Update the changelog
> > 
> 
> Thank you - applied to linux-kselftest next for 6.10-rc1

Please don't, I've applied the patch to tip:x86/cpu with a tidied up 
changelog.

Thanks,

	Ingo