public inbox for kvm@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
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

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=YvRBS5ZJ/kx92TnC@google.com \
    --to=dmatlack@google.com \
    --cc=coltonlewis@google.com \
    --cc=kvm@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=maz@kernel.org \
    --cc=oupton@google.com \
    --cc=pbonzini@redhat.com \
    --cc=ricarkol@google.com \
    --cc=seanjc@google.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox