Re: [PATCH-for-9.0 v2 01/19] tests/avocado: Add 'guest:xen' tag to tests running Xen guest

[David Woodhouse]

On 14 November 2023 10:00:09 GMT-05:00, "Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" 
<philmd@linaro.org> wrote:
>On 14/11/23 15:50, David Woodhouse wrote:
>> On 14 November 2023 09:37:57 GMT-05:00, "Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" 
>> <philmd@linaro.org> wrote:
>>> Add a tag to run all Xen-specific tests using:
>>> 
>>>   $ make check-avocado AVOCADO_TAGS='guest:xen'
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>> tests/avocado/boot_xen.py      | 3 +++
>>> tests/avocado/kvm_xen_guest.py | 1 +
>>> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>> 
>> Those two are very different. One runs on Xen, the other on KVM. Do we want 
>> to use the same tag for both?
>
>My understanding is,
>- boot_xen.py runs Xen on TCG
>- kvm_xen_guest.py runs Xen on KVM
>so both runs Xen guests.

Does boot_xen.py actually boot *Xen*? And presumably at least one Xen guest 
*within* Xen?

kvm_xen_guest.py boots a "Xen guest" under KVM directly without any real Xen 
being present. It's *emulating* Xen.

They do both run Xen guests (or at least guests which use Xen hypercalls and 
*think* they're running under Xen). But is that the important classification 
for lumping them together?