linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Remove x86's so called "MMIO warning" test

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Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:44:11 -0800
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michal Luczaj <mhal@...x.co>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Remove x86's so called "MMIO warning" test

On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:00:30 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Remove x86's mmio_warning_test, as it is unnecessarily complex (there's no
> reason to fork, spawn threads, initialize srand(), etc..), unnecessarily
> restrictive (triggering triple fault is not unique to Intel CPUs without
> unrestricted guest), and provides no meaningful coverage beyond what
> basic fuzzing can achieve (running a vCPU with garbage is fuzzing's bread
> and butter).
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 selftests, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: selftests: Remove x86's so called "MMIO warning" test
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/e29f5d0c3c7c

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