linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] SEV Kernel Selftests

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Message-ID: <c72cb617-2c0d-4d38-abef-cda1dcf03c06@amd.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:14:04 +0530
From: "Aithal, Srikanth" <sraithal@....com>
To: "Pratik R. Sampat" <pratikrajesh.sampat@....com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc: seanjc@...gle.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, pgonda@...gle.com,
 thomas.lendacky@....com, michael.roth@....com, shuah@...nel.org,
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] SEV Kernel Selftests

On 8/17/2024 12:53 AM, Pratik R. Sampat wrote:
> This series primarily introduces SEV-SNP test for the kernel selftest
> framework. It tests boot, ioctl, pre fault, and fallocate in various
> combinations to exercise both positive and negative launch flow paths.
> 
> Patch 1 - Adds a wrapper for the ioctl calls that decouple ioctl and
> asserts which enables the use of negative test cases. No functional
> change intended.
> Patch 2 - Extend the sev smoke tests to use the SNP specific ioctl
> calls and sets up memory to boot a SNP guest VM
> Patch 3 - Adds SNP to shutdown testing
> Patch 4, 5 - Tests the ioctl path for SEV, SEV-ES and SNP
> Patch 6 - Adds support for SNP in KVM_SEV_INIT2 tests
> Patch 7,8,9 - Enable Prefault tests for SEV, SEV-ES and SNP
> 
> The patchset is rebased on top of kvm/queue and and over the
> "KVM: selftests: Add SEV-ES shutdown test" patch.
> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20240709182936.146487-1-pgonda@google.com/
> 
> v2:
> 1. Add SMT parsing check to populate SNP policy flags
> 2. Extend Peter Gonda's shutdown test to include SNP
> 3. Introduce new tests for prefault which include exercising prefault,
>     fallocate, hole-punch in various combinations.
> 4. Decouple ioctl patch reworked to introduce private variants of the
>     the functions that call into the ioctl. Also reordered the patch for
>     it to arrive first so that new APIs are not written right after
>     their introduction.
> 5. General cleanups - adding comments, avoiding local booleans, better
>     error message. Suggestions incorporated from Peter, Tom, and Sean.
> 

Tested-by: Srikanth Aithal <sraithal@....com>