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

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Message-ID: <Z4_A_N0-DMPsT4Uq@google.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 07:45:00 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] KVM: Selftests changes for 6.14

On Mon, Jan 20, 2025, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 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.

Oh, yeah.  Sorry, forgot to follow-up here.