KVM: selftests: Make hyperv_clock selftest more stable

hyperv_clock doesn't always give a stable test result, especially with
AMD CPUs. The test compares Hyper-V MSR clocksource (acquired either
with rdmsr() from within the guest or KVM_GET_MSRS from the host)
against rdtsc(). To increase the accuracy, increase the measured delay
(done with nop loop) by two orders of magnitude and take the mean rdtsc()
value before and after rdmsr()/KVM_GET_MSRS.

Reported-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20220601144322.1968742-1-vkuznets@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/hyperv_clock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/hyperv_clock.c
index e0b2bb1339b162cc1b6bd20deef8d158c44c109c..3330fb183c6800e346a4278555bc764f40292939 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/hyperv_clock.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/hyperv_clock.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static inline void nop_loop(void)
 {
        int i;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
+       for (i = 0; i < 100000000; i++)
                asm volatile("nop");
 }
 
@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ static inline void check_tsc_msr_rdtsc(void)
        tsc_freq = rdmsr(HV_X64_MSR_TSC_FREQUENCY);
        GUEST_ASSERT(tsc_freq > 0);
 
-       /* First, check MSR-based clocksource */
+       /* For increased accuracy, take mean rdtsc() before and afrer rdmsr() */
        r1 = rdtsc();
        t1 = rdmsr(HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT);
+       r1 = (r1 + rdtsc()) / 2;
        nop_loop();
        r2 = rdtsc();
        t2 = rdmsr(HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT);
+       r2 = (r2 + rdtsc()) / 2;
 
        GUEST_ASSERT(r2 > r1 && t2 > t1);
 
@@ -181,12 +183,14 @@ static void host_check_tsc_msr_rdtsc(struct kvm_vm *vm)
        tsc_freq = vcpu_get_msr(vm, VCPU_ID, HV_X64_MSR_TSC_FREQUENCY);
        TEST_ASSERT(tsc_freq > 0, "TSC frequency must be nonzero");
 
-       /* First, check MSR-based clocksource */
+       /* For increased accuracy, take mean rdtsc() before and afrer ioctl */
        r1 = rdtsc();
        t1 = vcpu_get_msr(vm, VCPU_ID, HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT);
+       r1 = (r1 + rdtsc()) / 2;
        nop_loop();
        r2 = rdtsc();
        t2 = vcpu_get_msr(vm, VCPU_ID, HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT);
+       r2 = (r2 + rdtsc()) / 2;
 
        TEST_ASSERT(t2 > t1, "Time reference MSR is not monotonic (%ld <= %ld)", t1, t2);