Re: [PATCH 4/6] qtest/arm-cpu-features: Check KVM availability at runtime

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 12/03/21 10:32, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 3/12/21 10:05 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > On 12/03/21 00:12, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > > -#define MACHINE_KVM "-machine virt,gic-version=max -accel kvm -accel
> > > tcg "
> > > +#define MACHINE_KVM "-machine virt,gic-version=max -accel kvm "
> >
> > Wouldn't qtest_init simply fail here if KVM is not available?
>
> I guess my previous approach was what you suggested.
> The previous patch (bios-tables-test) is a better example:

Ah no, qtest_init adds "-accel qtest" automatically.  So this patch is fine.

An alternative is to first probe accelerators using "-machine none" and 
then skip the tests *before* the call to qtest_init.

Paolo

>    g_autofree char *args = NULL;
>
>    args = test_acpi_create_args(data, params, use_uefi);
>    data->qts = qtest_init_for_accel(args, "tcg");
>    if (data->tcg_only && !data->qts) {
>       g_test_skip("TCG not available, skipping test");
>       return;
>    } else {
>       // check data->qts or the following will abort
>    }
>
> Having qtest_init_for_accel() calling qtest_quit(),
> but this makes the tests logic more complex IMO...
>
> Is that what you have in mind?