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[v4,16/18] KVM: arm64: selftests: arch_timer: Support vCPU migration

Message ID 20210909013818.1191270-17-rananta@google.com (mailing list archive)
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Series KVM: arm64: selftests: Introduce arch_timer selftest | expand

Commit Message

Raghavendra Rao Ananta Sept. 9, 2021, 1:38 a.m. UTC
Since the timer stack (hardware and KVM) is per-CPU, there
are potential chances for races to occur when the scheduler
decides to migrate a vCPU thread to a different physical CPU.
Hence, include an option to stress-test this part as well by
forcing the vCPUs to migrate across physical CPUs in the
system at a particular rate.

Originally, the bug for the fix with commit 3134cc8beb69d0d
("KVM: arm64: vgic: Resample HW pending state on deactivation")
was discovered using arch_timer test with vCPU migrations and
can be easily reproduced.

Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@google.com>
---
 .../selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c        | 113 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 112 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Andrew Jones Sept. 9, 2021, 1:45 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 01:38:16AM +0000, Raghavendra Rao Ananta wrote:
> Since the timer stack (hardware and KVM) is per-CPU, there
> are potential chances for races to occur when the scheduler
> decides to migrate a vCPU thread to a different physical CPU.
> Hence, include an option to stress-test this part as well by
> forcing the vCPUs to migrate across physical CPUs in the
> system at a particular rate.
> 
> Originally, the bug for the fix with commit 3134cc8beb69d0d
> ("KVM: arm64: vgic: Resample HW pending state on deactivation")
> was discovered using arch_timer test with vCPU migrations and
> can be easily reproduced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@google.com>
> ---
>  .../selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c        | 113 +++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 112 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c
> index 6141c387e6dc..aac7bcea4352 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c
> @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
>   *
>   * The test provides command-line options to configure the timer's
>   * period (-p), number of vCPUs (-n), and iterations per stage (-i).
> + * To stress-test the timer stack even more, an option to migrate the
> + * vCPUs across pCPUs (-m), at a particular rate, is also provided.
>   *
>   * Copyright (c) 2021, Google LLC.
>   */
> @@ -24,6 +26,8 @@
>  #include <pthread.h>
>  #include <linux/kvm.h>
>  #include <linux/sizes.h>
> +#include <linux/bitmap.h>
> +#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
>  
>  #include "kvm_util.h"
>  #include "processor.h"
> @@ -36,17 +40,20 @@
>  #define NR_TEST_ITERS_DEF		5
>  #define TIMER_TEST_PERIOD_MS_DEF	10
>  #define TIMER_TEST_ERR_MARGIN_US	100
> +#define TIMER_TEST_MIGRATION_FREQ_MS	2
>  
>  struct test_args {
>  	int nr_vcpus;
>  	int nr_iter;
>  	int timer_period_ms;
> +	int migration_freq_ms;
>  };
>  
>  static struct test_args test_args = {
>  	.nr_vcpus = NR_VCPUS_DEF,
>  	.nr_iter = NR_TEST_ITERS_DEF,
>  	.timer_period_ms = TIMER_TEST_PERIOD_MS_DEF,
> +	.migration_freq_ms = TIMER_TEST_MIGRATION_FREQ_MS,
>  };
>  
>  #define msecs_to_usecs(msec)		((msec) * 1000LL)
> @@ -81,6 +88,9 @@ struct test_vcpu {
>  static struct test_vcpu test_vcpu[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
>  static struct test_vcpu_shared_data vcpu_shared_data[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
>  
> +static unsigned long *vcpu_done_map;
> +static pthread_mutex_t vcpu_done_map_lock;
> +
>  static void
>  guest_configure_timer_action(struct test_vcpu_shared_data *shared_data)
>  {
> @@ -216,6 +226,11 @@ static void *test_vcpu_run(void *arg)
>  
>  	vcpu_run(vm, vcpuid);
>  
> +	/* Currently, any exit from guest is an indication of completion */
> +	pthread_mutex_lock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
> +	set_bit(vcpuid, vcpu_done_map);
> +	pthread_mutex_unlock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
> +
>  	switch (get_ucall(vm, vcpuid, &uc)) {
>  	case UCALL_SYNC:
>  	case UCALL_DONE:
> @@ -234,9 +249,76 @@ static void *test_vcpu_run(void *arg)
>  	return NULL;
>  }
>  
> +static uint32_t test_get_pcpu(void)
> +{
> +	uint32_t pcpu;
> +	unsigned int nproc_conf;
> +	cpu_set_t online_cpuset;
> +
> +	nproc_conf = get_nprocs_conf();
> +	sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &online_cpuset);
> +
> +	/* Randomly find an available pCPU to place a vCPU on */
> +	do {
> +		pcpu = rand() % nproc_conf;
> +	} while (!CPU_ISSET(pcpu, &online_cpuset));
> +
> +	return pcpu;
> +}

Missing blank line here.

