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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2026-08-14 15:43:51 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> | 2026-08-14 15:43:51 -0700 |
| commit | 9cc63f8bcd560c760d0b12e15bba8f81c86237cf (patch) | |
| tree | 3b5269b1bcf6714171754946367c51e0590f64da /tools/testing/vsock/README | |
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Merge branches 'expcb.2026.07.24a', 'misc.2026.07.30a', 'rcu-tasks.2026.07.30a', 'srcu.2026.08.11a' and 'torture.2026.08.14a' into HEADgrafted
Changes:
Make expedited grace periods expedite normal RCU callbacks
Miscellaneous fixes:
* Improve diagnostic output with character task states.
* Mark accesses to inform KCSAN of concurrency design.
* Move from kmalloc() to kmalloc_obj().
* Documentation updates.
* Improve handling of RCU deferred quiescent states.
* Clean up unused function arguments and structure fields.
* Reduce show_rcu_gp_kthreads() stack space.
Tasks RCU updates:
* Clean up after SRCU re-implementation of Tasks Trace RCU.
* Mark accesses to inform KCSAN of concurrency design.
* Add ->lazy_timer status to diagnostic output.
* Remove an unnecessary memory barrier.
* Fix a data race, courtesy of KCSAN.
* Documentation updates.
* Convert cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() from macro to static inline
function.
SRCU updates:
* Add Rust helpers for SRCU.
* Avoid losing queued work at cleanup_srcu_struct() time.
Torture-test updates:
* Preparation work for immediate RCU priority deboosting.
* Test RCU readers from real interrupt handlers (as opposed to softirq).
* Simplify code through use of cpumask_next_wrap().
* Improve diagnostic output with character task states.
* Add rcutorture.nwriters parameter to allow lightweight stall testing,
and rcutorture.stall_only to make doing so easier.
* Test an RCU Tasks Trace grace period implying an RCU grace period.
* Make RCU Tasks Trace torturing track reader batches.
* Fix a data race, courtesy of KCSAN.
* Plug a shuffle_tmp_mask memory leak on kthread spawn failure.
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diff --git a/tools/testing/vsock/README b/tools/testing/vsock/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..680ce666c --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/vsock/README @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +AF_VSOCK test suite +------------------- +These tests exercise net/vmw_vsock/ host<->guest sockets for VMware, KVM, and +Hyper-V. + +The following tests are available: + + * vsock_test - core AF_VSOCK socket functionality + * vsock_diag_test - vsock_diag.ko module for listing open sockets + +The following prerequisite steps are not automated and must be performed prior +to running tests: + +1. Build the kernel, make headers_install, and build these tests. +2. Install the kernel and tests on the host. +3. Install the kernel and tests inside the guest. +4. Boot the guest and ensure that the AF_VSOCK transport is enabled. + +Invoke test binaries in both directions as follows: + + # host=server, guest=client + (host)# $TEST_BINARY --mode=server \ + --control-port=1234 \ + --peer-cid=3 + (guest)# $TEST_BINARY --mode=client \ + --control-host=$HOST_IP \ + --control-port=1234 \ + --peer-cid=2 + + # host=client, guest=server + (guest)# $TEST_BINARY --mode=server \ + --control-port=1234 \ + --peer-cid=2 + (host)# $TEST_BINARY --mode=client \ + --control-port=$GUEST_IP \ + --control-port=1234 \ + --peer-cid=3 + +Some tests are designed to produce kernel memory leaks. Leaks detection, +however, is deferred to Kernel Memory Leak Detector. It is recommended to enable +kmemleak (CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y) and explicitly trigger a scan after each test +suite run, e.g. + + # echo clear > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + # $TEST_BINARY ... + # echo "wait for any grace periods" && sleep 2 + # echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + # echo "wait for kmemleak" && sleep 5 + # echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + # cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak + +For more information see Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst. + +vsock_perf utility +------------------- +'vsock_perf' is a simple tool to measure vsock performance. It works in +sender/receiver modes: sender connect to peer at the specified port and +starts data transmission to the receiver. After data processing is done, +it prints several metrics(see below). + +Usage: +# run as sender +# connect to CID 2, port 1234, send 1G of data, tx buf size is 1M +./vsock_perf --sender 2 --port 1234 --bytes 1G --buf-size 1M + +Output: +tx performance: A Gbits/s + +Output explanation: +A is calculated as "number of bits to send" / "time in tx loop" + +# run as receiver +# listen port 1234, rx buf size is 1M, socket buf size is 1G, SO_RCVLOWAT is 64K +./vsock_perf --port 1234 --buf-size 1M --vsk-size 1G --rcvlowat 64K + +Output: +rx performance: A Gbits/s +total in 'read()': B sec +POLLIN wakeups: C +average in 'read()': D ns + +Output explanation: +A is calculated as "number of received bits" / "time in rx loop". +B is time, spent in 'read()' system call(excluding 'poll()') +C is number of 'poll()' wake ups with POLLIN bit set. +D is B / C, e.g. average amount of time, spent in single 'read()'. |
