Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 08/25] KVM: selftests: Add test for uaccesses to non-existent vgic-v2 CPUIF

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On Mon, 13 May 2024 09:20:38 +0100,
Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> > Assert that accesses to a non-existent vgic-v2 CPU interface
> > consistently fail across the various KVM device attr ioctls. This also
> > serves as a regression test for a bug wherein KVM hits a NULL
> > dereference when the CPUID specified in the ioctl is invalid.
> > 
> > Note that there is no need to print the observed errno, as TEST_ASSERT()
> > will take care of it.
> 
> I don't think this fixes the bug... and thus we should not need it in
> stable.

Given that this goes together with an actually bug fix that was
backported, it *is*, for once, actually useful to have it in stable.

	M.

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