> +static int test_migrate_vcpu(struct test_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +	cpu_set_t cpuset;
> +	uint32_t new_pcpu = test_get_pcpu();
> +
> +	CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
> +	CPU_SET(new_pcpu, &cpuset);
> +
> +	pr_debug("Migrating vCPU: %u to pCPU: %u\n", vcpu->vcpuid, new_pcpu);
> +
> +	ret = pthread_setaffinity_np(vcpu->pt_vcpu_run,
> +					sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
> +
> +	/* Allow the error where the vCPU thread is already finished */
> +	TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0 || ret == ESRCH,
> +			"Failed to migrate the vCPU:%u to pCPU: %u; ret: %d\n",
> +			vcpu->vcpuid, new_pcpu, ret);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}

Missing blank line here.

> +static void *test_vcpu_migration(void *arg)
> +{
> +	unsigned int i, n_done;
> +	bool vcpu_done;
> +
> +	do {
> +		usleep(msecs_to_usecs(test_args.migration_freq_ms));
> +
> +		for (n_done = 0, i = 0; i < test_args.nr_vcpus; i++) {
> +			pthread_mutex_lock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
> +			vcpu_done = test_bit(i, vcpu_done_map);
> +			pthread_mutex_unlock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
> +
> +			if (vcpu_done) {
> +				n_done++;
> +				continue;
> +			}
> +
> +			test_migrate_vcpu(&test_vcpu[i]);
> +		}
> +	} while (test_args.nr_vcpus != n_done);
> +
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +
>  static void test_run(struct kvm_vm *vm)
>  {
>  	int i, ret;
> +	pthread_t pt_vcpu_migration;
> +
> +	pthread_mutex_init(&vcpu_done_map_lock, NULL);
> +	vcpu_done_map = bitmap_alloc(test_args.nr_vcpus);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_done_map, "Failed to allocate vcpu done bitmap\n");
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < test_args.nr_vcpus; i++) {
>  		ret = pthread_create(&test_vcpu[i].pt_vcpu_run, NULL,
> @@ -244,8 +326,23 @@ static void test_run(struct kvm_vm *vm)
>  		TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "Failed to create vCPU-%d pthread\n", i);
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Spawn a thread to control the vCPU migrations */
> +	if (test_args.migration_freq_ms) {
> +		srand(time(NULL));
> +
> +		ret = pthread_create(&pt_vcpu_migration, NULL,
> +					test_vcpu_migration, NULL);
> +		TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "Failed to create the migration pthread\n");
> +	}
> +
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < test_args.nr_vcpus; i++)
>  		pthread_join(test_vcpu[i].pt_vcpu_run, NULL);
> +
> +	if (test_args.migration_freq_ms)
> +		pthread_join(pt_vcpu_migration, NULL);
> +
> +	bitmap_free(vcpu_done_map);
>  }
>  
>  static struct kvm_vm *test_vm_create(void)
> @@ -286,6 +383,8 @@ static void test_print_help(char *name)
>  		NR_TEST_ITERS_DEF);
>  	pr_info("\t-p: Periodicity (in ms) of the guest timer (default: %u)\n",
>  		TIMER_TEST_PERIOD_MS_DEF);
> +	pr_info("\t-m: Frequency (in ms) of vCPUs to migrate to different pCPU. 0 to turn off (default: %u)\n",
> +		TIMER_TEST_MIGRATION_FREQ_MS);
>  	pr_info("\t-h: print this help screen\n");
>  }
>  
> @@ -293,7 +392,7 @@ static bool parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
>  {
>  	int opt;
>  
> -	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hn:i:p:")) != -1) {
> +	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hn:i:p:m:")) != -1) {
>  		switch (opt) {
>  		case 'n':
>  			test_args.nr_vcpus = atoi(optarg);
> @@ -320,6 +419,13 @@ static bool parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
>  				goto err;
>  			}
>  			break;
> +		case 'm':
> +			test_args.migration_freq_ms = atoi(optarg);
> +			if (test_args.migration_freq_ms < 0) {
> +				pr_info("0 or positive value needed for -m\n");
> +				goto err;
> +			}
> +			break;
>  		case 'h':
>  		default:
>  			goto err;
> @@ -343,6 +449,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  	if (!parse_args(argc, argv))
>  		exit(KSFT_SKIP);
>  
> +	if (get_nprocs() < 2) {

Even though the chance of being on a uniprocessor is low and the migration
test is now on by default, we could still do

 if (test_args.migration_freq_ms && get_nprocs() < 2)

since that's why the skip message says it needs two cpus.

