linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] KVM: gmem: Implement test cases for error_remove

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Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:29:59 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     isaku.yamahata@...el.com
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        isaku.yamahata@...il.com, Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, erdemaktas@...gle.com,
        Sagi Shahar <sagis@...gle.com>,
        David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>,
        Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
        Zhi Wang <zhi.wang.linux@...il.com>, chen.bo@...el.com,
        linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev,
        Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>,
        Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@...gle.com>,
        Yuan Yao <yuan.yao@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>,
        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>, wei.w.wang@...el.com,
        Fuad Tabba <tabba@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] KVM: gmem: Implement test cases for error_remove_page

On Thu, Sep 21, 2023, isaku.yamahata@...el.com wrote:
> From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
> 
> This patch series is to implement test cases for the KVM gmem error_remove_page
> method.
> - Update punch hole method to truncate pages
> - Add a new ioctl KVM_GUEST_MEMORY_FAILURE to inject memory failure on
>   offset of gmem

Doh.  Please try to communicate what you're working on.  I was just about to hit
SEND on a series to fix the truncation bug, and to add a similar test.  I would
have happily punted that in your direction, but I had no idea that you were aware
of the bug[*], let alone working on a fix.  I could have explicitly stated that
I was going to fix the bug, but I thought that it was implied that I needed to
clean up my own mess.

Anyways, I'm going to hit SEND anyways, my changes are slightly different to your
patch 1 (truncate needs to happen between begin() and end()) and patch 3 (I added
a slightly more comprehensive test).

[*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230918163647.m6bjgwusc7ww5tyu@amd.com