linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] KVM: selftests: Add a test for KVM

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Message-ID: <1054916754.30218.1630109180443.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com>
Date:   Fri, 27 Aug 2021 20:06:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] KVM: selftests: Add a test for KVM_RUN+rseq to
 detect task migration bugs

----- On Aug 27, 2021, at 7:23 PM, Sean Christopherson seanjc@...gle.com wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 27, 2021, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
[...]
>> Does it reproduce if we randomize the delay to have it picked randomly from 0us
>> to 100us (with 1us step) ? It would remove a lot of the needs for arch-specific
>> magic delay value.
> 
> My less-than-scientific testing shows that it can reproduce at delays up to
> ~500us,
> but above ~10us the reproducibility starts to drop.  The bug still reproduces
> reliably, it just takes more iterations, and obviously the test runs a bit
> slower.
> 
> Any objection to using a 1-10us delay, e.g. a simple usleep((i % 10) + 1)?

Works for me, thanks!

Mathieu

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