> +		print_skip("At least two physical CPUs needed for vCPU migration");
> +		exit(KSFT_SKIP);
> +	}
> +
>  	vm = test_vm_create();
>  	test_run(vm);
>  	kvm_vm_free(vm);
> -- 
> 2.33.0.153.gba50c8fa24-goog
> 

Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>

Thanks,
drew
Raghavendra Rao Ananta Sept. 9, 2021, 5:33 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 6:45 AM Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 01:38:16AM +0000, Raghavendra Rao Ananta wrote:
> > Since the timer stack (hardware and KVM) is per-CPU, there
> > are potential chances for races to occur when the scheduler
> > decides to migrate a vCPU thread to a different physical CPU.
> > Hence, include an option to stress-test this part as well by
> > forcing the vCPUs to migrate across physical CPUs in the
> > system at a particular rate.
> >
> > Originally, the bug for the fix with commit 3134cc8beb69d0d
> > ("KVM: arm64: vgic: Resample HW pending state on deactivation")
> > was discovered using arch_timer test with vCPU migrations and
> > can be easily reproduced.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@google.com>
> > ---
> >  .../selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c        | 113 +++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 112 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c
> > index 6141c387e6dc..aac7bcea4352 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c
> > @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
> >   *
> >   * The test provides command-line options to configure the timer's
> >   * period (-p), number of vCPUs (-n), and iterations per stage (-i).
> > + * To stress-test the timer stack even more, an option to migrate the
> > + * vCPUs across pCPUs (-m), at a particular rate, is also provided.
> >   *
> >   * Copyright (c) 2021, Google LLC.
> >   */
> > @@ -24,6 +26,8 @@
> >  #include <pthread.h>
> >  #include <linux/kvm.h>
> >  #include <linux/sizes.h>
> > +#include <linux/bitmap.h>
> > +#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
> >
> >  #include "kvm_util.h"
> >  #include "processor.h"
> > @@ -36,17 +40,20 @@
> >  #define NR_TEST_ITERS_DEF            5
> >  #define TIMER_TEST_PERIOD_MS_DEF     10
> >  #define TIMER_TEST_ERR_MARGIN_US     100
> > +#define TIMER_TEST_MIGRATION_FREQ_MS 2
> >
> >  struct test_args {
> >       int nr_vcpus;
> >       int nr_iter;
> >       int timer_period_ms;
> > +     int migration_freq_ms;
> >  };
> >
> >  static struct test_args test_args = {
> >       .nr_vcpus = NR_VCPUS_DEF,
> >       .nr_iter = NR_TEST_ITERS_DEF,
> >       .timer_period_ms = TIMER_TEST_PERIOD_MS_DEF,
> > +     .migration_freq_ms = TIMER_TEST_MIGRATION_FREQ_MS,
> >  };
> >
> >  #define msecs_to_usecs(msec)         ((msec) * 1000LL)
> > @@ -81,6 +88,9 @@ struct test_vcpu {
> >  static struct test_vcpu test_vcpu[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
> >  static struct test_vcpu_shared_data vcpu_shared_data[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
> >
> > +static unsigned long *vcpu_done_map;
> > +static pthread_mutex_t vcpu_done_map_lock;
> > +
> >  static void
> >  guest_configure_timer_action(struct test_vcpu_shared_data *shared_data)
> >  {
> > @@ -216,6 +226,11 @@ static void *test_vcpu_run(void *arg)
> >
> >       vcpu_run(vm, vcpuid);
> >
> > +     /* Currently, any exit from guest is an indication of completion */
> > +     pthread_mutex_lock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
> > +     set_bit(vcpuid, vcpu_done_map);
> > +     pthread_mutex_unlock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
> > +
> >       switch (get_ucall(vm, vcpuid, &uc)) {
> >       case UCALL_SYNC:
> >       case UCALL_DONE:
> > @@ -234,9 +249,76 @@ static void *test_vcpu_run(void *arg)
> >       return NULL;
> >  }
> >
> > +static uint32_t test_get_pcpu(void)
> > +{
> > +     uint32_t pcpu;
> > +     unsigned int nproc_conf;
> > +     cpu_set_t online_cpuset;
> > +
> > +     nproc_conf = get_nprocs_conf();
> > +     sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &online_cpuset);
> > +
> > +     /* Randomly find an available pCPU to place a vCPU on */
> > +     do {
> > +             pcpu = rand() % nproc_conf;
> > +     } while (!CPU_ISSET(pcpu, &online_cpuset));
> > +
> > +     return pcpu;
> > +}
>
> Missing blank line here.
>
> > +static int test_migrate_vcpu(struct test_vcpu *vcpu)
> > +{
> > +     int ret;
> > +     cpu_set_t cpuset;
> > +     uint32_t new_pcpu = test_get_pcpu();
> > +
> > +     CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
> > +     CPU_SET(new_pcpu, &cpuset);
> > +
> > +     pr_debug("Migrating vCPU: %u to pCPU: %u\n", vcpu->vcpuid, new_pcpu);
> > +
> > +     ret = pthread_setaffinity_np(vcpu->pt_vcpu_run,
