Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: selftests: Fix target thread to be migrated in rseq_test

[Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022, Gavin Shan wrote:
> ---
> v3: Improved changelog (Oliver Upon)

Sorry I didn't catch v3, I saw that you waited but just didn't get to this earlier :-/

> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c
> index 4158da0da2bb..c83ac7b467f8 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static __thread volatile struct rseq __rseq = {
>   */
>  #define NR_TASK_MIGRATIONS 100000
>  
> +static pid_t rseq_tid;
>  static pthread_t migration_thread;
>  static cpu_set_t possible_mask;
>  static int min_cpu, max_cpu;
> @@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ static void *migration_worker(void *ign)

Pass the target TID to the worker, then there's no need to use a global and no
chance of consuming rseq_tid "uninitialized".  The casting to convert gettid() to
a "void *" is annoying, but not the end of the world.

>  		 * stable, i.e. while changing affinity is in-progress.
>  		 */
>  		smp_wmb();
> -		r = sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(allowed_mask), &allowed_mask);
> +		r = sched_setaffinity(rseq_tid, sizeof(allowed_mask),
> +				      &allowed_mask);

Eh, let this poke out, don't think it's worth wrapping here.

E.g.

---
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c
index aba7be178dab..a54d4d05a058 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ static int next_cpu(int cpu)
 	return cpu;
 }

-static void *migration_worker(void *ign)
+static void *migration_worker(void *__rseq_tid)
 {
+	pid_t rseq_tid = (pid_t)(unsigned long)__rseq_tid;
 	cpu_set_t allowed_mask;
 	int r, i, cpu;

@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ static void *migration_worker(void *ign)
 		 * stable, i.e. while changing affinity is in-progress.
 		 */
 		smp_wmb();
-		r = sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(allowed_mask), &allowed_mask);
+		r = sched_setaffinity(rseq_tid, sizeof(allowed_mask), &allowed_mask);
 		TEST_ASSERT(!r, "sched_setaffinity failed, errno = %d (%s)",
 			    errno, strerror(errno));
 		smp_wmb();
@@ -227,7 +228,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, guest_code);
 	ucall_init(vm, NULL);

-	pthread_create(&migration_thread, NULL, migration_worker, 0);
+	pthread_create(&migration_thread, NULL, migration_worker,
+		       (void *)(unsigned long)gettid());

 	for (i = 0; !done; i++) {
 		vcpu_run(vcpu);

base-commit: ad6cb756bb497997032df2bda7cbdff076e4a66a
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