On Tue, Sep 05, 2023 at 02:56:46PM +0800, Zhao Liu wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 12:55:33PM +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 12:55:33 +0300
> > From: Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] tests: Add CPU topology related smbios test cases
> > 
> > 25.08.2023 06:36, Zhao Liu wrote:
> > > From: Zhao Liu <zhao1....@intel.com>
> > > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > This patchset is the follow up tests of previous topology fixes in
> > > smbios [1].
> > > 
> > > In this patchset, add these test cases:
> > > 
> > > 1. Add the case to test 2 newly added topology helpers (patch 1):
> > >     * machine_topo_get_cores_per_socket()
> > >     * machine_topo_get_threads_per_socket()
> > > 
> > > 2. Add the cases in bios-tables-test.c to:
> > >     * test smbios type4 table count (patch 2-4).
> > >     * test smbios type4 core count field (patch 5-7).
> > >     * update the test of smbios type4 core count2 field (patch 8-10).
> > >     * test smbios type4 thread count (patch 11-13).
> > >     * test smbios type4 thread count2 (patch 14-16).
> > > 
> > > With the above new cases, cover all commits of [1] in test.
> > > 
> > > [1]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-06/msg06225.html
> > 
> > Hmm.  I definitely didn't expect such a large patchset..  I asked for just
> > a small, maybe manual (from command-line) reproducer of the original issue,
> > so I can verify it is fixed before applying the change in question to qemu
> > stable trees. 
> 
> Since these issues are found by coding reading, they are "byproducts" of
> other topology-related work I've been woring on, not directly identified
> by any anomaly...
> 
> ...So I'm not quite sure what the consequences of these few misuses of
> topology fields are, and how they might manifest themselves.
> 
> > It is a large work.  Lemme at least give it a try in the
> > gitlab CI...
> 
> The test cases are the ones that clearly define the relevant topology
> issues.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Zhao

I think it's ok, as long as Igor's happy.

> > 
> > Philippe, can you pick this up for the misc tree?
> > 
> > /mjt


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