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From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
	David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>,
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
	David Dunn <daviddunn@google.com>,
	Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@google.com>,
	Junaid Shahid <junaids@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 06/10] KVM: selftests: Add NX huge pages test
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:36:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YliT3rWLDDMjjLJN@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANgfPd-LOxaJSvOhxQQ2MvJauimUHugrKRi0TFxNpq0ShL8rRg@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Apr 14, 2022, Ben Gardon wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 3:35 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> wrote:
> > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.sh
> > > new file mode 100755
> > > index 000000000000..19fc95723fcb
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/nx_huge_pages_test.sh
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
> > > +#!/bin/bash
> > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> > > +
> > > +# tools/testing/selftests/kvm/nx_huge_page_test.sh
> > > +# Copyright (C) 2022, Google LLC.
> >
> > This should either check for root or use sudo.
> 
> Is there not any scenario where the below setup commands could work
> without root?

Technically, yes, someone could be running the test as a non-root user with
the necessary permissions.  Practically speaking, I would be surprised if anyone
configures module params in that way.

That said, there's certainly no harm in using sudo as a fall back.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-14 21:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-13 17:59 [PATCH v5 00/10] KVM: x86: Add a cap to disable NX hugepages on a VM Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 17:59 ` [PATCH v5 01/10] KVM: selftests: Remove dynamic memory allocation for stats header Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 17:59 ` [PATCH v5 02/10] KVM: selftests: Read binary stats header in lib Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 17:59 ` [PATCH v5 03/10] KVM: selftests: Read binary stats desc " Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 17:59 ` [PATCH v5 04/10] KVM: selftests: Clean up coding style in binary stats test Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 17:59 ` [PATCH v5 05/10] KVM: selftests: Read binary stat data in lib Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 17:59 ` [PATCH v5 06/10] KVM: selftests: Add NX huge pages test Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 22:35   ` Sean Christopherson
2022-04-14 20:59     ` Ben Gardon
2022-04-14 21:36       ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2022-04-13 17:59 ` [PATCH v5 07/10] KVM: x86: Fix errant brace in KVM capability handling Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 17:59 ` [PATCH v5 08/10] KVM: x86/MMU: Allow NX huge pages to be disabled on a per-vm basis Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 23:03   ` Sean Christopherson
2022-04-13 17:59 ` [PATCH v5 09/10] KVM: selftests: Factor out calculation of pages needed for a VM Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 17:59 ` [PATCH v5 10/10] KVM: selftests: Test disabling NX hugepages on " Ben Gardon
2022-04-13 22:48   ` Sean Christopherson
2022-04-14 21:14     ` Ben Gardon
2022-04-14 22:29       ` Sean Christopherson
2022-04-13 21:21 ` [PATCH v5 00/10] KVM: x86: Add a cap to disable " David Matlack

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