linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Require KVM_CAP_USER

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Date: Fri,  3 May 2024 14:32:26 -0700
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, 
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Require KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY2 for tests
 that create memslots

On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:21:33 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Explicitly require KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY2 for selftests that create memslots,
> i.e. skip selftests that need memslots instead of letting them fail on
> KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2.  While it's ok to take a dependency on new
> kernel features, selftests should skip gracefully instead of failing hard
> when run on older kernels.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied somewhat quickly to kvm-x86 selftests, but feel free to provide feedback.
It's the last commit in "selftests", and I don't have any more selftests patches
in the queue for 6.10, so making changes if someone has a better idea should be
quite easy.

[1/1] KVM: selftests: Require KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY2 for tests that create memslots
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/8a53e1302133

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