> > +                                     sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
> > +
> > +     /* Allow the error where the vCPU thread is already finished */
> > +     TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0 || ret == ESRCH,
> > +                     "Failed to migrate the vCPU:%u to pCPU: %u; ret: %d\n",
> > +                     vcpu->vcpuid, new_pcpu, ret);
> > +
> > +     return ret;
> > +}
>
> Missing blank line here.
>
> > +static void *test_vcpu_migration(void *arg)
> > +{
> > +     unsigned int i, n_done;
> > +     bool vcpu_done;
> > +
> > +     do {
> > +             usleep(msecs_to_usecs(test_args.migration_freq_ms));
> > +
> > +             for (n_done = 0, i = 0; i < test_args.nr_vcpus; i++) {
> > +                     pthread_mutex_lock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
> > +                     vcpu_done = test_bit(i, vcpu_done_map);
> > +                     pthread_mutex_unlock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
> > +
> > +                     if (vcpu_done) {
> > +                             n_done++;
> > +                             continue;
> > +                     }
> > +
> > +                     test_migrate_vcpu(&test_vcpu[i]);
> > +             }
> > +     } while (test_args.nr_vcpus != n_done);
> > +
> > +     return NULL;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void test_run(struct kvm_vm *vm)
> >  {
> >       int i, ret;
> > +     pthread_t pt_vcpu_migration;
> > +
> > +     pthread_mutex_init(&vcpu_done_map_lock, NULL);
> > +     vcpu_done_map = bitmap_alloc(test_args.nr_vcpus);
> > +     TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_done_map, "Failed to allocate vcpu done bitmap\n");
> >
> >       for (i = 0; i < test_args.nr_vcpus; i++) {
> >               ret = pthread_create(&test_vcpu[i].pt_vcpu_run, NULL,
> > @@ -244,8 +326,23 @@ static void test_run(struct kvm_vm *vm)
> >               TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "Failed to create vCPU-%d pthread\n", i);
> >       }
> >
> > +     /* Spawn a thread to control the vCPU migrations */
> > +     if (test_args.migration_freq_ms) {
> > +             srand(time(NULL));
> > +
> > +             ret = pthread_create(&pt_vcpu_migration, NULL,
> > +                                     test_vcpu_migration, NULL);
> > +             TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "Failed to create the migration pthread\n");
> > +     }
> > +
> > +
> >       for (i = 0; i < test_args.nr_vcpus; i++)
> >               pthread_join(test_vcpu[i].pt_vcpu_run, NULL);
> > +
> > +     if (test_args.migration_freq_ms)
> > +             pthread_join(pt_vcpu_migration, NULL);
> > +
> > +     bitmap_free(vcpu_done_map);
> >  }
> >
> >  static struct kvm_vm *test_vm_create(void)
> > @@ -286,6 +383,8 @@ static void test_print_help(char *name)
> >               NR_TEST_ITERS_DEF);
> >       pr_info("\t-p: Periodicity (in ms) of the guest timer (default: %u)\n",
> >               TIMER_TEST_PERIOD_MS_DEF);
> > +     pr_info("\t-m: Frequency (in ms) of vCPUs to migrate to different pCPU. 0 to turn off (default: %u)\n",
> > +             TIMER_TEST_MIGRATION_FREQ_MS);
> >       pr_info("\t-h: print this help screen\n");
> >  }
> >
> > @@ -293,7 +392,7 @@ static bool parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
> >  {
> >       int opt;
> >
> > -     while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hn:i:p:")) != -1) {
> > +     while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hn:i:p:m:")) != -1) {
> >               switch (opt) {
> >               case 'n':
> >                       test_args.nr_vcpus = atoi(optarg);
> > @@ -320,6 +419,13 @@ static bool parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
> >                               goto err;
> >                       }
> >                       break;
> > +             case 'm':
> > +                     test_args.migration_freq_ms = atoi(optarg);
> > +                     if (test_args.migration_freq_ms < 0) {
> > +                             pr_info("0 or positive value needed for -m\n");
> > +                             goto err;
> > +                     }
> > +                     break;
> >               case 'h':
> >               default:
> >                       goto err;
> > @@ -343,6 +449,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> >       if (!parse_args(argc, argv))
> >               exit(KSFT_SKIP);
> >
> > +     if (get_nprocs() < 2) {
>
> Even though the chance of being on a uniprocessor is low and the migration
> test is now on by default, we could still do
>
>  if (test_args.migration_freq_ms && get_nprocs() < 2)
>
huh, I had the check earlier; must have dropped it somewhere. Will
place it back.
And I'll fix all the blank line comments.

