Re: [Patch v4 12/13] KVM: selftests: Make vCPU exit reason test assertion common.

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Feb 03 2023 - 17:57:47 EST


On Fri, Feb 03, 2023, Vipin Sharma wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 10:59 AM Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 10:51 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 02, 2023, Vipin Sharma wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 3:24 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > I love the cleanup, but in the future, please don't squeeze KVM-wide changes in
> > > > > the middle of an otherwise arch-specific series unless it's absolutely necessary.
> > > > > I get why you added the macro before copy-pasting more code into a new test, but
> > > > > the unfortunate side effect is that complicates grabbing the entire series.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Make sense. So what is preferable:
> > > > 1. Make the big cleanup identified during a series as the last patches
> > > > in that series?
> > > > 2. Have two series and big cleanups rebased on top of the initial series?
> > > >
> > > > Or, both 1 & 2 are acceptable depending on the cleanup?
> > >
> > > 3. Post the cleanup independently, but make a note so that maintainers know
> > > that there may be conflicts and/or missed cleanup opportunities.
> > >
> Small question:
> Will it be fine if I use the current kvm/queue head or do you prefer
> if I take one of your kvm-x86/linux branches?

Use kvm/queue, fixing up conflicts and converting stragglers should be easy enough.