Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: selftests: hyperv_tlb_flush: replace NOP loop with udelay()

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov

Date: Thu Apr 23 2026 - 03:52:25 EST


Piotr Zarycki <piotr.zarycki@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Replace the open-coded NOP loop with udelay() which was added to KVM
> selftests in commit 6b878cbb87bf ("KVM: selftests: Add guest udelay()
> utility for x86"). The NOP loop is CPU speed dependent while udelay()
> provides a deterministic delay regardless of host CPU frequency.
>
> Signed-off-by: Piotr Zarycki <piotr.zarycki@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

> ---
> .../testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c | 15 ++-------------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c
> index c542cc4762b1..4b7f089542c1 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hyperv_tlb_flush.c
> @@ -141,17 +141,6 @@ static void swap_two_test_pages(vm_paddr_t pte_gva1, vm_paddr_t pte_gva2)
> *(uint64_t *)pte_gva2 = tmp;
> }
>
> -/*
> - * TODO: replace the silly NOP loop with a proper udelay() implementation.
> - */
> -static inline void do_delay(void)
> -{
> - int i;
> -
> - for (i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
> - asm volatile("nop");
> -}
> -
> /*
> * Prepare to test: 'disable' workers by setting the expectation to '0',
> * clear hypercall input page and then swap two test pages.
> @@ -169,7 +158,7 @@ static inline void prepare_to_test(struct test_data *data)
> wmb();
>
> /* Make sure workers have enough time to notice */
> - do_delay();
> + udelay(100);
>
> /* Swap test page mappings */
> swap_two_test_pages(data->test_pages_pte[0], data->test_pages_pte[1]);
> @@ -189,7 +178,7 @@ static inline void post_test(struct test_data *data, u64 exp1, u64 exp2)
> set_expected_val((void *)data->test_pages, exp2, WORKER_VCPU_ID_2);
>
> /* Make sure workers have enough time to test */
> - do_delay();
> + udelay(100);
> }
>
> #define TESTVAL1 0x0101010101010101

--
Vitaly