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KVM: selftests: Increase robustness of LLC cache misses in PMU counters test
authorMaxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:55:57 +0000 (17:55 -0700)
committerSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:44:03 +0000 (08:44 -0700)
commit4669de42aa6c78669975d58c92433cdedeb7c2c3
treecc36d9460e28e5191a10b34ab3cb71b02378ecc0
parent5bb9af07d37c95ac83725ed0f92c2a4315ade0ae
KVM: selftests: Increase robustness of LLC cache misses in PMU counters test

Currently the PMU counters test does a single CLFLUSH{,OPT} on the loop's
code, but due to speculative execution this might not cause LLC misses
within the measured section.

Instead of doing a single flush before the loop, do a cache flush on each
iteration of the loop to confuse the prediction and ensure that at least
one cache miss occurs within the measured section.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
[sean: keep MFENCE, massage changelog]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240628005558.3835480-3-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/pmu_counters_test.c