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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
index 298c4372fb1a..9741a7ff6380 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
@@ -494,6 +494,23 @@ static uint32_t parse_pcpu(const char *cpu_str, const cpu_set_t *allowed_mask)
return pcpu;
}
+void kvm_print_vcpu_pinning_help(void)
+{
+ const char *name = program_invocation_name;
+
+ printf(" -c: Pin tasks to physical CPUs. Takes a list of comma separated\n"
+ " values (target pCPU), one for each vCPU, plus an optional\n"
+ " entry for the main application task (specified via entry\n"
+ " <nr_vcpus + 1>). If used, entries must be provided for all\n"
+ " vCPUs, i.e. pinning vCPUs is all or nothing.\n\n"
+ " E.g. to create 3 vCPUs, pin vCPU0=>pCPU22, vCPU1=>pCPU23,\n"
+ " vCPU2=>pCPU24, and pin the application task to pCPU50:\n\n"
+ " %s -v 3 -c 22,23,24,50\n\n"
+ " To leave the application task unpinned, drop the final entry:\n\n"
+ " %s -v 3 -c 22,23,24\n\n"
+ " (default: no pinning)\n", name, name);
+}
+
void kvm_parse_vcpu_pinning(const char *pcpus_string, uint32_t vcpu_to_pcpu[],
int nr_vcpus)
{