Regards,
Raghavendra

> since that's why the skip message says it needs two cpus.
>
> > +             print_skip("At least two physical CPUs needed for vCPU migration");
> > +             exit(KSFT_SKIP);
> > +     }
> > +
> >       vm = test_vm_create();
> >       test_run(vm);
> >       kvm_vm_free(vm);
> > --
> > 2.33.0.153.gba50c8fa24-goog
> >
>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>
>
> Thanks,
> drew
>
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c
index 6141c387e6dc..aac7bcea4352 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/arch_timer.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ 
  *
  * The test provides command-line options to configure the timer's
  * period (-p), number of vCPUs (-n), and iterations per stage (-i).
+ * To stress-test the timer stack even more, an option to migrate the
+ * vCPUs across pCPUs (-m), at a particular rate, is also provided.
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2021, Google LLC.
  */
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ 
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <linux/kvm.h>
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
 
 #include "kvm_util.h"
 #include "processor.h"
@@ -36,17 +40,20 @@ 
 #define NR_TEST_ITERS_DEF		5
 #define TIMER_TEST_PERIOD_MS_DEF	10
 #define TIMER_TEST_ERR_MARGIN_US	100
+#define TIMER_TEST_MIGRATION_FREQ_MS	2
 
 struct test_args {
 	int nr_vcpus;
 	int nr_iter;
 	int timer_period_ms;
+	int migration_freq_ms;
 };
 
 static struct test_args test_args = {
 	.nr_vcpus = NR_VCPUS_DEF,
 	.nr_iter = NR_TEST_ITERS_DEF,
 	.timer_period_ms = TIMER_TEST_PERIOD_MS_DEF,
+	.migration_freq_ms = TIMER_TEST_MIGRATION_FREQ_MS,
 };
 
 #define msecs_to_usecs(msec)		((msec) * 1000LL)
@@ -81,6 +88,9 @@  struct test_vcpu {
 static struct test_vcpu test_vcpu[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
 static struct test_vcpu_shared_data vcpu_shared_data[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
 
+static unsigned long *vcpu_done_map;
+static pthread_mutex_t vcpu_done_map_lock;
+
 static void
 guest_configure_timer_action(struct test_vcpu_shared_data *shared_data)
 {
@@ -216,6 +226,11 @@  static void *test_vcpu_run(void *arg)
 
 	vcpu_run(vm, vcpuid);
 
