linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/13] KVM: selftests: Stash the host page size in a global in the guest

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Message-ID: <diqzsefvevce.fsf@google.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:30:41 -0700
From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, 
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>, Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Fuad Tabba <tabba@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/13] KVM: selftests: Stash the host page size in a
 global in the guest_memfd test

Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> writes:

> Use a global variable to track the host page size in the guest_memfd test
> so that the information doesn't need to be constantly passed around.  The
> state is purely a reflection of the underlying system, i.e. can't be set
> by the test and is constant for a given invocation of the test, and thus
> explicitly passing the host page size to individual testcases adds no
> value, e.g. doesn't allow testing different combinations.
>
> Making page_size a global will simplify an upcoming change to create a new
> guest_memfd instance per testcase.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@...gle.com>
> Tested-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>

Tested-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@...gle.com>

> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> ---
>  .../testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c  | 37 +++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> 
> [...snip...]
>