KVM: selftests: Fix hang in hardware_disable_test
If /dev/kvm is not available then hardware_disable_test will hang indefinitely because the child process exits before posting to the semaphore for which the parent is waiting. Fix this by making the parent periodically check if the child has exited. We have to be careful to forward the child's exit status to preserve a KSFT_SKIP status. I considered just checking for /dev/kvm before creating the child process, but there are so many other reasons why the child could exit early that it seemed better to handle that as general case. Tested: $ ./hardware_disable_test /dev/kvm not available, skipping test $ echo $? 4 $ modprobe kvm_intel $ ./hardware_disable_test $ echo $? 0 Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com> Message-Id: <20210514230521.2608768-1-dmatlack@google.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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