Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] KVM: selftests: Check dirty-ring size before enabling
From: Leonardo Bras
Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 07:17:59 EST
On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 04:18:35PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 01, 2026, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 01:31:25PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > > "Dirty-ring not supported in this kernel\n");
> > >
> > > "this kernel" could be misleading, some architectures simply don't support the
> > > dirty ring.
>
> Hmm, the counter argument is that this is actually accurate if those architectures
> were to gain support in the future, but someone ran this on an older kernel...
>
> > So, do you suggest keeping it simple by printing "Dirty-ring not supported"?
>
> Yeah, unless you have a better idea. Actually, even though Kconfig isn't user-
> controllable, it's still there in the .config. So maybe something like this?
>
> TEST_ASSERT(cap, "Dirty-ring not supported, check CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_DIRTY_RING?");
>
> That would at least give the user a breadcrumb to start with.
Yeah, that looks better.
Thanks!
Leo