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Message-Id: <20240621204305.1730677-1-mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:43:04 -0400
From: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To: kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/1] KVM: selftests: pmu_counters_test: increase robustness of LLC cache misses
Recent CI failures brought my attention to the fact that pmu_counters_test
sometimes fails because it doesn't get any LLC cache misses.
It apparently happens because CLFLUSH can race with CPU prediction.
To attempt to fix this, implement a more aggressive cache flushing - now it is flushed
on each iteration of the measured loop which should at least reduce by order
of magnitude the chance of this happening.
This patch survived more that a day of running in a loop on a Comet Lake machine,
where the test used to fail after about 10-20 minites.
Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky
Maxim Levitsky (1):
KVM: selftests: pmu_counters_test: increase robustness of LLC cache
misses
.../selftests/kvm/x86_64/pmu_counters_test.c | 20 +++++++++----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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2.26.3
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