linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests: kvm: Add mem_slot

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Message-ID: <fef1fa29-b189-aa97-eea4-0340a72a6f67@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Apr 2020 10:48:51 -0300
From:   Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@...hat.com>
To:     Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        david@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests: kvm: Add mem_slot_test test


On 4/1/20 3:38 AM, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 06:42:21PM -0300, Wainer dos Santos Moschetta wrote:
>> It would be nice to exercise the code by adding slots with different page
>> flags. But for this test that simple checks the limit, the use of
>> KVM_MEM_READONLY is enough. I will change it on v2.
> It would be good to test more memslot error conditions as well. Do you plan
> to expand on this test?

Yes, I do. For example, check memory slots addresses can't overlap.

>
> Thanks,
> drew