From: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Yanan Wang <wangyanan55@huawei.com>,
Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/15] KVM: selftests: Create VM with adjusted number of guest pages for perf tests
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:32:53 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANgfPd-D66s=78d8VbHHnpRLnWg134o+CApBVPRG2pUBSDR1Rw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210210230625.550939-12-seanjc@google.com>
On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 3:06 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> wrote:
>
> Use the already computed guest_num_pages when creating the so called
> extra VM pages for a perf test, and add a comment explaining why the
> pages are allocated as extra pages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c | 9 ++++++---
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
> index 982a86c8eeaa..9b0cfdf10772 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
> @@ -71,9 +71,12 @@ struct kvm_vm *perf_test_create_vm(enum vm_guest_mode mode, int vcpus,
> TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_memory_bytes % pta->guest_page_size == 0,
> "Guest memory size is not guest page size aligned.");
>
> - vm = vm_create_with_vcpus(mode, vcpus,
> - (vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) / pta->guest_page_size,
> - 0, guest_code, NULL);
> + /*
> + * Pass guest_num_pages to populate the page tables for test memory.
> + * The memory is also added to memslot 0, but that's a benign side
> + * effect as KVM allows aliasing HVAs in memslots.
> + */
> + vm = vm_create_with_vcpus(mode, vcpus, 0, guest_num_pages, guest_code, NULL);
> pta->vm = vm;
>
> /*
> --
> 2.30.0.478.g8a0d178c01-goog
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-11 1:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-10 23:06 [PATCH 00/15] VM: selftests: Hugepage fixes and cleanups Sean Christopherson
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 01/15] KVM: selftests: Explicitly state indicies for vm_guest_mode_params array Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 0:50 ` Ben Gardon
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 02/15] KVM: selftests: Expose align() helpers to tests Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 0:49 ` Ben Gardon
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 03/15] KVM: selftests: Align HVA for HugeTLB-backed memslots Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 0:52 ` Ben Gardon
2021-02-25 7:40 ` wangyanan (Y)
2021-03-13 0:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 04/15] KVM: selftests: Force stronger HVA alignment (1gb) for hugepages Sean Christopherson
2021-02-25 7:57 ` wangyanan (Y)
2021-03-13 0:26 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 05/15] KVM: selftests: Require GPA to be aligned when backed by hugepages Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 1:01 ` Ben Gardon
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 06/15] KVM: selftests: Use shorthand local var to access struct perf_tests_args Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 1:09 ` Ben Gardon
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 07/15] KVM: selftests: Capture per-vCPU GPA in perf_test_vcpu_args Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 1:24 ` Ben Gardon
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 08/15] KVM: selftests: Use perf util's per-vCPU GPA/pages in demand paging test Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 1:23 ` Ben Gardon
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 09/15] KVM: selftests: Move per-VM GPA into perf_test_args Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 1:22 ` Ben Gardon
2021-02-11 1:56 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 13:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-02-11 15:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 17:33 ` Ben Gardon
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 10/15] KVM: selftests: Remove perf_test_args.host_page_size Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 1:26 ` Ben Gardon
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 11/15] KVM: selftests: Create VM with adjusted number of guest pages for perf tests Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 1:32 ` Ben Gardon [this message]
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 12/15] KVM: selftests: Fill per-vCPU struct during "perf_test" VM creation Sean Christopherson
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 13/15] KVM: selftests: Sync perf_test_args to guest during " Sean Christopherson
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 14/15] KVM: selftests: Track size of per-VM memslot in perf_test_args Sean Christopherson
2021-02-10 23:06 ` [PATCH 15/15] KVM: selftests: Get rid of gorilla math in memslots modification test Sean Christopherson
2021-02-11 11:58 ` [PATCH 00/15] VM: selftests: Hugepage fixes and cleanups Andrew Jones
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