KVM: selftests: access_tracking_perf_test: Add option to skip the sanity check

Add an option to skip sanity check of number of still idle pages,
and set it by default to skip, in case hypervisor or NUMA balancing
is detected.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <[e-mail]>
Co-developed-by: James Houghton <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: James Houghton <[e-mail]>
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <[e-mail]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[e-mail]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[e-mail]>

tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c

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 /* Whether to overlap the regions of memory vCPUs access. */
 static bool overlap_memory_access;
 
+/*
+ * If the test should only warn if there are too many idle pages (i.e., it is
+ * expected).
+ * -1: Not yet set.
+ *  0: We do not expect too many idle pages, so FAIL if too many idle pages.
+ *  1: Having too many idle pages is expected, so merely print a warning if
+ *     too many idle pages are found.
+ */
+static int idle_pages_warn_only = -1;
+
 struct test_params {
 	/* The backing source for the region of memory. */
 	enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src;
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 	 * arbitrary; high enough that we ensure most memory access went through
 	 * access tracking but low enough as to not make the test too brittle
 	 * over time and across architectures.
-	 *
-	 * 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) {
-#ifdef __x86_64__
-		TEST_ASSERT(this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR),
+		TEST_ASSERT(idle_pages_warn_only,
 			    "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);
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 	memstress_destroy_vm(vm);
 }
 
+static int access_tracking_unreliable(void)
+{
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+	/*
+	 * When running nested, the TLB size may be effectively unlimited (for
+	 * example, this is the case when running on KVM L0), and 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 (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR)) {
+		puts("Skipping idle page count sanity check, because the test is run nested");
+		return 1;
+	}
+#endif
+	/*
+	 * When NUMA balancing is enabled, guest memory will be unmapped to get
+	 * NUMA faults, dropping the Accessed bits.
+	 */
+	if (is_numa_balancing_enabled()) {
+		puts("Skipping idle page count sanity check, because NUMA balancing is enabled");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void help(char *name)
 {
 	puts("");
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 	printf(" -v: specify the number of vCPUs to run.\n");
 	printf(" -o: Overlap guest memory accesses instead of partitioning\n"
 	       "     them into a separate region of memory for each vCPU.\n");
+	printf(" -w: Control whether the test warns or fails if more than 10%%\n"
+	       "     of pages are still seen as idle/old after accessing guest\n"
+	       "     memory.  >0 == warn only, 0 == fail, <0 == auto.  For auto\n"
+	       "     mode, the test fails by default, but switches to warn only\n"
+	       "     if NUMA balancing is enabled or the test detects it's running\n"
+	       "     in a VM.\n");
 	backing_src_help("-s");
 	puts("");
 	exit(0);
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 	guest_modes_append_default();
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hm:b:v:os:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hm:b:v:os:w:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'm':
 			guest_modes_cmdline(optarg);
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 		case 's':
 			params.backing_src = parse_backing_src_type(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'w':
+			idle_pages_warn_only =
+				atoi_non_negative("Idle pages warning",
+						  optarg);
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 		default:
 			help(argv[0]);
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 	__TEST_REQUIRE(page_idle_fd >= 0,
 		       "CONFIG_IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING is not enabled");
 	close(page_idle_fd);
+
+	if (idle_pages_warn_only == -1)
+		idle_pages_warn_only = access_tracking_unreliable();
 
 	for_each_guest_mode(run_test, &params);
 

tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h

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 void backing_src_help(const char *flag);
 enum vm_mem_backing_src_type parse_backing_src_type(const char *type_name);
 long get_run_delay(void);
+bool is_numa_balancing_enabled(void);
 
 /*
  * Whether or not the given source type is shared memory (as opposed to

tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c

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 	return get_sysfs_val("/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/hpage_pmd_size");
 }
 
+bool is_numa_balancing_enabled(void)
+{
+	if (!test_sysfs_path("/proc/sys/kernel/numa_balancing"))
+		return false;
+	return get_sysfs_val("/proc/sys/kernel/numa_balancing") == 1;
+}
+
 size_t get_def_hugetlb_pagesz(void)
 {
 	char buf[64];