Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] SEV Kernel Selftests

[Pratik R. Sampat]

Hi Sean,

On 10/14/2024 5:23 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2024, Pratik R. Sampat wrote:
>> This series primarily introduces SEV-SNP test for the kernel selftest
>> framework. It tests boot, ioctl, pre fault, and fallocate in various
>> combinations to exercise both positive and negative launch flow paths.
>>
>> Patch 1 - Adds a wrapper for the ioctl calls that decouple ioctl and
>> asserts, which enables the use of negative test cases. No functional
>> change intended.
>> Patch 2 - Extend the sev smoke tests to use the SNP specific ioctl
>> calls and sets up memory to boot a SNP guest VM
>> Patch 3 - Adds SNP to shutdown testing
>> Patch 4, 5 - Tests the ioctl path for SEV, SEV-ES and SNP
>> Patch 6 - Adds support for SNP in KVM_SEV_INIT2 tests
>> Patch 7,8,9 - Enable Prefault tests for SEV, SEV-ES and SNP
> 
> There are three separate series here:
> 
>  1. Smoke test support for SNP
>  2. Negative tests for SEV+
>  3. Prefault tests for SEV+
> 
> #3 likely has a dependency on #1, and probably on #2 as well (for style if nothing
> else).  But that's really just an argument for focuing on #1 first, and the moving
> onto the others once that's ready to go.

Based on your feedback on the rest of this patchset, this makes sense to
me. I will first prep for the changes for patchset #1 and once we lock
that down I can introduce patchset #2 and #3 based on that design.

Thank you again for your feedback!
Pratik