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Description of problem: recently I am focusing on hyper-v testing .For win10-32(q35) guest , It may fail in auto with two following scenarios: 1. After add flag 'hv_vapic', improvement not above 5%. (from the log it is 1%--4% sometimes) 2. No improvement at all and the performance seems worse after add flag 'hv_vapic' . Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): qemu-kvm-6.0.0-27.module+el8.5.0+12121+c40c8708.x86_64 kernel-4.18.0-330.el8.x86_64 seabios-bin-1.14.0-1.module+el8.4.0+8855+a9e237a9.noarch How reproducible: not 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the windows guest with all the flags MALLOC_PERTURB_=1 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm \ -S \ -name 'avocado-vt-vm1' \ -sandbox on \ -machine q35,memory-backend=mem-machine_mem \ -device pcie-root-port,id=pcie-root-port-0,multifunction=on,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1,chassis=1 \ -device pcie-pci-bridge,id=pcie-pci-bridge-0,addr=0x0,bus=pcie-root-port-0 \ -nodefaults \ -device VGA,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2 \ -m 14336 \ -object memory-backend-ram,size=14336M,id=mem-machine_mem \ -smp 24,maxcpus=24,cores=12,threads=1,dies=1,sockets=2 \ -cpu 'Skylake-Server',hv_crash,hv_stimer,hv_synic,hv_vpindex,hv_relaxed,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_vapic,hv_time,hv_frequencies,hv_runtime,hv_tlbflush,hv_reenlightenment,hv_stimer_direct,hv_ipi,+kvm_pv_unhalt \ -chardev socket,id=qmp_id_qmpmonitor1,wait=off,path=/tmp/avocado_xqla13n_/monitor-qmpmonitor1-20210816-232807-w8StSmYx,server=on \ -mon chardev=qmp_id_qmpmonitor1,mode=control \ -chardev socket,id=qmp_id_catch_monitor,wait=off,path=/tmp/avocado_xqla13n_/monitor-catch_monitor-20210816-232807-w8StSmYx,server=on \ -mon chardev=qmp_id_catch_monitor,mode=control \ -device pvpanic,ioport=0x505,id=idzWI6Vu \ -chardev socket,id=chardev_serial0,wait=off,path=/tmp/avocado_xqla13n_/serial-serial0-20210816-232807-w8StSmYx,server=on \ -device isa-serial,id=serial0,chardev=chardev_serial0 \ -chardev socket,id=seabioslog_id_20210816-232807-w8StSmYx,path=/tmp/avocado_xqla13n_/seabios-20210816-232807-w8StSmYx,server=on,wait=off \ -device isa-debugcon,chardev=seabioslog_id_20210816-232807-w8StSmYx,iobase=0x402 \ -device pcie-root-port,id=pcie-root-port-1,port=0x1,addr=0x1.0x1,bus=pcie.0,chassis=2 \ -device qemu-xhci,id=usb1,bus=pcie-root-port-1,addr=0x0 \ -device usb-tablet,id=usb-tablet1,bus=usb1.0,port=1 \ -device pcie-root-port,id=pcie-root-port-2,port=0x2,addr=0x1.0x2,bus=pcie.0,chassis=3 \ -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=virtio_scsi_pci0,bus=pcie-root-port-2,addr=0x0 \ -blockdev node-name=file_image1,driver=file,auto-read-only=on,discard=unmap,aio=threads,filename=/home/kvm_autotest_root/images/win10-32-virtio-scsi.qcow2,cache.direct=on,cache.no-flush=off \ -blockdev node-name=drive_image1,driver=qcow2,read-only=off,cache.direct=on,cache.no-flush=off,file=file_image1 \ -device scsi-hd,id=image1,drive=drive_image1,bootindex=0,write-cache=on \ -blockdev node-name=file_disk1,driver=file,auto-read-only=on,discard=unmap,aio=threads,filename=/tmp/avocado_xqla13n_/tmpfs/data.raw,cache.direct=off,cache.no-flush=off \ -blockdev node-name=drive_disk1,driver=raw,read-only=off,cache.direct=off,cache.no-flush=off,file=file_disk1 \ -device ide-hd,id=disk1,drive=drive_disk1,write-cache=off,bus=ide.0,unit=0 \ -device pcie-root-port,id=pcie-root-port-3,port=0x3,addr=0x1.0x3,bus=pcie.0,chassis=4 \ -device virtio-net-pci,mac=9a:92:d6:53:b5:57,id=idV8FDSJ,netdev=idYxrySV,bus=pcie-root-port-3,addr=0x0 \ -netdev tap,id=idYxrySV,vhost=on,vhostfd=20,fd=16 \ -blockdev node-name=file_cd1,driver=file,auto-read-only=on,discard=unmap,aio=threads,filename=/home/kvm_autotest_root/iso/windows/winutils.iso,cache.direct=on,cache.no-flush=off \ -blockdev node-name=drive_cd1,driver=raw,read-only=on,cache.direct=on,cache.no-flush=off,file=file_cd1 \ -device scsi-cd,id=cd1,drive=drive_cd1,write-cache=on \ -vnc :0 \ -rtc base=localtime,clock=host,driftfix=slew \ -boot menu=off,order=cdn,once=c,strict=off \ -enable-kvm \ -device pcie-root-port,id=pcie_extra_root_port_0,multifunction=on,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x3,chassis=5 2. Partition hard drive, create an NTFS partition 3. disable write caching on the hard drive in Windows or reformat the disk at the second time (device manager -> Disk drives -> Pick the second QEMU HARDDISK -> Policies) 4. Install FIO (https://bsdio.com/fio/) 5. send command "C:\Program Files\fio\fio\fio.exe" --name=fio-rand-RW --filename=fio-rand-RW --directory=E\:\ --rw=randwrite --bs=512B --direct=1 --numjobs=1 --time_based=1 --runtime=300 --size=1G --iodepth=1 7. check the r/w result 8. Reboot the guest without 'hv_vapic', let it calm down and run the same job 9. Check the improvement of hv_vapic Actual results: Improvement not above 5% with hv_vapic Expected results: Improvement should above 5% with hv_vapic Additional info: Also hit this issue with win2019 and win2016 recently

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