Re: [PATCH 0/5] KVM: selftests: Fix clocksource requirements in tests

Vitaly Kuznetsov
2024-01-29T09:04:01Z

Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> writes:

> It was discovered that 'hyperv_clock' fails miserably when the system is
> using an unsupported (by KVM) clocksource, e.g. 'kvm-clock'. The root cause
> of the failure is that 'hyperv_clock' doesn't actually check which clocksource
> is currently in use. Other tests (kvm_clock_test, vmx_nested_tsc_scaling_test)
> have the required check but each test does it on its own.
>
> Generalize clocksource checking infrastructure, make all three clocksource
> dependent tests run with 'tsc' and 'hyperv_clocksource_tsc_page', and skip
> gracefully when run in an unsupported configuration.
>
> The last patch of the series is a loosely related minor nitpick for KVM
> code itself.
>
> Vitaly Kuznetsov (5):
> KVM: selftests: Generalize check_clocksource() from kvm_clock_test
> KVM: selftests: Use generic sys_clocksource_is_tsc() in
> vmx_nested_tsc_scaling_test
> KVM: selftests: Run clocksource dependent tests with
> hyperv_clocksource_tsc_page too
> KVM: selftests: Make hyperv_clock require TSC based system clocksource
> KVM: x86: Make gtod_is_based_on_tsc() return 'bool'

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Vitaly