This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
KVM: selftests: Fix kvm_check_cap() assertion
to the 5.12-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
kvm-selftests-fix-kvm_check_cap-assertion.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 59ff635bb62ecef5c821f7ab21e7217a79de3791
Author: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Jun 15 16:04:43 2021 +0100
KVM: selftests: Fix kvm_check_cap() assertion
[ Upstream commit d8ac05ea13d789d5491a5920d70a05659015441d ]
KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl can return any negative value on error,
and not necessarily -1. Change the assertion to reflect that.
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-Id: <20210615150443.1183365-1-tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index 2f0e4365f61b..8b90256bca96 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int kvm_check_cap(long cap)
exit(KSFT_SKIP);
ret = ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, cap);
- TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION IOCTL failed,\n"
+ TEST_ASSERT(ret >= 0, "KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION IOCTL failed,\n"
" rc: %i errno: %i", ret, errno);
close(kvm_fd);
