On Thu, Jul 04, 2024, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > On Fri, 2024-05-17 at 10:38 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote: > > Add a sanity check in get_cpuid_entry() to provide a friendlier error than > > a segfault when a test developer tries to use a vCPU CPUID helper on a > > barebones vCPU. > > > > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c | 2 ++ > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c > > index c664e446136b..f0f3434d767e 100644 > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c > > @@ -1141,6 +1141,8 @@ const struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *get_cpuid_entry(const struct kvm_cpuid2 *cpuid, > > { > > int i; > > > > + TEST_ASSERT(cpuid, "Must do vcpu_init_cpuid() first (or equivalent)"); > > + > > for (i = 0; i < cpuid->nent; i++) { > > if (cpuid->entries[i].function == function && > > cpuid->entries[i].index == index) > > Hi, > > Maybe it is better to do this assert in __vcpu_get_cpuid_entry() because the > assert might confuse the reader, since it just tests for NULL but when it > fails, it complains that you need to call some function. IIRC, I originally added the assert in __vcpu_get_cpuid_entry(), but I didn't like leaving get_cpuid_entry() unprotected. What if I add an assert in both? E.g. have __vcpu_get_cpuid_entry() assert with the (hopefully) hepful message, and have get_cpuid_entry() do a simple TEST_ASSERT_NE()?