Re: [PATCH 5/5] migration: Add integration test for 'qatzip' compression method

[Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 08:58:04PM +0000, Bryan Zhang wrote:
> Adds an integration test for 'qatzip'.

Please use "tests" as prefix of this patch.  It can be "tests/migration:",
"tests/migration-test:", etc.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Bryan Zhang <bryan.zhang@bytedance.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hao Xiang <hao.xiang@bytedance.com>

[...]

>  test_migrate_multifd_tcp_tls_psk_start_match(QTestState *from,
> @@ -3480,6 +3504,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>      qtest_add_func("/migration/multifd/tcp/plain/zstd",
>                     test_multifd_tcp_zstd);
>  #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_QATZIP
> +    /*
> +     * Use QATzip's qzInit() function as a runtime hardware check.
> +     * Ideally there might be a cleaner way to probe for the presence of QAT.
> +     */
> +    QzSession_T sess;
> +    memset(&sess, 0, sizeof(QzSession_T));
> +    if (qzInit(&sess, 0) == QZ_OK) {

Does "0" means it'll fail if no hardware is available, no matter whether
due to processor too old, or limited resources?

Would it make sense to test it even if only software fallbacks are
available?  IIUC the migration path will still be covered in software
fallbacks, so it may still makes sense to me.  It can be very likely that
most CIs will not cover the qatzip paths otherwise, because of either no
control over hardwares, or limited privileges of the CI user (does qat HWs
need special privilege normally?  I have no idea how QAT resource
management is done if there're only limited HW resources).

Besides, I believe all the data points you provided in the cover letter are
collected with 2 QAT HWs enabled?  I'm curious how's the performance of the
software fallback of qatzip comparing to existing algorithm: iiuc zstd is
mostly always preferred if sololy comparing to zlib?  where does qatzip
soft-mode stand in the picture?

Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu