Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: selftests: Have perf_test_util signal when to stop vCPUs

[Gavin Shan]

On 11/19/22 5:15 AM, Oliver Upton wrote:
> Signal that a test run is complete through perf_test_args instead of
> having tests open code a similar solution. Ensure that the field resets
> to false at the beginning of a test run as the structure is reused
> between test runs, eliminating a couple of bugs:
>
> access_tracking_perf_test hangs indefinitely on a subsequent test run,
> as 'done' remains true. The bug doesn't amount to much right now, as x86
> supports a single guest mode. However, this is a precondition of
> enabling the test for other architectures with >1 guest mode, like
> arm64.
>
> memslot_modification_stress_test has the exact opposite problem, where
> subsequent test runs complete immediately as 'run_vcpus' remains false.
>
> Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> [oliver: added commit message, preserve spin_wait_for_next_iteration()]
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c   | 8 +-------
>   tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h      | 3 +++
>   tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c          | 3 +++
>   .../selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c      | 6 +-----
>   4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
> index 76c583a07ea2..942370d57392 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
> @@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ static enum {
>   	ITERATION_MARK_IDLE,
>   } iteration_work;
>   
> -/* Set to true when vCPU threads should exit. */
> -static bool done;
> -
>   /* The iteration that was last completed by each vCPU. */
>   static int vcpu_last_completed_iteration[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
>   
> @@ -211,7 +208,7 @@ static bool spin_wait_for_next_iteration(int *current_iteration)
>   	int last_iteration = *current_iteration;
>   
>   	do {
> -		if (READ_ONCE(done))
> +		if (READ_ONCE(perf_test_args.stop_vcpus))
>   			return false;
>   
>   		*current_iteration = READ_ONCE(iteration);
> @@ -321,9 +318,6 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
>   	mark_memory_idle(vm, nr_vcpus);
>   	access_memory(vm, nr_vcpus, ACCESS_READ, "Reading from idle memory");
>   
> -	/* Set done to signal the vCPU threads to exit */
> -	done = true;
> -
>   	perf_test_join_vcpu_threads(nr_vcpus);
>   	perf_test_destroy_vm(vm);
>   }
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
> index eaa88df0555a..536d7c3c3f14 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
> @@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ struct perf_test_args {
>   	/* Run vCPUs in L2 instead of L1, if the architecture supports it. */
>   	bool nested;
>   
> +	/* Test is done, stop running vCPUs. */
> +	bool stop_vcpus;
> +
>   	struct perf_test_vcpu_args vcpu_args[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
>   };
>   
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
> index 9618b37c66f7..ee3f499ccbd2 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
> @@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ void perf_test_start_vcpu_threads(int nr_vcpus,
>   
>   	vcpu_thread_fn = vcpu_fn;
>   	WRITE_ONCE(all_vcpu_threads_running, false);
> +	WRITE_ONCE(perf_test_args.stop_vcpus, false);
>   
>   	for (i = 0; i < nr_vcpus; i++) {
>   		struct vcpu_thread *vcpu = &vcpu_threads[i];
> @@ -289,6 +290,8 @@ void perf_test_join_vcpu_threads(int nr_vcpus)
>   {
>   	int i;
>   
> +	WRITE_ONCE(perf_test_args.stop_vcpus, true);
> +
>   	for (i = 0; i < nr_vcpus; i++)
>   		pthread_join(vcpu_threads[i].thread, NULL);
>   }
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
> index bb1d17a1171b..3a5e4518307c 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
> @@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
>   static int nr_vcpus = 1;
>   static uint64_t guest_percpu_mem_size = DEFAULT_PER_VCPU_MEM_SIZE;
>   
> -static bool run_vcpus = true;
> -
>   static void vcpu_worker(struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args)
>   {
>   	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = vcpu_args->vcpu;
> @@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ static void vcpu_worker(struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args)
>   	run = vcpu->run;
>   
>   	/* Let the guest access its memory until a stop signal is received */
> -	while (READ_ONCE(run_vcpus)) {
> +	while (!READ_ONCE(perf_test_args.stop_vcpus)) {
>   		ret = _vcpu_run(vcpu);
>   		TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "vcpu_run failed: %d\n", ret);
>   
> @@ -110,8 +108,6 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
>   	add_remove_memslot(vm, p->memslot_modification_delay,
>   			   p->nr_memslot_modifications);
>   
> -	run_vcpus = false;
> -
>   	perf_test_join_vcpu_threads(nr_vcpus);
>   	pr_info("All vCPU threads joined\n");
>