+	/* Currently, any exit from guest is an indication of completion */
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
+	set_bit(vcpuid, vcpu_done_map);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
+
 	switch (get_ucall(vm, vcpuid, &uc)) {
 	case UCALL_SYNC:
 	case UCALL_DONE:
@@ -234,9 +249,76 @@  static void *test_vcpu_run(void *arg)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static uint32_t test_get_pcpu(void)
+{
+	uint32_t pcpu;
+	unsigned int nproc_conf;
+	cpu_set_t online_cpuset;
+
+	nproc_conf = get_nprocs_conf();
+	sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(cpu_set_t), &online_cpuset);
+
+	/* Randomly find an available pCPU to place a vCPU on */
+	do {
+		pcpu = rand() % nproc_conf;
+	} while (!CPU_ISSET(pcpu, &online_cpuset));
+
+	return pcpu;
+}
+static int test_migrate_vcpu(struct test_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	int ret;
+	cpu_set_t cpuset;
+	uint32_t new_pcpu = test_get_pcpu();
+
+	CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
+	CPU_SET(new_pcpu, &cpuset);
+
+	pr_debug("Migrating vCPU: %u to pCPU: %u\n", vcpu->vcpuid, new_pcpu);
+
+	ret = pthread_setaffinity_np(vcpu->pt_vcpu_run,
+					sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset);
+
+	/* Allow the error where the vCPU thread is already finished */
+	TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0 || ret == ESRCH,
+			"Failed to migrate the vCPU:%u to pCPU: %u; ret: %d\n",
+			vcpu->vcpuid, new_pcpu, ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+static void *test_vcpu_migration(void *arg)
+{
+	unsigned int i, n_done;
+	bool vcpu_done;
+
+	do {
+		usleep(msecs_to_usecs(test_args.migration_freq_ms));
+
+		for (n_done = 0, i = 0; i < test_args.nr_vcpus; i++) {
+			pthread_mutex_lock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
+			vcpu_done = test_bit(i, vcpu_done_map);
+			pthread_mutex_unlock(&vcpu_done_map_lock);
+
+			if (vcpu_done) {
+				n_done++;
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			test_migrate_vcpu(&test_vcpu[i]);
+		}
+	} while (test_args.nr_vcpus != n_done);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static void test_run(struct kvm_vm *vm)
 {
 	int i, ret;
+	pthread_t pt_vcpu_migration;
+
+	pthread_mutex_init(&vcpu_done_map_lock, NULL);
+	vcpu_done_map = bitmap_alloc(test_args.nr_vcpus);
+	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_done_map, "Failed to allocate vcpu done bitmap\n");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < test_args.nr_vcpus; i++) {
 		ret = pthread_create(&test_vcpu[i].pt_vcpu_run, NULL,
@@ -244,8 +326,23 @@  static void test_run(struct kvm_vm *vm)
 		TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "Failed to create vCPU-%d pthread\n", i);
 	}
 
+	/* Spawn a thread to control the vCPU migrations */
+	if (test_args.migration_freq_ms) {
+		srand(time(NULL));
+
+		ret = pthread_create(&pt_vcpu_migration, NULL,
+					test_vcpu_migration, NULL);
+		TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "Failed to create the migration pthread\n");
+	}
+
+
 	for (i = 0; i < test_args.nr_vcpus; i++)
 		pthread_join(test_vcpu[i].pt_vcpu_run, NULL);
+
+	if (test_args.migration_freq_ms)
+		pthread_join(pt_vcpu_migration, NULL);
+
+	bitmap_free(vcpu_done_map);
 }
 
 static struct kvm_vm *test_vm_create(void)
@@ -286,6 +383,8 @@  static void test_print_help(char *name)
 		NR_TEST_ITERS_DEF);
 	pr_info("\t-p: Periodicity (in ms) of the guest timer (default: %u)\n",
 		TIMER_TEST_PERIOD_MS_DEF);
+	pr_info("\t-m: Frequency (in ms) of vCPUs to migrate to different pCPU. 0 to turn off (default: %u)\n",
+		TIMER_TEST_MIGRATION_FREQ_MS);
 	pr_info("\t-h: print this help screen\n");
 }
 
@@ -293,7 +392,7 @@  static bool parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	int opt;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hn:i:p:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hn:i:p:m:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'n':
 			test_args.nr_vcpus = atoi(optarg);
@@ -320,6 +419,13 @@  static bool parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
 				goto err;
 			}
 			break;
+		case 'm':
+			test_args.migration_freq_ms = atoi(optarg);
+			if (test_args.migration_freq_ms < 0) {
+				pr_info("0 or positive value needed for -m\n");
+				goto err;
+			}
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 		default:
 			goto err;
@@ -343,6 +449,11 @@  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!parse_args(argc, argv))
 		exit(KSFT_SKIP);
 
+	if (get_nprocs() < 2) {
+		print_skip("At least two physical CPUs needed for vCPU migration");
+		exit(KSFT_SKIP);
+	}
+
 	vm = test_vm_create();
 	test_run(vm);
 	kvm_vm_free(vm);