Description of problem:

DPDK tests only verify that the kernel page size is 64k, but it can actually be configured via the performance profile.

https://github.com/openshift-kni/cnf-features-deploy/blob/master/cnf-tests/testsuites/pkg/performanceprofile/performanceprofile.go#L225

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Additional info:
System Info: Machine ID: a2612bffa35a4333921f0066c3d6b3c5 System UUID: cfa3b800-d70b-11ef-8000-7cc25586c5b2 Boot ID: bb36fffb-7645-40ba-a8a0-a39a0c257e84 Kernel Version: 5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6.aarch64+64k$
 
oc get performanceprofiles.performance.openshift.io -A -oyaml
apiVersion: v1
items:

• apiVersion: performance.openshift.io/v2
  kind: PerformanceProfile
  metadata:
  annotations:
  ran.openshift.io/reference-configuration: ran-du.redhat.com
  ran.openshift.io/ztp-deploy-wave: "10"
  creationTimestamp: "2025-10-23T14:01:12Z"
  finalizers:
• foreground-deletion
  generation: 1
  name: openshift-node-performance-profile
  resourceVersion: "1292388"
  uid: f69c1be8-4fe6-43fc-bdf3-6f99b1280ac1
  spec:
  additionalKernelArgs:
• rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot=0
• efi=runtime
• acpi_power_meter.force_cap_on=y
• console=ttyAMA0,115200n8
• earlycon
• module_blacklist=nouveau
• pci=realloc=off
• pci=pcie_bus_safe
  cpu:
  isolated: 4-71
  reserved: 0-3
  hugepages:
  defaultHugepagesSize: 512M
  pages:
• count: 32
  size: 512M
  kernelPageSize: 64k
  machineConfigPoolSelector:
  pools.operator.machineconfiguration.openshift.io/worker: ""
  nodeSelector:
  node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: ""
  numa:
  topologyPolicy: none
  realTimeKernel:
  enabled: false
  workloadHints:
  highPowerConsumption: false
  perPodPowerManagement: false
  realTime: true
  status:
  conditions:
• lastHeartbeatTime: "2025-10-23T14:20:49Z"
  lastTransitionTime: "2025-10-23T14:20:49Z"
  status: "True"
  type: Available
• lastHeartbeatTime: "2025-10-23T14:20:49Z"
  lastTransitionTime: "2025-10-23T14:20:49Z"
  status: "True"
  type: Upgradeable
• lastHeartbeatTime: "2025-10-23T14:20:49Z"
  lastTransitionTime: "2025-10-23T14:20:49Z"
  status: "False"
  type: Progressing
• lastHeartbeatTime: "2025-10-23T14:20:49Z"
  lastTransitionTime: "2025-10-23T14:20:49Z"
  status: "False"
  type: Degraded
  runtimeClass: performance-openshift-node-performance-profile
  tuned: openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator/openshift-node-performance-openshift-node-performance-profile
  kind: List
  metadata:
  resourceVersion: ""