Re: [Qemu-devel] [kvm-unit-tests PATCHv3 2/3] arm: pmu: Check cycle count increases

[Andrew Jones]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 01:49:25PM -0400, Christopher Covington wrote:
> Ensure that reads of the PMCCNTR_EL0 are monotonically increasing,
> even for the smallest delta of two subsequent reads.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christopher Covington <address@hidden>
> ---
>  arm/pmu.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arm/pmu.c b/arm/pmu.c
> index 91a3688..589e605 100644
> --- a/arm/pmu.c
> +++ b/arm/pmu.c
> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ struct pmu_data {
>       };
>  };
>  
> +static const int samples = 10;

#define NR_SAMPLES 10

> +
>  /* As a simple sanity check on the PMCR_EL0, ensure the implementer field 
> isn't
>   * null. Also print out a couple other interesting fields for diagnostic
>   * purposes. For example, as of fall 2015, QEMU TCG mode doesn't implement
> @@ -56,11 +58,38 @@ static bool check_pmcr(void)
>       return false;
>  }
>  
> +/* Ensure that the cycle counter progresses between back-to-back reads.
> + */

style nit: your block quotes don't have opening wing (the preferred
kernel style - and, fwiw, my preference too...)

> +static bool check_cycles_increase(void)
> +{
> +     struct pmu_data pmcr;
> +
> +     pmcr.enable = 1;
> +     asm volatile("msr pmcr_el0, %0" : : "r" (pmcr));
> +
> +     for (int i = 0; i < samples; i++) {
> +             int a, b;
> +
> +             asm volatile(
> +                     "mrs %[a], pmccntr_el0\n"
> +                     "mrs %[b], pmccntr_el0\n"
> +             : [a] "=r" (a), [b] "=r" (b));
> +
> +             if (a >= b) {
> +                     printf("Read %d then %d.\n", a, b);
> +                     return false;
> +             }
> +     }
> +
> +     return true;
> +}
> +
>  int main(void)
>  {
>       report_prefix_push("pmu");
>  
>       report("Control register", check_pmcr());
> +     report("Monotonically increasing cycle count", check_cycles_increase());
>  
>       return report_summary();
>  }
> -- 
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