[PATCH] KVM: selftests: memslot_perf_test: make host wait timeout configurable
From: Mayuresh Chitale
Date: Thu Apr 02 2026 - 06:30:55 EST
When memslot_perf_test is run on qemu, sometimes the RW subtest fails
due to sigalarm, indicating that the guest sync did not finish within
the expected duration of 10 seconds. Since the current timeout value is
itself a bump up from the original 2s, making the host timeout value
configurable via a new command line parameter. Now the test can be
invoked with '-a' argument to run the test with a suitable host timeout
value.
Signed-off-by: Mayuresh Chitale <mayuresh.chitale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_perf_test.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_perf_test.c
index 5087d082c4b0..432dbb5fde82 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_perf_test.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ struct sync_area {
*/
static_assert(ATOMIC_BOOL_LOCK_FREE == 2, "atomic bool is not lockless");
+static int wait_timeout = 10;
static sem_t vcpu_ready;
static bool map_unmap_verify;
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ static bool _guest_should_exit(void)
*/
static noinline void host_perform_sync(struct sync_area *sync)
{
- alarm(10);
+ alarm(wait_timeout);
atomic_store_explicit(&sync->sync_flag, true, memory_order_release);
while (atomic_load_explicit(&sync->sync_flag, memory_order_acquire))
@@ -900,7 +901,7 @@ static void help(char *name, struct test_args *targs)
{
int ctr;
- pr_info("usage: %s [-h] [-v] [-d] [-s slots] [-f first_test] [-e last_test] [-l test_length] [-r run_count]\n",
+ pr_info("usage: %s [-h] [-v] [-d] [-s slots] [-f first_test] [-e last_test] [-l test_length] [-r run_count] [-a wait_timeout]\n",
name);
pr_info(" -h: print this help screen.\n");
pr_info(" -v: enable verbose mode (not for benchmarking).\n");
@@ -916,6 +917,8 @@ static void help(char *name, struct test_args *targs)
targs->seconds);
pr_info(" -r: specify the number of runs per test (currently: %i)\n",
targs->runs);
+ pr_info(" -a: specify the number of seconds for host wait timeout (currently: %i)\n",
+ wait_timeout);
pr_info("\nAvailable tests:\n");
for (ctr = 0; ctr < NTESTS; ctr++)
@@ -964,7 +967,7 @@ static bool parse_args(int argc, char *argv[],
uint32_t max_mem_slots;
int opt;
- while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hvdqs:f:e:l:r:")) != -1) {
+ while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hvdqs:f:e:l:r:a:")) != -1) {
switch (opt) {
case 'h':
default:
@@ -1007,6 +1010,9 @@ static bool parse_args(int argc, char *argv[],
case 'r':
targs->runs = atoi_positive("Runs per test", optarg);
break;
+ case 'a':
+ wait_timeout = atoi_positive("Host wait timeout", optarg);
+ break;
}
}
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