Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: x86: Skip unsupported test when Arch LBR is available

From: Yang, Weijiang
Date: Tue May 10 2022 - 20:27:18 EST



On 5/10/2022 11:06 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
Hi,

- ret = _vcpu_set_msr(vm, 0, MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES, PMU_CAP_LBR_FMT);
- TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "Bad PERF_CAPABILITIES didn't fail.");
+ /* Note, on Arch LBR capable platforms, LBR_FMT in perf capability msr is 0x3f,
+ * so skip below test if running on these platforms. */
+ if (host_cap.lbr_format != PMU_CAP_LBR_FMT) {
+ ret = _vcpu_set_msr(vm, 0, MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES, PMU_CAP_LBR_FMT);
+ TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "Bad PERF_CAPABILITIES didn't fail.");
+ }
Why not try a different value?
OK, I'll select a "real" invalid format and re-post the patch, thanks!

Paolo