From: "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
Christophe Leroy <chleroy@kernel.org>,
Anushree Mathur <anushree.mathur@linux.ibm.com>,
Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>,
Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>,
Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>,
Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 3/8] KVM: selftests: Skip the max vCPU ID test when KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT is set
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 15:58:37 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bbfbaa9fb2eca8c92f59dc980546c2587dcfc130.1791280439.git.ritesh.list@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1791280439.git.ritesh.list@gmail.com>
kvm_create_max_vcpus creates vCPUs from 0..MAX_VCPUS-1, then again
with ids at the top of KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID.
On PowerPC the vCPU id is not a flat index: it encodes SMT thread plus
core. So on powerpc maximum permitted vCPU ID depends on the VM's SMT
mode and the maximum reported by KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID exceeds a simple
non-SMT VM's limit.
So, skip that second loop when KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT is non-zero. The cap is
0 on other arches, so they still run it. The 0..MAX_VCPUS pass is
unchanged.
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Tested-by: Anushree Mathur <anushree.mathur@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/kvm_create_max_vcpus.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/kvm_create_max_vcpus.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/kvm_create_max_vcpus.c
index c5310736ed06..1b95027d41ba 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/kvm_create_max_vcpus.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/kvm_create_max_vcpus.c
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
test_vcpu_creation(0, kvm_max_vcpus);
- if (kvm_max_vcpu_id > kvm_max_vcpus)
+ /*
+ * Skip the vCPU ID test when running on PowerPC with SMT support, in
+ * which case system topology is encoded into the vCPU ID and so a VM
+ * can't use the full advertised vCPU ID range without crafting a valid
+ * platform specific topology.
+ */
+ if (kvm_max_vcpu_id > kvm_max_vcpus && !kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT))
test_vcpu_creation(
kvm_max_vcpu_id - kvm_max_vcpus, kvm_max_vcpus);
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-06 10:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-06 10:28 [PATCH v7 0/8] KVM: selftests: add powerpc support Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-06 10:28 ` [PATCH v7 1/8] KVM: selftests: Don't limit LE dirty-bitmap bitops to s390x Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-06 10:28 ` [PATCH v7 2/8] KVM: selftests: Move memslot_perf_test off the 256M ELF load address Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-06 10:28 ` Ritesh Harjani (IBM) [this message]
2026-10-06 10:28 ` [PATCH v7 4/8] KVM: PPC: selftests: add support for powerpc Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-06 10:28 ` [PATCH v7 5/8] KVM: selftests: Add helper for checking if running on powerpc pseries LPAR Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-06 10:28 ` [PATCH v7 6/8] KVM: selftests: Skip kvm_create_max_vcpus " Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-06 10:28 ` [PATCH v7 7/8] KVM: selftests: Only warn for idle-page checks " Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
2026-10-06 10:28 ` [PATCH v7 8/8] KVM: selftests: Skip hardware_disable_test " Ritesh Harjani (IBM)
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