Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] arm: pmu: Fix overflow test condition

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On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 09:19:37PM +0000, Matthias Rosenfelder wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I think one of the test conditions for the KVM PMU unit test "basic_event_count" is not strong enough. It only checks whether an overflow occurred for counter #0, but it should also check that none happened for the other counter(s):
> 
> report(read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0) & 0x1,
>       "check overflow happened on #0 only");
> 
> This should be "==" instead of "&".
> 
> Note that this test uses one more counter (#1), which must not overflow. This should also be checked, even though this would be visible through the "report_info()" a few lines above. But the latter does not mark the test failing - it is purely informational, so any test automation will not notice.
> 
> 
> I apologize in advance if my email program at work messes up any formatting. Please let me know and I will try to reconfigure and resend if necessary. Thank you.

Hi Matthias,

Your mail client sent the patch as an attachment. Please use
get-send-email to submit patches and put the justifications for the
patches, like you've written above, in the commit messages.

Thanks,
drew

> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Matthias
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