[kvm-unit-tests PATCH v8 05/35] arch-run: Add a "continuous" migration option for tests
Thomas Huth
thuth at redhat.com
Tue Apr 16 00:29:55 AEST 2024
On 05/04/2024 10.35, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> The cooperative migration protocol is very good to control precise
> pre and post conditions for a migration event. However in some cases
> its intrusiveness to the test program, can mask problems and make
> analysis more difficult.
>
> For example to stress test migration vs concurrent complicated
> memory access, including TLB refill, ram dirtying, etc., then the
> tight spin at getchar() and resumption of the workload after
> migration is unhelpful.
>
> This adds a continuous migration mode that directs the harness to
> perform migrations continually. This is added to the migration
> selftests, which also sees cooperative migration iterations reduced
> to avoid increasing test time too much.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
> ---
> common/selftest-migration.c | 16 +++++++++--
> lib/migrate.c | 18 ++++++++++++
> lib/migrate.h | 3 ++
> scripts/arch-run.bash | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 4 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth at redhat.com>
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