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From: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
To: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@google.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, pbonzini@redhat.com, maz@kernel.org,
	seanjc@google.com, oupton@google.com, ricarkol@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: selftests: Randomize which pages are written vs read
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:37:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YvRBS5ZJ/kx92TnC@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YvRAWKGXbPzool6j@google.com>

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 04:33:44PM -0700, David Matlack wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 05:58:29PM +0000, Colton Lewis wrote:
> > Randomize which pages are written vs read by using the random number
> 
> Same thing here about stating what the patch does first.

Sorry -- you do state what the patch does first here. But I think it
could just be a little more direct and specific. e.g.

  Replace the -f<fraction> option in dirty_log_perf_test.c with
  -w<percent>, to allow the user to specify the percentage of which
  pages are written.

> 
> > table for each page modulo 100. This changes how the -w argument
> > works. It is now a percentage from 0 to 100 inclusive that represents
> > what percentage of accesses are writes. It keeps the same default of
> > 100 percent writes.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-10 23:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-10 17:58 [PATCH 0/3] KVM: selftests: Randomize memory access of dirty_log_perf_test Colton Lewis
2022-08-10 17:58 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: selftests: Add random table to randomize memory access Colton Lewis
2022-08-10 23:18   ` David Matlack
2022-08-10 23:26     ` David Matlack
2022-08-12 16:09       ` Colton Lewis
2022-08-10 17:58 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: selftests: Randomize which pages are written vs read Colton Lewis
2022-08-10 23:33   ` David Matlack
2022-08-10 23:37     ` David Matlack [this message]
2022-08-12 16:11       ` Colton Lewis
2022-08-10 17:58 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: selftests: Randomize page access order Colton Lewis
2022-08-10 23:49   ` David Matlack
2022-08-12 16:24     ` Colton Lewis
2022-08-12 16:28       ` David Matlack
2022-08-12 16:40         ` Colton Lewis

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