Try to be consistent in the spelling of polarization. You use an s in the title and in the test name below. On Tue, 2023-04-25 at 18:14 +0200, Pierre Morel wrote: > Polarization is changed on a request from the guest. > Let's verify the polarization is accordingly set by QEMU. > > Signed-off-by: Pierre Morel <pmorel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > tests/avocado/s390_topology.py | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/tests/avocado/s390_topology.py b/tests/avocado/s390_topology.py > index ce119a095e..30d3c0d0cb 100644 > --- a/tests/avocado/s390_topology.py > +++ b/tests/avocado/s390_topology.py > @@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ def kernel_init(self): > '-initrd', initrd_path, > '-append', kernel_command_line) > > + def system_init(self): > + self.log.info("System init") > + exec_command(self, 'mount proc -t proc /proc') > + time.sleep(0.2) > + exec_command(self, 'mount sys -t sysfs /sys') > + time.sleep(0.2) > + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, > + '/bin/cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/dispatching', '0') > + > def test_single(self): > self.kernel_init() > self.vm.launch() > @@ -206,3 +215,32 @@ def test_hotplug_full(self): > self.check_topology(3, 1, 1, 1, 'high', False) > self.check_topology(4, 1, 1, 1, 'medium', False) > self.check_topology(5, 2, 1, 1, 'high', True) > + > + def test_polarisation(self): I would unite this test with test_query_polarization, they are very similar. > + """ > + This test verifies that QEMU modifies the entitlement change after > + several guest polarization change requests. > + > + :avocado: tags=arch:s390x > + :avocado: tags=machine:s390-ccw-virtio > + """ > + self.kernel_init() > + self.vm.launch() > + self.wait_for_console_pattern('no job control') > + > + self.system_init() > + self.check_topology(0, 0, 0, 0, 'medium', False) > + > + exec_command(self, 'echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/dispatching') > + time.sleep(0.2) Can you find a way to wait for the event here? > + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, > + '/bin/cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/dispatching', '1') I think it would be good to refactor this snippet into a function. def guest_set_dispatching(self, dispatching): exec_command(self, f'echo {dispatching} > /sys/devices/system/cpu/dispatching') #TODO wait exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, '/bin/cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/dispatching', dispatching) or similar, you could also put the path into a variable. > + > + self.check_topology(0, 0, 0, 0, 'medium', False) > + > + exec_command(self, 'echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/dispatching') > + time.sleep(0.2) > + exec_command_and_wait_for_pattern(self, > + '/bin/cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/dispatching', '0') > + > + self.check_topology(0, 0, 0, 0, 'medium', False)