From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40527) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e4o5S-00081V-WC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:08:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e4o5O-0002tq-Do for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:08:42 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:33244) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e4o5O-0002ta-4S for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 09:08:38 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36006C05972E for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:08:37 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:08:11 +0100 From: "Daniel P. Berrange" Message-ID: <20171018130811.GG9719@redhat.com> Reply-To: "Daniel P. Berrange" References: <20171004103933.7898-1-quintela@redhat.com> <20171004103933.7898-2-quintela@redhat.com> <20171018120331.GD9719@redhat.com> <20171018124940.GC2339@work-vm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20171018124940.GC2339@work-vm> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Cc: Juan Quintela , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, lvivier@redhat.com, peterx@redhat.com On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 01:49:42PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > * Daniel P. Berrange (berrange@redhat.com) wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:39:28PM +0200, Juan Quintela wrote: > > > Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela > > > --- > > > tests/Makefile.include | 3 + > > > tests/migration-test.c | 497 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > 2 files changed, 500 insertions(+) > > > create mode 100644 tests/migration-test.c > > > > > > > > > > + > > > +/* A simple PC boot sector that modifies memory (1-100MB) quickly > > > + * outputing a 'B' every so often if it's still running. > > > + */ > > > > > > Can you add a comment about what it is actually doing to dirty the memory. > > Yes, so this is the code from the postcopy tests, the commit message > ea0c6d62 has the actual source for it. Ah ha, thanks. > > eg is it writing a different random value at each byte of RAM, or picking > > a random value at the stasrt of each iteration and writing it to all RAM, > > or it is just xoring current memory contents, or something else ? > > > > Understanding this would be helpful in understanding how well the tests > > for xbzrle / compression are working, because the pattern of dirtying > > memory will affect whether the compression does anything useful or not. > > It rolls through 100MB of RAM, incrementing the 1st byte of each page in > sequence and then goes back and does it again. So it should be > excellent for xbzrle. Yes > > Dave > > > > +unsigned char bootsect[] = { > > > + 0xfa, 0x0f, 0x01, 0x16, 0x74, 0x7c, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x0f, 0x22, 0xc0, 0x66, 0xea, 0x20, 0x7c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xe4, 0x92, 0x0c, 0x02, > > > + 0xe6, 0x92, 0xb8, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x8e, 0xd8, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x41, > > > + 0x00, 0x66, 0xba, 0xf8, 0x03, 0xee, 0xb3, 0x00, 0xb8, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, > > > + 0x00, 0xfe, 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x3d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, > > > + 0x06, 0x7c, 0xf2, 0xfe, 0xc3, 0x75, 0xe9, 0x66, 0xb8, 0x42, 0x00, 0x66, > > > + 0xba, 0xf8, 0x03, 0xee, 0xeb, 0xde, 0x66, 0x90, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x9a, 0xcf, 0x00, > > > + 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x92, 0xcf, 0x00, 0x27, 0x00, 0x5c, 0x7c, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > > > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x55, 0xaa > > > +}; So lets delete this here. Take the bootsect variable in postcopy-test.c and put it into a migration-bootsector.c file and link it to both tests. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|