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    KVM: selftests: Add an option to run vCPUs while disabling dirty logging · cfe12e64
    Sean Christopherson authored
    Add a command line option to dirty_log_perf_test to run vCPUs for the
    entire duration of disabling dirty logging.  By default, the test stops
    running runs vCPUs before disabling dirty logging, which is faster but
    less interesting as it doesn't stress KVM's handling of contention
    between page faults and the zapping of collapsible SPTEs.  Enabling the
    flag also lets the user verify that KVM is indeed rebuilding zapped SPTEs
    as huge pages by checking KVM's pages_{1g,2m,4k} stats.  Without vCPUs to
    fault in the zapped SPTEs, the stats will show that KVM is zapping pages,
    but they never show whether or not KVM actually allows huge pages to be
    recreated.
    
    Note!  Enabling the flag can _significantly_ increase runtime, especially
    if the thread that's disabling dirty logging doesn't have a dedicated
    pCPU, e.g. if all pCPUs are used to run vCPUs.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
    Message-Id: <20220715232107.3775620-5-seanjc@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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