[PATCH v8 0/9] selftests: KVM: Test offset-based counter controls

Paolo Bonzini pbonzini at redhat.com
Fri Sep 24 09:43:41 PDT 2021


On 16/09/21 20:15, Oliver Upton wrote:
> This series implements new tests for the x86 and arm64 counter migration
> changes that I've mailed out. These are sent separately as a dependent
> change since there are cross-arch dependencies here.
> 
> Patch 1 yanks the pvclock headers into the tools/ directory so we can
> make use of them within a KVM selftest guest.
> 
> Patch 2 tests the new capabilities of the KVM_*_CLOCK ioctls, ensuring
> that the kernel accounts for elapsed time when restoring the KVM clock.
> 
> Patches 3-4 add some device attribute helpers and clean up some mistakes
> in the assertions thereof.
> 
> Patch 5 implements a test for the KVM_VCPU_TSC_OFFSET attribute,
> asserting that manipulation of the offset results in correct TSC values
> within the guest.
> 
> Patch 6 adds basic arm64 support to the counter offset test, checking
> that the virtual counter-timer offset works correctly. Patch 7 does the
> same for the physical counter-timer offset.
> 
> Patch 8 adds a benchmark for physical counter offsetting, since most
> implementations available right now will rely on emulation.
> 
> Lastly, patch 9 extends the get-reg-list test to check for
> KVM_REG_ARM_TIMER_OFFSET if userspace opts-in to the kernel capability.
> 
> This series applies cleanly to 5.15-rc1
> 
> Tests were ran against the respective architecture changes on the
> following systems:
> 
>   - Haswell (x86)
>   - Ampere Mt. Jade (non-ECV, nVHE and VHE)

Queued patches 1-5, thanks.

Paolo

> v7: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210816001246.3067312-1-oupton@google.com
> 
> v7 -> v8:
>   - Rebased to 5.15-rc1
>   - Dropped helper for checking if reg exists in reg list (no longer
>     necessary)
>   - Test and enable KVM_CAP_ARM_VTIMER_OFFSET
>   - Add get-reg-list changes
> 
> Oliver Upton (9):
>    tools: arch: x86: pull in pvclock headers
>    selftests: KVM: Add test for KVM_{GET,SET}_CLOCK
>    selftests: KVM: Fix kvm device helper ioctl assertions
>    selftests: KVM: Add helpers for vCPU device attributes
>    selftests: KVM: Introduce system counter offset test
>    selftests: KVM: Add support for aarch64 to system_counter_offset_test
>    selftests: KVM: Test physical counter offsetting
>    selftests: KVM: Add counter emulation benchmark
>    selftests: KVM: Test vtimer offset reg in get-reg-list
> 
>   tools/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h      |  48 ++++
>   tools/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h          | 103 ++++++++
>   tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore        |   3 +
>   tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile          |   4 +
>   .../kvm/aarch64/counter_emulation_benchmark.c | 207 ++++++++++++++++
>   .../selftests/kvm/aarch64/get-reg-list.c      |  42 ++++
>   .../selftests/kvm/include/aarch64/processor.h |  24 ++
>   .../testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h  |  11 +
>   tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c    |  44 +++-
>   .../kvm/system_counter_offset_test.c          | 220 ++++++++++++++++++
>   .../selftests/kvm/x86_64/kvm_clock_test.c     | 204 ++++++++++++++++
>   11 files changed, 907 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 tools/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock-abi.h
>   create mode 100644 tools/arch/x86/include/asm/pvclock.h
>   create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/counter_emulation_benchmark.c
>   create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/system_counter_offset_test.c
>   create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/kvm_clock_test.c
> 




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