On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 12:52:22 +0000, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 09:07:48AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote: > > Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > /* Distributor setup */ > > > - gic_fd = kvm_create_device(vm, KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3, false); > > > + gic_fd = kvm_create_device(vm, KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3, true); > > > So you now only test whether it is possible to create a virtual GICv3, > > but don't actually create it. How does this work? > > Oh, that's rather obscure in the API - so the file descriptor returned > if the test flag is specified can't actually be used? No file descriptor is returned at all from the kernel, so you should always get -1 as populated by kvm_create_device(). See virt/kvm/kvm_main.c::kvm_ioctl_create_device(). M. -- Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/kvmarm