linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] KVM: Selftests changes for 6.14

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Message-ID: <CABgObfZkQ_r_QY=xREKN+EdoaMRqRjVmk5Fz7UgdDrj=kmU9tQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:45:15 +0100
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] KVM: Selftests changes for 6.14

On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> FYI, the "LLC references/misses" patch exposed a latent failure on SKX/CLX/CPL[*]
> (who's brilliant idea was it to use "CPL" for a CPU code name on x86?).  Dapeng
> is following up with the uarch folks to understand what's going on.  If -rc1 is
> immiment and we don't have a fix, my plan is to have the test only assert that
> the count is non-zero, and then go with a more precise fix if one arises.

So based on the thread there is a root cause and fix---the test is
just counting on an unrelated event.

Paolo