linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/11] KVM: selftests: Drop manual XCR0 configuration from state test

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Message-ID: <20241003234337.273364-10-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Thu,  3 Oct 2024 16:43:35 -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, 
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/11] KVM: selftests: Drop manual XCR0 configuration from
 state test

Now that CR4.OSXSAVE and XCR0 are setup by default, drop the manual
enabling from the state test, which is fully redundant with the default
behavior.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/state_test.c | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/state_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/state_test.c
index 1c756db329e5..141b7fc0c965 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/state_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/state_test.c
@@ -145,11 +145,6 @@ static void __attribute__((__flatten__)) guest_code(void *arg)
 
 		memset(buffer, 0xcc, sizeof(buffer));
 
-		set_cr4(get_cr4() | X86_CR4_OSXSAVE);
-		GUEST_ASSERT(this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE));
-
-		xsetbv(0, xgetbv(0) | supported_xcr0);
-
 		/*
 		 * Modify state for all supported xfeatures to take them out of
 		 * their "init" state, i.e. to make them show up in XSTATE_BV.
-- 
2.47.0.rc0.187.ge670bccf7e-goog