linux/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl
Ilpo Järvinen 24be05591f selftests/resctrl: Refactor fill_buf functions
There are unnecessary nested calls in fill_buf.c:
  - run_fill_buf() calls fill_cache()
  - alloc_buffer() calls malloc_and_init_memory()

Simplify the code flow and remove those unnecessary call levels by
moving the called code inside the calling function and remove the
duplicated error print.

Resolve the difference in run_fill_buf() and fill_cache() parameter
name into 'buf_size' which is more descriptive than 'span'. Also, while
moving the allocation related code, rename 'p' into 'buf' to be
consistent in naming the variables.

Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2024-02-13 13:56:43 -07:00
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.gitignore selftests/resctrl: Create .gitignore to include resctrl_tests 2021-04-02 13:58:42 -06:00
cache.c selftests/resctrl: Change function comments to say < 0 on error 2024-02-13 13:56:43 -07:00
cat_test.c selftests/resctrl: Return -1 instead of errno on error 2024-02-13 13:56:43 -07:00
cmt_test.c selftests/resctrl: Return -1 instead of errno on error 2024-02-13 13:56:43 -07:00
config selftests/resctrl: Add config dependencies 2021-04-02 13:57:42 -06:00
fill_buf.c selftests/resctrl: Refactor fill_buf functions 2024-02-13 13:56:43 -07:00
Makefile selftests/resctrl: Move _GNU_SOURCE define into Makefile 2023-10-13 14:54:21 -06:00
mba_test.c selftests/resctrl: Return -1 instead of errno on error 2024-02-13 13:56:43 -07:00
mbm_test.c selftests/resctrl: Return -1 instead of errno on error 2024-02-13 13:56:43 -07:00
README selftests/resctrl: Update README about using kselftest framework to build/run resctrl_tests 2022-04-25 17:11:41 -06:00
resctrl_tests.c selftests/resctrl: Fix feature checks 2023-10-13 14:54:34 -06:00
resctrl_val.c selftests/resctrl: Return -1 instead of errno on error 2024-02-13 13:56:43 -07:00
resctrl.h selftests/resctrl: Refactor fill_buf functions 2024-02-13 13:56:43 -07:00
resctrlfs.c selftests/resctrl: Change function comments to say < 0 on error 2024-02-13 13:56:43 -07:00
settings selftests/resctrl: Change the default limited time to 120 seconds 2022-04-25 17:06:53 -06:00

resctrl_tests - resctrl file system test suit

Authors:
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
	Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>,

resctrl_tests tests various resctrl functionalities and interfaces including
both software and hardware.

Currently it supports Memory Bandwidth Monitoring test and Memory Bandwidth
Allocation test on Intel RDT hardware. More tests will be added in the future.
And the test suit can be extended to cover AMD QoS and ARM MPAM hardware
as well.

resctrl_tests can be run with or without kselftest framework.

WITH KSELFTEST FRAMEWORK
=======================

BUILD
-----

Build executable file "resctrl_tests" from top level directory of the kernel source:
 $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=resctrl

RUN
---

Run resctrl_tests as sudo or root since the test needs to mount resctrl file
system and change contents in the file system.
Using kselftest framework will run all supported tests within resctrl_tests:

 $ sudo make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=resctrl run_tests

More details about kselftest framework can be found in
Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst.

WITHOUT KSELFTEST FRAMEWORK
===========================

BUILD
-----

Build executable file "resctrl_tests" from this directory(tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/):
  $ make

RUN
---

Run resctrl_tests as sudo or root since the test needs to mount resctrl file
system and change contents in the file system.
Executing the test without any parameter will run all supported tests:

 $ sudo ./resctrl_tests

OVERVIEW OF EXECUTION
=====================

A test case has four stages:

  - setup: mount resctrl file system, create group, setup schemata, move test
    process pids to tasks, start benchmark.
  - execute: let benchmark run
  - verify: get resctrl data and verify the data with another source, e.g.
    perf event.
  - teardown: umount resctrl and clear temporary files.

ARGUMENTS
=========

Parameter '-h' shows usage information.

usage: resctrl_tests [-h] [-b "benchmark_cmd [options]"] [-t test list] [-n no_of_bits]
        -b benchmark_cmd [options]: run specified benchmark for MBM, MBA and CMT default benchmark is builtin fill_buf
        -t test list: run tests specified in the test list, e.g. -t mbm,mba,cmt,cat
        -n no_of_bits: run cache tests using specified no of bits in cache bit mask
        -p cpu_no: specify CPU number to run the test. 1 is default
        -h: help