[PATCH V2 07/12] selftests, powerpc: Add test for explicitly changing DSCR value
Anshuman Khandual
khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Jan 13 21:22:35 AEDT 2015
This patch adds a test which modifies the DSCR using mtspr instruction
and verifies the change using mfspr instruction. It uses both the
privilege state SPR as well as the problem state SPR for the purpose.
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile | 2 +-
.../selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_explicit_test.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_explicit_test.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
index 0aa90ab..aede453 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PROGS := dscr_default_test
+PROGS := dscr_default_test dscr_explicit_test
CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -lpthread
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_explicit_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_explicit_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c0b7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_explicit_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * POWER Data Stream Control Register (DSCR) explicit test
+ *
+ * This test modifies the DSCR value using mtspr instruction and
+ * verifies the change with mfspr instruction. It uses both the
+ * privilege state SPR and the problem state SPR for this purpose.
+ *
+ * When using the privilege state SPR, the instructions such as
+ * mfspr or mtspr are priviledged and the kernel emulates them
+ * for us. Instructions using problem state SPR can be exuecuted
+ * directly without any emulation if the HW supports them. Else
+ * they also get emulated by the kernel.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Anton Blanchard <anton at au.ibm.com>, IBM
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Anshuman Khandual <khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com>, IBM
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+#include "dscr.h"
+
+int test_body(void)
+{
+ unsigned long i, dscr = 0;
+
+ srand(getpid());
+ set_dscr(dscr);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
+ unsigned long cur_dscr, cur_dscr_usr;
+ double ret = uniform_deviate(rand());
+
+ if (ret < 0.001) {
+ dscr++;
+ if (dscr > DSCR_MAX)
+ dscr = 0;
+
+ set_dscr(dscr);
+ }
+
+ cur_dscr = get_dscr();
+ if (cur_dscr != dscr) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Kernel DSCR should be %ld but "
+ "is %ld\n", dscr, cur_dscr);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ ret = uniform_deviate(rand());
+ if (ret < 0.001) {
+ dscr++;
+ if (dscr > DSCR_MAX)
+ dscr = 0;
+
+ set_dscr_usr(dscr);
+ }
+
+ cur_dscr_usr = get_dscr_usr();
+ if (cur_dscr_usr != dscr) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "User DSCR should be %ld but "
+ "is %ld\n", dscr, cur_dscr_usr);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ return test_harness(test_body, "dscr_explicit_test");
+}
--
1.9.3
More information about the Linuxppc-dev
mailing list