#include "test_util.h"
#include "memstress.h"
#include "guest_modes.h"
+#include "processor.h"
/* Global variable used to synchronize all of the vCPU threads. */
static int iteration;
* access tracking but low enough as to not make the test too brittle
* over time and across architectures.
*
- * Note that when run in nested virtualization, this check will trigger
- * much more frequently because TLB size is unlimited and since no flush
- * happens, much more pages are cached there and guest won't see the
- * "idle" bit cleared.
+ * When running the guest as a nested VM, "warn" instead of asserting
+ * as the TLB size is effectively unlimited and the KVM doesn't
+ * explicitly flush the TLB when aging SPTEs. As a result, more pages
+ * are cached and the guest won't see the "idle" bit cleared.
*/
- if (still_idle >= pages / 10)
+ if (still_idle >= pages / 10) {
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+ TEST_ASSERT(this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR),
+ "vCPU%d: Too many pages still idle (%lu out of %lu)",
+ vcpu_idx, still_idle, pages);
+#endif
printf("WARNING: vCPU%d: Too many pages still idle (%lu out of %lu), "
"this will affect performance results.\n",
vcpu_idx, still_idle, pages);
+ }
close(page_idle_fd);
close(pagemap_fd);
#define X86_FEATURE_XSAVE KVM_X86_CPU_FEATURE(0x1, 0, ECX, 26)
#define X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE KVM_X86_CPU_FEATURE(0x1, 0, ECX, 27)
#define X86_FEATURE_RDRAND KVM_X86_CPU_FEATURE(0x1, 0, ECX, 30)
+#define X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR KVM_X86_CPU_FEATURE(0x1, 0, ECX, 31)
#define X86_FEATURE_PAE KVM_X86_CPU_FEATURE(0x1, 0, EDX, 6)
#define X86_FEATURE_MCE KVM_X86_CPU_FEATURE(0x1, 0, EDX, 7)
#define X86_FEATURE_APIC KVM_X86_CPU_FEATURE(0x1, 0, EDX, 9)