From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Leonardo Bras <leo.bras@arm.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Josh Hilke <jrhilke@google.com>,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Wu Fei <wu.fei9@sanechips.com.cn>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] KVM: selftests: memstress: Add option to enable dirty-ring on VM creation
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:21:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ar1TItRR7o789i6_@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929113711.2064390-2-leo.bras@arm.com>
On Tue, Sep 29, 2026, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> Dirty-ring should be enabled after the VM is created, but before the
> creation of any cpu. To to so, add an option on memstress_create_vm() that
> takes dirty-ring size, and enables it at the correct moment.
>
> This required a new function memstress_vm_create_with_vcpus() to be
> created based on the previously used __vm_create_with_vcpus();
Rather than pile on more params, if I ask really nicely, would you rework
memstress_create_vm() and friends APIs to take a "struct memstress_params"?
Except for dirty_log_page_splitting_test.c, all of the memstress tests already
use a struct, i.e. while tedious, it should be straightforward and won't put
undue burden on tests (which is why the core VM creation APIs don't take a struct
of params).
Then it will be easier to extend memstress in the future, and I suspect the
existing code will come out cleaner as well. E.g. dirty_log_perf_test.c stores
nr_vcpus as a global, despite it being fully contained by main() => run_test(),
right alongside the test params...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-30 18:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-29 11:37 [PATCH v1 0/3] KVM: selftests: Add support for dirty-ring on dirty_log_perf_test Leonardo Bras
2026-09-29 11:37 ` [PATCH v1 1/3] KVM: selftests: memstress: Add option to enable dirty-ring on VM creation Leonardo Bras
2026-09-30 18:21 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-10-01 14:40 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-09-29 11:37 ` [PATCH v1 2/3] KVM: selftests: Check dirty-ring size before enabling Leonardo Bras
2026-09-30 20:31 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-10-01 14:46 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-10-01 17:02 ` Leonardo Bras
2026-09-29 11:37 ` [PATCH v1 3/3] KVM: selftests: dirty_log_perf_test: Add dirty-ring support Leonardo Bras
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