[PATCH 1/5] KVM: selftests: Provide a global pseudo-RNG instance for all tests

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Mar 14 2024 - 14:55:32 EST


Add a global guest_random_state instance, i.e. a pseudo-RNG, so that an
RNG is available for *all* tests. This will allow randomizing behavior
in core library code, e.g. x86 will utilize the pRNG to conditionally
force emulation of writes from within common guest code.

To allow for deterministic runs, and to be compatible with existing tests,
allow tests to override the seed used to initialize the pRNG.

Note, the seed *must* be overwritten before a VM is created in order for
the seed to take effect, though it's perfectly fine for a test to
initialize multiple VMs with different seeds.

And as evidenced by memstress_guest_code(), it's also a-ok to instantiate
more RNGs using the global seed (or a modified version of it). The goal
of the global RNG is purely to ensure that _a_ source of random numbers is
available, it doesn't have to be the _only_ RNG.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c | 9 ++++-----
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c | 17 +----------------
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/memstress.h | 1 -
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h | 8 ++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c | 9 +++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/memstress.c | 8 +-------
6 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
index 504f6fe980e8..5cda9780c378 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ struct test_params {
enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src;
int slots;
uint32_t write_percent;
- uint32_t random_seed;
bool random_access;
};

@@ -156,8 +155,6 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
p->slots, p->backing_src,
p->partition_vcpu_memory_access);

- pr_info("Random seed: %u\n", p->random_seed);
- memstress_set_random_seed(vm, p->random_seed);
memstress_set_write_percent(vm, p->write_percent);

guest_num_pages = (nr_vcpus * guest_percpu_mem_size) >> vm->page_shift;
@@ -346,11 +343,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
.partition_vcpu_memory_access = true,
.backing_src = DEFAULT_VM_MEM_SRC,
.slots = 1,
- .random_seed = 1,
.write_percent = 100,
};
int opt;

+ /* Override the seed to be deterministic by default. */
+ guest_random_seed = 1;
+
dirty_log_manual_caps =
kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2);
dirty_log_manual_caps &= (KVM_DIRTY_LOG_MANUAL_PROTECT_ENABLE |
@@ -395,7 +394,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
p.phys_offset = strtoull(optarg, NULL, 0);
break;
case 'r':
- p.random_seed = atoi_positive("Random seed", optarg);
+ guest_random_seed = atoi_positive("Random seed", optarg);
break;
case 's':
p.backing_src = parse_backing_src_type(optarg);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c
index eaad5b20854c..525d92dda646 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
static uint64_t host_page_size;
static uint64_t guest_page_size;
static uint64_t guest_num_pages;
-static uint64_t random_array[TEST_PAGES_PER_LOOP];
static uint64_t iteration;

/*
@@ -115,13 +114,12 @@ static void guest_code(void)
while (true) {
for (i = 0; i < TEST_PAGES_PER_LOOP; i++) {
addr = guest_test_virt_mem;
- addr += (READ_ONCE(random_array[i]) % guest_num_pages)
+ addr += (guest_random_u64(&guest_rng) % guest_num_pages)
* guest_page_size;
addr = align_down(addr, host_page_size);
*(uint64_t *)addr = READ_ONCE(iteration);
}

- /* Tell the host that we need more random numbers */
GUEST_SYNC(1);
}
}
@@ -508,20 +506,10 @@ static void log_mode_after_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int ret, int err)
mode->after_vcpu_run(vcpu, ret, err);
}

-static void generate_random_array(uint64_t *guest_array, uint64_t size)
-{
- uint64_t i;
-
- for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
- guest_array[i] = random();
-}
-
static void *vcpu_worker(void *data)
{
int ret;
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = data;
- struct kvm_vm *vm = vcpu->vm;
- uint64_t *guest_array;
uint64_t pages_count = 0;
struct kvm_signal_mask *sigmask = alloca(offsetof(struct kvm_signal_mask, sigset)
+ sizeof(sigset_t));
@@ -540,11 +528,8 @@ static void *vcpu_worker(void *data)
sigemptyset(sigset);
sigaddset(sigset, SIG_IPI);

- guest_array = addr_gva2hva(vm, (vm_vaddr_t)random_array);
-
while (!READ_ONCE(host_quit)) {
/* Clear any existing kick signals */
- generate_random_array(guest_array, TEST_PAGES_PER_LOOP);
pages_count += TEST_PAGES_PER_LOOP;
/* Let the guest dirty the random pages */
ret = __vcpu_run(vcpu);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/memstress.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/memstress.h
index ce4e603050ea..9071eb6dea60 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/memstress.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/memstress.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ struct kvm_vm *memstress_create_vm(enum vm_guest_mode mode, int nr_vcpus,
void memstress_destroy_vm(struct kvm_vm *vm);

void memstress_set_write_percent(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t write_percent);
-void memstress_set_random_seed(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t random_seed);
void memstress_set_random_access(struct kvm_vm *vm, bool random_access);

void memstress_start_vcpu_threads(int vcpus, void (*vcpu_fn)(struct memstress_vcpu_args *));
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
index 8a6e30612c86..4b78fb7e539e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
@@ -91,9 +91,17 @@ struct guest_random_state {
uint32_t seed;
};

+extern uint32_t guest_random_seed;
+extern struct guest_random_state guest_rng;
+
struct guest_random_state new_guest_random_state(uint32_t seed);
uint32_t guest_random_u32(struct guest_random_state *state);

+static inline uint64_t guest_random_u64(struct guest_random_state *state)
+{
+ return ((uint64_t)guest_random_u32(state) << 32) | guest_random_u32(state);
+}
+
enum vm_mem_backing_src_type {
VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS,
VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS_THP,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index b2262b5fad9e..02d7fa70d440 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@

#define KVM_UTIL_MIN_PFN 2

+uint32_t guest_random_seed;
+struct guest_random_state guest_rng;
+
static int vcpu_mmap_sz(void);

int open_path_or_exit(const char *path, int flags)
@@ -433,6 +436,10 @@ struct kvm_vm *__vm_create(struct vm_shape shape, uint32_t nr_runnable_vcpus,
slot0 = memslot2region(vm, 0);
ucall_init(vm, slot0->region.guest_phys_addr + slot0->region.memory_size);

+ pr_info("Random seed: 0x%x\n", guest_random_seed);
+ guest_rng = new_guest_random_state(guest_random_seed);
+ sync_global_to_guest(vm, guest_rng);
+
kvm_arch_vm_post_create(vm);

return vm;
@@ -2306,6 +2313,8 @@ void __attribute((constructor)) kvm_selftest_init(void)
/* Tell stdout not to buffer its content. */
setbuf(stdout, NULL);

+ guest_random_seed = random();
+
kvm_selftest_arch_init();
}

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/memstress.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/memstress.c
index cf2c73971308..f8bfb4988368 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/memstress.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/memstress.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void memstress_guest_code(uint32_t vcpu_idx)
uint64_t page;
int i;

- rand_state = new_guest_random_state(args->random_seed + vcpu_idx);
+ rand_state = new_guest_random_state(guest_random_seed + vcpu_idx);

gva = vcpu_args->gva;
pages = vcpu_args->pages;
@@ -243,12 +243,6 @@ void memstress_set_write_percent(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t write_percent)
sync_global_to_guest(vm, memstress_args.write_percent);
}

-void memstress_set_random_seed(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t random_seed)
-{
- memstress_args.random_seed = random_seed;
- sync_global_to_guest(vm, memstress_args.random_seed);
-}
-
void memstress_set_random_access(struct kvm_vm *vm, bool random_access)
{
memstress_args.random_access = random_access;
--
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