Re: [GIT PULL] KVM: Selftests changes for 6.14
From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Mon Jan 20 2025 - 06:45:46 EST
On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> FYI, the "LLC references/misses" patch exposed a latent failure on SKX/CLX/CPL[*]
> (who's brilliant idea was it to use "CPL" for a CPU code name on x86?). Dapeng
> is following up with the uarch folks to understand what's going on. If -rc1 is
> immiment and we don't have a fix, my plan is to have the test only assert that
> the count is non-zero, and then go with a more precise fix if one arises.
So based on the thread there is a root cause and fix---the test is
just counting on an unrelated event.
Paolo