[PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: selftests: access_tracking_perf_test: add option to skip the sanity check
From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Mon Mar 24 2025 - 21:59:11 EST
Add an option to skip sanity check of number of still idle pages,
and set it by default to skip, in case hypervisor or NUMA balancing
is detected.
Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++---
.../testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c | 7 ++++
3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
index 3c7defd34f56..6d50c829f00c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ static int vcpu_last_completed_iteration[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
/* Whether to overlap the regions of memory vCPUs access. */
static bool overlap_memory_access;
+static int warn_on_too_many_idle_pages = -1;
+
struct test_params {
/* The backing source for the region of memory. */
enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src;
@@ -184,11 +186,10 @@ static void mark_vcpu_memory_idle(struct kvm_vm *vm,
* are cached and the guest won't see the "idle" bit cleared.
*/
if (still_idle >= pages / 10) {
-#ifdef __x86_64__
- TEST_ASSERT(this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR),
+ TEST_ASSERT(warn_on_too_many_idle_pages,
"vCPU%d: Too many pages still idle (%lu out of %lu)",
vcpu_idx, still_idle, pages);
-#endif
+
printf("WARNING: vCPU%d: Too many pages still idle (%lu out of %lu), "
"this will affect performance results.\n",
vcpu_idx, still_idle, pages);
@@ -342,6 +343,8 @@ static void help(char *name)
printf(" -v: specify the number of vCPUs to run.\n");
printf(" -o: Overlap guest memory accesses instead of partitioning\n"
" them into a separate region of memory for each vCPU.\n");
+ printf(" -w: Skip or force enable the check that after dirtying the guest memory, most (90%%) of \n"
+ "it is reported as dirty again (0/1)");
backing_src_help("-s");
puts("");
exit(0);
@@ -359,7 +362,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
guest_modes_append_default();
- while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hm:b:v:os:")) != -1) {
+ while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hm:b:v:os:w:")) != -1) {
switch (opt) {
case 'm':
guest_modes_cmdline(optarg);
@@ -376,6 +379,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
case 's':
params.backing_src = parse_backing_src_type(optarg);
break;
+ case 'w':
+ warn_on_too_many_idle_pages =
+ atoi_non_negative("1 - enable warning, 0 - disable",
+ optarg);
+ break;
case 'h':
default:
help(argv[0]);
@@ -386,6 +394,23 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
page_idle_fd = open("/sys/kernel/mm/page_idle/bitmap", O_RDWR);
__TEST_REQUIRE(page_idle_fd >= 0,
"CONFIG_IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING is not enabled");
+ if (warn_on_too_many_idle_pages == -1) {
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+ if (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR)) {
+ printf("Skipping idle page count sanity check, because the test is run nested\n");
+ warn_on_too_many_idle_pages = 0;
+ } else
+#endif
+ if (is_numa_balancing_enabled()) {
+ printf("Skipping idle page count sanity check, because NUMA balance is enabled\n");
+ warn_on_too_many_idle_pages = 0;
+ } else {
+ warn_on_too_many_idle_pages = 1;
+ }
+ } else if (!warn_on_too_many_idle_pages) {
+ printf("Skipping idle page count sanity check, because this was requested by the user\n");
+ }
+
close(page_idle_fd);
for_each_guest_mode(run_test, ¶ms);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
index 3e473058849f..1bc9b0a92427 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ bool is_backing_src_hugetlb(uint32_t i);
void backing_src_help(const char *flag);
enum vm_mem_backing_src_type parse_backing_src_type(const char *type_name);
long get_run_delay(void);
+bool is_numa_balancing_enabled(void);
/*
* Whether or not the given source type is shared memory (as opposed to
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c
index 3dc8538f5d69..03eb99af9b8d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ size_t get_trans_hugepagesz(void)
return get_sysfs_val("/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hpage_pmd_size");
}
+bool is_numa_balancing_enabled(void)
+{
+ if (!test_sysfs_path("/proc/sys/kernel/numa_balancing"))
+ return false;
+ return get_sysfs_val("/proc/sys/kernel/numa_balancing") == 1;
+}
+
size_t get_def_hugetlb_pagesz(void)
{
char buf[64];
--
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