linux-kernel - [PATCH v7 11/11] KVM: selftests: Cache binary stats metadata for duration of test

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Date:   Tue,  3 May 2022 18:30:45 +0000
From:   Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        David Dunn <daviddunn@...gle.com>,
        Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@...gle.com>,
        Junaid Shahid <junaids@...gle.com>,
        Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 11/11] KVM: selftests: Cache binary stats metadata for
 duration of test

In order to improve performance across multiple reads of VM stats, cache
the stats metadata in the VM struct.

Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c    | 31 ++++++++++---------
 .../selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util_internal.h     |  5 +++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index 0ec7efc2900d..4bb012efcc88 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -736,6 +736,12 @@ void kvm_vm_free(struct kvm_vm *vmp)
 	if (vmp == NULL)
 		return;
 
+	/* Free cached stats metadata and close FD */
+	if (vmp->stats_fd) {
+		free(vmp->stats_desc);
+		close(vmp->stats_fd);
+	}
+
 	/* Free userspace_mem_regions. */
 	hash_for_each_safe(vmp->regions.slot_hash, ctr, node, region, slot_node)
 		__vm_mem_region_delete(vmp, region, false);
@@ -2703,37 +2709,32 @@ int read_stat_data(int stats_fd, struct kvm_stats_header *header,
 static int __vm_get_stat(struct kvm_vm *vm, const char *stat_name,
 			 uint64_t *data, ssize_t max_elements)
 {
-	struct kvm_stats_desc *stats_desc;
-	struct kvm_stats_header header;
 	struct kvm_stats_desc *desc;
 	size_t size_desc;
-	int stats_fd;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	int i;
 
-	stats_fd = vm_get_stats_fd(vm);
-
-	read_stats_header(stats_fd, &header);
-
-	stats_desc = read_stats_desc(stats_fd, &header);
+	if (!vm->stats_fd) {
+		vm->stats_fd = vm_get_stats_fd(vm);
+		read_stats_header(vm->stats_fd, &vm->stats_header);
+		vm->stats_desc = read_stats_desc(vm->stats_fd, &vm->stats_header);
+	}
 
-	size_desc = sizeof(struct kvm_stats_desc) + header.name_size;
+	size_desc = sizeof(struct kvm_stats_desc) + vm->stats_header.name_size;
 
 	/* Read kvm stats data one by one */
-	for (i = 0; i < header.num_desc; ++i) {
-		desc = (void *)stats_desc + (i * size_desc);
+	for (i = 0; i < vm->stats_header.num_desc; ++i) {
+		desc = (void *)vm->stats_desc + (i * size_desc);
 
 		if (strcmp(desc->name, stat_name))
 			continue;
 
-		ret = read_stat_data(stats_fd, &header, desc, data,
-				     max_elements);
+		ret = read_stat_data(vm->stats_fd, &vm->stats_header, desc,
+				     data, max_elements);
 
 		break;
 	}
 
-	free(stats_desc);
-	close(stats_fd);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util_internal.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util_internal.h
index a03febc24ba6..e753edd7b8d3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util_internal.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util_internal.h
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ struct kvm_vm {
 	vm_vaddr_t idt;
 	vm_vaddr_t handlers;
 	uint32_t dirty_ring_size;
+
+	/* Cache of information for binary stats interface */
+	int stats_fd;
+	struct kvm_stats_header stats_header;
+	struct kvm_stats_desc *stats_desc;
 };
 
 struct vcpu *vcpu_find(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t vcpuid);
-- 
2.36.0.464.gb9c8b46e94-goog