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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] KVM: selftests: Convert iterations to int in
 dirty_log_perf_test
To:     Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
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        Peter Shier <pshier@google.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>,
        Jacob Xu <jacobhxu@google.com>,
        Makarand Sonare <makarandsonare@google.com>
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From:   Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
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Date:   Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:39:52 +0100
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On 12/01/2021 22.42, Ben Gardon wrote:
> In order to add an iteration -1 to indicate that the memory population
> phase has not yet completed, convert the interations counters to ints.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jacob Xu <jacobhxu@google.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
> ---
>   .../selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c       | 26 +++++++++----------
>   1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
> index 15a9c45bdb5f..3875f22d7283 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
> @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ static uint64_t guest_percpu_mem_size = DEFAULT_PER_VCPU_MEM_SIZE;
>   /* Host variables */
>   static u64 dirty_log_manual_caps;
>   static bool host_quit;
> -static uint64_t iteration;
> -static uint64_t vcpu_last_completed_iteration[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];
> +static int iteration;
> +static int vcpu_last_completed_iteration[KVM_MAX_VCPUS];

Wouldn't it be better to use signed 64-bit variables instead? I.e. "int64_t" ?

  Thomas