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From: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
To: Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@google.com>
Cc: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests: KVM: Add page splitting test
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 12:04:04 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANgfPd_B0q6uU1Be7A-QOj5_YoWi8z9g9LO63mc+=136hO5K4Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOHnOrzKBh2Cq7ZQece+6f6P5wS6gZ1R2vjEQ5=QLTy7BmUvFQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 6:34 AM Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@google.com> wrote:
>
...
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     run_test(&p);
> > > >
> > > > Use for_each_guest_mode() to run against all supported guest modes.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure that would actually improve coverage. None of the page
> > > splitting behavior depends on the mode AFAICT.
> >
> > You need to use for_each_guest_mode() for the ARM case. The issue is
> > that whatever mode (guest page size and VA size) you pick might not be
> > supported by the host. So, you first to explore what's available (via
> > for_each_guest_mode()).
>
> Actually, that's fixed by using the default mode, which picks the
> first available
> mode. I would prefer to use for_each_guest_mode() though, who knows and
> something fails with some specific guest page size for some reason.

Okay, will do. I wasn't sure if we did eager page splitting on ARM, so
I was only planning on making this test for x86_64 initially, hence it
being in that directory. If ARM rolls with the same behavior, then
I'll add the for_each_mode bit and move the test up a directory.

>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ricardo
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > +
> > > > > +     return 0;
> > > > > +}
> > > > > --
> > > > > 2.39.1.405.gd4c25cc71f-goog
> > > > >

  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-20 20:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-19 21:25 [PATCH 0/2] selftests: KVM: Add a test for eager page splitting Ben Gardon
2023-01-19 21:25 ` [PATCH 1/2] selftests: KVM: Move dirty logging functions to memstress.(c|h) Ben Gardon
2023-01-19 21:25 ` [PATCH 2/2] selftests: KVM: Add page splitting test Ben Gardon
2023-01-19 22:55   ` David Matlack
2023-01-19 23:48     ` Ben Gardon
2023-01-20 14:23       ` Ricardo Koller
2023-01-20 14:33         ` Ricardo Koller
2023-01-20 20:04           ` Ben Gardon [this message]
2023-01-23 18:41             ` David Matlack
2023-01-24 15:54               ` Ricardo Koller
2023-01-24 17:15                 ` David Matlack
2023-01-24 15:40             ` Ricardo Koller

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