linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] KVM: selftests: arm64: Report register reset tests individually

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Message-ID: <99f23278-47de-4ee5-8ca5-18387f187f16@arm.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 14:42:39 +0000
From: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@....com>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
 Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@....com>, Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
 Oliver Upton <oupton@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
 kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] KVM: selftests: arm64: Report register reset tests
 individually

Hi Mark,

On 12/19/25 19:28, Mark Brown wrote:
> set_id_regs tests that registers have their values preserved over reset.
> Currently it reports all registers in a single test with an instantly fatal
> assert which isn't great for diagnostics, it's hard to tell which register
> failed or if it's just one register. Change this to report each register as
> a separate test so that it's clear from the program output which registers
> have problems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/set_id_regs.c | 14 ++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@....com>

Thanks,

Ben