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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test
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Daniel P. Berrange |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:08:11 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) |
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 01:49:42PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> * Daniel P. Berrange (address@hidden) wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 12:39:28PM +0200, Juan Quintela wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <address@hidden>
> > > ---
> > > 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
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2017/10/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test, Peter Xu, 2017/10/18
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test, Juan Quintela, 2017/10/18
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test, Daniel P. Berrange, 2017/10/18
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test, Peter Xu, 2017/10/18
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test, Daniel P. Berrange, 2017/10/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test, Dr. David Alan Gilbert, 2017/10/19
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/6] tests: Add basic migration precopy test, Daniel P. Berrange, 2017/10/18
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/6] tests: Add migration xbzrle test, Juan Quintela, 2017/10/04
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 5/6] tests: Add migration compress threads tests, Juan Quintela, 2017/10/04
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/6] tests: Move postcopy migration test to migrate-set-parameters, Juan Quintela, 2017/10/04