linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/9] KVM: Enable Nested Virt selftests

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Message-ID: <7bf7bd52-7553-42a7-afdb-a5e95f8699b5@os.amperecomputing.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 15:59:58 +0530
From: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni@...amperecomputing.com>
To: Eric Auger <eauger@...hat.com>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: maz@...nel.org, oliver.upton@...ux.dev, joey.gouly@....com,
 suzuki.poulose@....com, yuzenghui@...wei.com, seanjc@...gle.com,
 darren@...amperecomputing.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/9] KVM: Enable Nested Virt selftests


Hi Eric,

On 5/28/2025 6:58 PM, Eric Auger wrote:
> Hi Ganapatrao,
> 
> On 5/12/25 12:52 PM, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
>> This patch series makes the selftest work with NV enabled. The guest code
>> is run in vEL2 instead of EL1. We add a command line option to enable
>> testing of NV. The NV tests are disabled by default.
> 
> For commodity, I would add in the coverletter that for all tests
> enhanced with vEL2 testing "-g 1" option shall be added to force that mode.

Sure, will do.

> 
> I don't really get how you chose tests capable to run at vEL2 and
> excluded others? Wouldn't it make sense to have a way to run all tests
> in either mode?
There is no selection as such. I have worked on around 50% of the tests and sent for the early review.
Yes, almost all tests can/should run in vEL2 except few.

-- 
Thanks,
Gk