*/
 void perf_test_guest_code(uint32_t vcpu_idx)
 {
-       struct perf_test_args *pta = &perf_test_args;
-       struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args = &pta->vcpu_args[vcpu_idx];
+       struct perf_test_args *args = &perf_test_args;
+       struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args = &args->vcpu_args[vcpu_idx];
        struct guest_random_state rand_state;
        uint64_t gva;
        uint64_t pages;
        uint64_t page;
        int i;
 
-       rand_state = new_guest_random_state(pta->random_seed + vcpu_idx);
+       rand_state = new_guest_random_state(args->random_seed + vcpu_idx);
 
        gva = vcpu_args->gva;
        pages = vcpu_args->pages;
 
        while (true) {
                for (i = 0; i < pages; i++) {
-                       if (pta->random_access)
+                       if (args->random_access)
                                page = guest_random_u32(&rand_state) % pages;
                        else
                                page = i;
 
-                       addr = gva + (page * pta->guest_page_size);
+                       addr = gva + (page * args->guest_page_size);
 
-                       if (guest_random_u32(&rand_state) % 100 < pta->write_percent)
+                       if (guest_random_u32(&rand_state) % 100 < args->write_percent)
                                *(uint64_t *)addr = 0x0123456789ABCDEF;
                        else
                                READ_ONCE(*(uint64_t *)addr);
                           uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes,
                           bool partition_vcpu_memory_access)
 {
-       struct perf_test_args *pta = &perf_test_args;
+       struct perf_test_args *args = &perf_test_args;
        struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args;
        int i;
 
        for (i = 0; i < nr_vcpus; i++) {
-               vcpu_args = &pta->vcpu_args[i];
+               vcpu_args = &args->vcpu_args[i];
 
                vcpu_args->vcpu = vcpus[i];
                vcpu_args->vcpu_idx = i;
                        vcpu_args->gva = guest_test_virt_mem +
                                         (i * vcpu_memory_bytes);
                        vcpu_args->pages = vcpu_memory_bytes /
-                                          pta->guest_page_size;
-                       vcpu_args->gpa = pta->gpa + (i * vcpu_memory_bytes);
+                                          args->guest_page_size;
+                       vcpu_args->gpa = args->gpa + (i * vcpu_memory_bytes);
                } else {
                        vcpu_args->gva = guest_test_virt_mem;
                        vcpu_args->pages = (nr_vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) /
-                                          pta->guest_page_size;
-                       vcpu_args->gpa = pta->gpa;
+                                          args->guest_page_size;
+                       vcpu_args->gpa = args->gpa;
                }
 
                vcpu_args_set(vcpus[i], 1, i);
 
                pr_debug("Added VCPU %d with test mem gpa [%lx, %lx)\n",
                         i, vcpu_args->gpa, vcpu_args->gpa +
-                        (vcpu_args->pages * pta->guest_page_size));
+                        (vcpu_args->pages * args->guest_page_size));
        }
 }
 
                                   enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src,
                                   bool partition_vcpu_memory_access)
 {
-       struct perf_test_args *pta = &perf_test_args;
+       struct perf_test_args *args = &perf_test_args;
        struct kvm_vm *vm;
        uint64_t guest_num_pages, slot0_pages = 0;
        uint64_t backing_src_pagesz = get_backing_src_pagesz(backing_src);
        pr_info("Testing guest mode: %s\n", vm_guest_mode_string(mode));
 
        /* By default vCPUs will write to memory. */
-       pta->write_percent = 100;
+       args->write_percent = 100;
 
        /*
         * Snapshot the non-huge page size.  This is used by the guest code to
         * access/dirty pages at the logging granularity.
         */
-       pta->guest_page_size = vm_guest_mode_params[mode].page_size;
+       args->guest_page_size = vm_guest_mode_params[mode].page_size;
 
        guest_num_pages = vm_adjust_num_guest_pages(mode,
-                               (nr_vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) / pta->guest_page_size);
+                               (nr_vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) / args->guest_page_size);
 
        TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_memory_bytes % getpagesize() == 0,
                    "Guest memory size is not host page size aligned.");
-       TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_memory_bytes % pta->guest_page_size == 0,
+       TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_memory_bytes % args->guest_page_size == 0,
                    "Guest memory size is not guest page size aligned.");
        TEST_ASSERT(guest_num_pages % slots == 0,
                    "Guest memory cannot be evenly divided into %d slots.",
         * If using nested, allocate extra pages for the nested page tables and
         * in-memory data structures.
         */
-       if (pta->nested)
+       if (args->nested)
                slot0_pages += perf_test_nested_pages(nr_vcpus);
 
        /*
        vm = __vm_create_with_vcpus(mode, nr_vcpus, slot0_pages + guest_num_pages,
                                    perf_test_guest_code, vcpus);
 
-       pta->vm = vm;
+       args->vm = vm;
 
        /* Put the test region at the top guest physical memory. */
        region_end_gfn = vm->max_gfn + 1;
         * When running vCPUs in L2, restrict the test region to 48 bits to
         * avoid needing 5-level page tables to identity map L2.
         */
-       if (pta->nested)
-               region_end_gfn = min(region_end_gfn, (1UL << 48) / pta->guest_page_size);
+       if (args->nested)
+               region_end_gfn = min(region_end_gfn, (1UL << 48) / args->guest_page_size);
 #endif
        /*
         * If there should be more memory in the guest test region than there
                    " nr_vcpus: %d wss: %" PRIx64 "]\n",
                    guest_num_pages, region_end_gfn - 1, nr_vcpus, vcpu_memory_bytes);
 
-       pta->gpa = (region_end_gfn - guest_num_pages - 1) * pta->guest_page_size;
-       pta->gpa = align_down(pta->gpa, backing_src_pagesz);
+       args->gpa = (region_end_gfn - guest_num_pages - 1) * args->guest_page_size;
+       args->gpa = align_down(args->gpa, backing_src_pagesz);
 #ifdef __s390x__
        /* Align to 1M (segment size) */
-       pta->gpa = align_down(pta->gpa, 1 << 20);
+       args->gpa = align_down(args->gpa, 1 << 20);
 #endif
-       pta->size = guest_num_pages * pta->guest_page_size;
+       args->size = guest_num_pages * args->guest_page_size;
        pr_info("guest physical test memory: [0x%lx, 0x%lx)\n",
-               pta->gpa, pta->gpa + pta->size);
+               args->gpa, args->gpa + args->size);
 
        /* Add extra memory slots for testing */
        for (i = 0; i < slots; i++) {
                uint64_t region_pages = guest_num_pages / slots;
-               vm_paddr_t region_start = pta->gpa + region_pages * pta->guest_page_size * i;
+               vm_paddr_t region_start = args->gpa + region_pages * args->guest_page_size * i;
 
                vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, backing_src, region_start,
                                            PERF_TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX + i,
        }
 
        /* Do mapping for the demand paging memory slot */
-       virt_map(vm, guest_test_virt_mem, pta->gpa, guest_num_pages);
+       virt_map(vm, guest_test_virt_mem, args->gpa, guest_num_pages);
 
        perf_test_setup_vcpus(vm, nr_vcpus, vcpus, vcpu_memory_bytes,
                              partition_vcpu_memory_access);
 
-       if (pta->nested) {
+       if (args->nested) {
                pr_info("Configuring vCPUs to run in L2 (nested).\n");
                perf_test_setup_nested(vm, nr_vcpus, vcpus);
        }