Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: x86: Skip unsupported test when Arch LBR is available

["Yang, Weijiang" <weijiang.yang@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/10/2022 11:06 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > -	ret = _vcpu_set_msr(vm, 0, MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES, PMU_CAP_LBR_FMT);
> > -	TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "Bad PERF_CAPABILITIES didn't fail.");
> > +	/* Note, on Arch LBR capable platforms, LBR_FMT in perf capability msr is 0x3f,
> > +	 * so skip below test if running on these platforms. */
> > +	if (host_cap.lbr_format != PMU_CAP_LBR_FMT) {
> > +		ret = _vcpu_set_msr(vm, 0, MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES, PMU_CAP_LBR_FMT);
> > +		TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "Bad PERF_CAPABILITIES didn't fail.");
> > +	}
> Why not try a different value?
OK, I'll select a "real" invalid format and re-post the patch, thanks!
> Paolo