KVM: selftests: randomize which pages are written vs read

Randomize which pages are written vs read using the random number
generator.

Change the variable wr_fract and associated function calls to
write_percent that now operates as a percentage from 0 to 100 where X
means each page has an X% chance of being written. Change the -f
argument to -w to reflect the new variable semantics. Keep the same
default of 100% writes.

Population always uses 100% writes to ensure all memory is actually
populated and not just mapped to the zero page. The prevents expensive
copy-on-write faults from occurring during the dirty memory iterations
below, which would pollute the performance results.

Each vCPU calculates its own random seed by adding its index to the
seed provided.

Signed-off-by: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221107182208.479157-4-coltonlewis@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
index eb63ca12b519..e9ce50fe7295 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ static void vcpu_worker(struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args)
 struct test_params {
 	unsigned long iterations;
 	uint64_t phys_offset;
-	int wr_fract;
 	bool partition_vcpu_memory_access;
 	enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src;
 	int slots;
+	uint32_t write_percent;
 	uint32_t random_seed;
 };
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 
 	pr_info("Random seed: %u\n", p->random_seed);
 	perf_test_set_random_seed(vm, p->random_seed);
-	perf_test_set_wr_fract(vm, p->wr_fract);
+	perf_test_set_write_percent(vm, p->write_percent);
 
 	guest_num_pages = (nr_vcpus * guest_percpu_mem_size) >> vm->page_shift;
 	guest_num_pages = vm_adjust_num_guest_pages(mode, guest_num_pages);
@@ -251,6 +251,14 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_vcpus; i++)
 		vcpu_last_completed_iteration[i] = -1;
 
+	/*
+	 * Use 100% writes during the population phase to ensure all
+	 * memory is actually populated and not just mapped to the zero
+	 * page. The prevents expensive copy-on-write faults from
+	 * occurring during the dirty memory iterations below, which
+	 * would pollute the performance results.
+	 */
+	perf_test_set_write_percent(vm, 100);
 	perf_test_start_vcpu_threads(nr_vcpus, vcpu_worker);
 
 	/* Allow the vCPUs to populate memory */
@@ -272,6 +280,8 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	pr_info("Enabling dirty logging time: %ld.%.9lds\n\n",
 		ts_diff.tv_sec, ts_diff.tv_nsec);
 
+	perf_test_set_write_percent(vm, p->write_percent);
+
 	while (iteration < p->iterations) {
 		/*
 		 * Incrementing the iteration number will start the vCPUs
@@ -356,7 +366,7 @@ static void help(char *name)
 	puts("");
 	printf("usage: %s [-h] [-i iterations] [-p offset] [-g] "
 	       "[-m mode] [-n] [-b vcpu bytes] [-v vcpus] [-o] [-r random seed ] [-s mem type]"
-	       "[-x memslots] [-c physical cpus to run test on]\n", name);
+	       "[-x memslots] [-w percentage] [-c physical cpus to run test on]\n", name);
 	puts("");
 	printf(" -i: specify iteration counts (default: %"PRIu64")\n",
 	       TEST_HOST_LOOP_N);
@@ -376,10 +386,6 @@ static void help(char *name)
 	printf(" -b: specify the size of the memory region which should be\n"
 	       "     dirtied by each vCPU. e.g. 10M or 3G.\n"
 	       "     (default: 1G)\n");
-	printf(" -f: specify the fraction of pages which should be written to\n"
-	       "     as opposed to simply read, in the form\n"
-	       "     1/<fraction of pages to write>.\n"
-	       "     (default: 1 i.e. all pages are written to.)\n");
 	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");
@@ -387,6 +393,11 @@ static void help(char *name)
 	backing_src_help("-s");
 	printf(" -x: Split the memory region into this number of memslots.\n"
 	       "     (default: 1)\n");
+	printf(" -w: specify the percentage of pages which should be written to\n"
+	       "     as an integer from 0-100 inclusive. This is probabalistic,\n"
+	       "     so -w X means each page has an X%% chance of writing\n"
+	       "     and a (100-X)%% chance of reading.\n"
+	       "     (default: 100 i.e. all pages are written to.)\n");
 	printf(" -c: Pin tasks to physical CPUs.  Takes a list of comma separated\n"
 	       "     values (target pCPU), one for each vCPU, plus an optional\n"
 	       "     entry for the main application task (specified via entry\n"
@@ -408,11 +419,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	const char *pcpu_list = NULL;
 	struct test_params p = {
 		.iterations = TEST_HOST_LOOP_N,
-		.wr_fract = 1,
 		.partition_vcpu_memory_access = true,
 		.backing_src = DEFAULT_VM_MEM_SRC,
 		.slots = 1,
 		.random_seed = 1,
+		.write_percent = 100,
 	};
 	int opt;
 
@@ -423,7 +434,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	guest_modes_append_default();
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "b:c:ef:ghi:m:nop:r:s:v:x:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "b:c:eghi:m:nop:r:s:v:x:w:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'b':
 			guest_percpu_mem_size = parse_size(optarg);
@@ -435,9 +446,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			/* 'e' is for evil. */
 			run_vcpus_while_disabling_dirty_logging = true;
 			break;
-		case 'f':
-			p.wr_fract = atoi_positive("Write fraction", optarg);
-			break;
 		case 'g':
 			dirty_log_manual_caps = 0;
 			break;
@@ -470,6 +478,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			TEST_ASSERT(nr_vcpus <= max_vcpus,
 				    "Invalid number of vcpus, must be between 1 and %d", max_vcpus);
 			break;
+		case 'w':
+			p.write_percent = atoi_non_negative("Write percentage", optarg);
+			TEST_ASSERT(p.write_percent <= 100,
+				    "Write percentage must be between 0 and 100");
+			break;
 		case 'x':
 			p.slots = atoi_positive("Number of slots", optarg);
 			break;