[PATCH 2/9] KVM: selftests: Extract picking of random CPU from cpu_set_t to separate API
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 15:20:33 EST
Extract kvm_pick_random_cpu() out of pin_task_to_random_cpu() so that tests
can choose a random CPU without having to immediately pin a task to that
CPU.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h | 11 ++++++++++-
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c | 7 ++-----
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
index 61d72e1e7601..5a7a455b5387 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
@@ -1084,6 +1084,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *vm_recreate_with_one_vcpu(struct kvm_vm *vm);
void kvm_set_files_rlimit(u32 nr_vcpus);
+int kvm_pick_random_cpu(cpu_set_t *possible_cpus);
+
int __pin_task_to_cpu(pthread_t task, int cpu);
static inline void pin_task_to_cpu(pthread_t task, int cpu)
@@ -1094,7 +1096,14 @@ static inline void pin_task_to_cpu(pthread_t task, int cpu)
TEST_ASSERT(!r, "Failed to set thread affinity to pCPU '%u'", cpu);
}
-int pin_task_to_random_cpu(pthread_t task, cpu_set_t *possible_cpus);
+static inline int pin_task_to_random_cpu(pthread_t task, cpu_set_t *possible_cpus)
+{
+ int cpu;
+
+ cpu = kvm_pick_random_cpu(possible_cpus);
+ pin_task_to_cpu(task, cpu);
+ return cpu;
+}
static inline int pin_task_to_any_cpu(pthread_t task)
{
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index af2bad0553f9..9ddc047d5c27 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ void kvm_print_vcpu_pinning_help(void)
" (default: no pinning)\n", name, name);
}
-int pin_task_to_random_cpu(pthread_t task, cpu_set_t *possible_cpus)
+int kvm_pick_random_cpu(cpu_set_t *possible_cpus)
{
int target_idx;
int nr_cpus;
@@ -680,12 +680,9 @@ int pin_task_to_random_cpu(pthread_t task, cpu_set_t *possible_cpus)
target_idx = kvm_random_u64(&kvm_rng) % nr_cpus;
for (cpu = 0; cpu < CPU_SETSIZE; cpu++) {
- if (CPU_ISSET(cpu, possible_cpus) && target_idx-- == 0) {
- pin_task_to_cpu(task, cpu);
+ if (CPU_ISSET(cpu, possible_cpus) && target_idx-- == 0)
return cpu;
- }
}
-
TEST_FAIL("Failed to find random CPU in possible_cpus");
return -1;
}
--
2.55.0.508.g3f0d502094-goog