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KVM: selftests: Make hyperv_clock selftest more stable
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hyperv_clock doesn't always give a stable test result, especially with
AMD CPUs. The test compares Hyper-V MSR clocksource (acquired either
with rdmsr() from within the guest or KVM_GET_MSRS from the host)
against rdtsc(). To increase the accuracy, increase the measured delay
(done with nop loop) by two orders of magnitude and take the mean rdtsc()
value before and after rdmsr()/KVM_GET_MSRS.

Reported-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20220601144322.1968742-1-vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Vitaly Kuznetsov authored and Paolo Bonzini committed Jun 7, 2022
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10 changes: 7 additions & 3 deletions tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/hyperv_clock.c
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Expand Up @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static inline void nop_loop(void)
{
int i;

for (i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
for (i = 0; i < 100000000; i++)
asm volatile("nop");
}

Expand All @@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ static inline void check_tsc_msr_rdtsc(void)
tsc_freq = rdmsr(HV_X64_MSR_TSC_FREQUENCY);
GUEST_ASSERT(tsc_freq > 0);

/* First, check MSR-based clocksource */
/* For increased accuracy, take mean rdtsc() before and afrer rdmsr() */
r1 = rdtsc();
t1 = rdmsr(HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT);
r1 = (r1 + rdtsc()) / 2;
nop_loop();
r2 = rdtsc();
t2 = rdmsr(HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT);
r2 = (r2 + rdtsc()) / 2;

GUEST_ASSERT(r2 > r1 && t2 > t1);

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -181,12 +183,14 @@ static void host_check_tsc_msr_rdtsc(struct kvm_vm *vm)
tsc_freq = vcpu_get_msr(vm, VCPU_ID, HV_X64_MSR_TSC_FREQUENCY);
TEST_ASSERT(tsc_freq > 0, "TSC frequency must be nonzero");

/* First, check MSR-based clocksource */
/* For increased accuracy, take mean rdtsc() before and afrer ioctl */
r1 = rdtsc();
t1 = vcpu_get_msr(vm, VCPU_ID, HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT);
r1 = (r1 + rdtsc()) / 2;
nop_loop();
r2 = rdtsc();
t2 = vcpu_get_msr(vm, VCPU_ID, HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT);
r2 = (r2 + rdtsc()) / 2;

TEST_ASSERT(t2 > t1, "Time reference MSR is not monotonic (%ld <= %ld)", t1, t2);

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