Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Make hyperv_clock selftest more stable

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Jun 01, 2022, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> hyperv_clock doesn't always give a stable test result, especially with
> AMD CPUs. The test compares Hyper-V MSR clocksource (acquired either
> with rdmsr() from within the guest or KVM_GET_MSRS from the host)
> against rdtsc(). To increase the accuracy, increase the measured delay
> (done with nop loop) by two orders of magnitude and take the mean rdtsc()
> value before and after rdmsr()/KVM_GET_MSRS.

Rather than "fixing" the test by reducing the impact of noise, can we first try
to reduce the noise itself?  E.g. pin the test to a single CPU, redo the measurement
if the test is interrupted (/proc/interrupts?), etc...  Bonus points if that can
be implemented as a helper or pair of helpers so that other tests that want to
measure latency/time don't need to reinvent the wheel.