Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Fix MWAIT error message when guest assertion fails

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Sun Nov 19 2023 - 12:38:14 EST


On Tue, 2023-11-07 at 10:21 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Print out the test and vector as intended when a guest assert fails an
> assertion regarding MONITOR/MWAIT faulting. Unfortunately, the guest
> printf support doesn't detect such issues at compile-time, so the bug
> manifests as a confusing error message, e.g. in the most confusing case,
> the test complains that it got vector "0" instead of expected vector "0".
>
> Fixes: 0f52e4aaa614 ("KVM: selftests: Convert the MONITOR/MWAIT test to use printf guest asserts")
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/monitor_mwait_test.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/monitor_mwait_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/monitor_mwait_test.c
> index 80aa3d8b18f8..853802641e1e 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/monitor_mwait_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/monitor_mwait_test.c
> @@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ do { \
> \
> if (fault_wanted) \
> __GUEST_ASSERT((vector) == UD_VECTOR, \
> - "Expected #UD on " insn " for testcase '0x%x', got '0x%x'", vector); \
> + "Expected #UD on " insn " for testcase '0x%x', got '0x%x'", \
> + testcase, vector); \
> else \
> __GUEST_ASSERT(!(vector), \
> - "Expected success on " insn " for testcase '0x%x', got '0x%x'", vector); \
> + "Expected success on " insn " for testcase '0x%x', got '0x%x'", \
> + testcase, vector); \
> } while (0)
>
> static void guest_monitor_wait(int testcase)
>
> base-commit: 45b890f7689eb0aba454fc5831d2d79763781677

I think that these days the gcc (and llvm likely) support printf annotations,
and usually complain, we should look at adding these to have a warning in such cases.

Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky