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

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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 09:00:17 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, 
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] KVM: selftests: Fix clocksource requirements in tests

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Jan 2024 15:11:16 +0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Applied to kvm-x86 selftests, thanks!
> 
> [1/5] KVM: selftests: Generalize check_clocksource() from kvm_clock_test
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/449d0d6ccf55
> [2/5] KVM: selftests: Use generic sys_clocksource_is_tsc() in vmx_nested_tsc_scaling_test
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/a79036441a68
> [3/5] KVM: selftests: Run clocksource dependent tests with hyperv_clocksource_tsc_page too
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/436e6e541cb2
> [4/5] KVM: selftests: Make hyperv_clock require TSC based system clocksource
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/14fce852a14b
> [5/5] KVM: x86: Make gtod_is_based_on_tsc() return 'bool'
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/57cc53712934

FYI, I dropped the xen_shinfo patch, and past me wasn't clever enough to make sure
that patch was applied last.  New hashes are:

[1/5] KVM: selftests: Generalize check_clocksource() from kvm_clock_test
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/e440c5f2e3e6
[2/5] KVM: selftests: Use generic sys_clocksource_is_tsc() in vmx_nested_tsc_scaling_test
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/410cb01ead5b
[3/5] KVM: selftests: Run clocksource dependent tests with hyperv_clocksource_tsc_page too
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/09951bf2cbb3
[4/5] KVM: selftests: Make hyperv_clock require TSC based system clocksource
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/b6831a108be1
[5/5] KVM: x86: Make gtod_is_based_on_tsc() return 'bool'
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/9e62797fd7e8