Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] kvm-unit-test: x86: Add RDPRU test

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:14 AM Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Sep 24, 2019, at 11:09 AM, Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:29 AM Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> On Sep 20, 2019, at 12:44 PM, Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 12:36 PM Krish Sadhukhan
> >>> <krish.sadhukhan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> On 9/19/19 4:02 PM, Jim Mattson wrote:
> >>>>> Ensure that support for RDPRU is not enumerated in the guest's CPUID
> >>>>> and that the RDPRU instruction raises #UD.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> The AMD spec says,
> >>>>
> >>>>        "When the CPL>0 with CR4.TSD=1, the RDPRUinstruction will
> >>>> generate a #UD fault."
> >>>>
> >>>> So we don't need to check the CR4.TSD value here ?
> >>>
> >>> KVM should set CPUID Fn8000_0008_EBX[RDPRU] to 0.
> >>>
> >>> However, I should modify the test so it passes (or skips) on hardware. :-)
> >>
> >> Thanks for making this exception. Just wondering: have you or anyone else
> >> used this functionality - of running tests on bare-metal?
> >
> > I have not. However, if there is a simple way to add this testing to
> > our workflow, I would be happy to ask the team to do so before sending
> > submissions upstream.
>
> I guess I should build some script that uses idrac to automate this process.

I'm not familiar with idrac. What sort of functionality do you need
from the test infrastructure to automate this process?



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