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linux/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
Reinette Chatre 08d592641e selftests/resctrl: Reduce L2 impact on CAT test
The L3 CAT test loads a buffer into cache that is proportional to the L3
size allocated for the workload and measures cache misses when accessing
the buffer as a test of L3 occupancy. When loading the buffer it can be
assumed that a portion of the buffer will be loaded into the L2 cache and
depending on cache design may not be present in L3. It is thus possible
for data to not be in L3 but also not trigger an L3 cache miss when
accessed.

Reduce impact of L2 on the L3 CAT test by, if L2 allocation is supported,
minimizing the portion of L2 that the workload can allocate into. This
encourages most of buffer to be loaded into L3 and support better
comparison between buffer size, cache portion, and cache misses when
accessing the buffer.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1f5aad318889cd6d4f9a8d8b0fbe83e3848d41a9.1775266384.git.reinette.chatre@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
Tested-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-05-04 18:40:02 -06:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* Cache Allocation Technology (CAT) test
*
* Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
*
* Authors:
* Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>,
* Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
*/
#include "resctrl.h"
#include <unistd.h>
#define RESULT_FILE_NAME "result_cat"
#define NUM_OF_RUNS 5
static int show_results_info(__u64 sum_llc_val, int no_of_bits,
unsigned long cache_span,
unsigned long num_of_runs, bool platform,
__s64 *prev_avg_llc_val)
{
__u64 avg_llc_val = 0;
int ret = 0;
avg_llc_val = sum_llc_val / num_of_runs;
if (*prev_avg_llc_val) {
ret = platform && (avg_llc_val < *prev_avg_llc_val);
ksft_print_msg("%s Check cache miss rate increased\n",
ret ? "Fail:" : "Pass:");
}
*prev_avg_llc_val = avg_llc_val;
show_cache_info(no_of_bits, avg_llc_val, cache_span, true);
return ret;
}
/* Remove the highest bits from CBM */
static unsigned long next_mask(unsigned long current_mask)
{
return current_mask & (current_mask >> 2);
}
static int check_results(struct resctrl_val_param *param, const char *cache_type,
unsigned long cache_total_size, unsigned long full_cache_mask,
unsigned long current_mask)
{
char *token_array[8], temp[512];
__u64 sum_llc_perf_miss = 0;
__s64 prev_avg_llc_val = 0;
unsigned long alloc_size;
int runs = 0;
int fail = 0;
int ret;
FILE *fp;
ksft_print_msg("Checking for pass/fail\n");
fp = fopen(param->filename, "r");
if (!fp) {
ksft_perror("Cannot open file");
return -1;
}
while (fgets(temp, sizeof(temp), fp)) {
char *token = strtok(temp, ":\t");
int fields = 0;
int bits;
while (token) {
token_array[fields++] = token;
token = strtok(NULL, ":\t");
}
sum_llc_perf_miss += strtoull(token_array[3], NULL, 0);
runs++;
if (runs < NUM_OF_RUNS)
continue;
if (!current_mask) {
ksft_print_msg("Unexpected empty cache mask\n");
break;
}
alloc_size = cache_portion_size(cache_total_size, current_mask, full_cache_mask);
bits = count_bits(current_mask);
ret = show_results_info(sum_llc_perf_miss, bits,
alloc_size / 64,
runs, get_vendor() == ARCH_INTEL,
&prev_avg_llc_val);
if (ret)
fail = 1;
runs = 0;
sum_llc_perf_miss = 0;
current_mask = next_mask(current_mask);
}
fclose(fp);
return fail;
}
static void cat_test_cleanup(void)
{
remove(RESULT_FILE_NAME);
}
/*
* cat_test - Execute CAT benchmark and measure cache misses
* @test: Test information structure
* @uparams: User supplied parameters
* @param: Parameters passed to cat_test()
* @span: Buffer size for the benchmark
* @current_mask Start mask for the first iteration
*
* Run CAT selftest by varying the allocated cache portion and comparing the
* impact on cache misses (the result analysis is done in check_results()
* and show_results_info(), not in this function).
*
* One bit is removed from the CAT allocation bit mask (in current_mask) for
* each subsequent test which keeps reducing the size of the allocated cache
* portion. A single test flushes the buffer, reads it to warm up the cache,
* and reads the buffer again. The cache misses are measured during the last
* read pass.
*
* Return: 0 when the test was run, < 0 on error.
*/
static int cat_test(const struct resctrl_test *test,
const struct user_params *uparams,
struct resctrl_val_param *param,
size_t span, unsigned long current_mask)
{
struct perf_event_attr pea;
cpu_set_t old_affinity;
unsigned char *buf;
char schemata[64];
int ret, i, pe_fd;
pid_t bm_pid;
if (strcmp(param->filename, "") == 0)
sprintf(param->filename, "stdio");
bm_pid = getpid();
/* Taskset benchmark to specified cpu */
ret = taskset_benchmark(bm_pid, uparams->cpu, &old_affinity);
if (ret)
return ret;
/* Write benchmark to specified con_mon grp, mon_grp in resctrl FS*/
ret = write_bm_pid_to_resctrl(bm_pid, param->ctrlgrp, param->mongrp);
if (ret)
goto reset_affinity;
ret = minimize_l2_occupancy(test, uparams, param);
if (ret)
goto reset_affinity;
perf_event_attr_initialize(&pea, PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES);
pe_fd = perf_open(&pea, bm_pid, uparams->cpu);
if (pe_fd < 0) {
ret = -1;
goto reset_affinity;
}
buf = alloc_buffer(span, 1);
if (!buf) {
ret = -1;
goto pe_close;
}
while (current_mask) {
snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", param->mask & ~current_mask);
ret = write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource);
if (ret)
goto free_buf;
snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", current_mask);
ret = write_schemata(param->ctrlgrp, schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource);
if (ret)
goto free_buf;
for (i = 0; i < NUM_OF_RUNS; i++) {
mem_flush(buf, span);
fill_cache_read(buf, span, true);
ret = perf_event_reset_enable(pe_fd);
if (ret)
goto free_buf;
fill_cache_read(buf, span, true);
ret = perf_event_measure(pe_fd, param->filename, bm_pid);
if (ret)
goto free_buf;
}
current_mask = next_mask(current_mask);
}
free_buf:
free(buf);
pe_close:
close(pe_fd);
reset_affinity:
taskset_restore(bm_pid, &old_affinity);
return ret;
}
static int cat_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_params *uparams)
{
unsigned long long_mask, start_mask, full_cache_mask;
unsigned long cache_total_size = 0;
int n = uparams->bits;
unsigned int start;
int count_of_bits;
size_t span;
int ret;
ret = get_full_cbm(test->resource, &full_cache_mask);
if (ret)
return ret;
/* Get the largest contiguous exclusive portion of the cache */
ret = get_mask_no_shareable(test->resource, &long_mask);
if (ret)
return ret;
/* Get L3/L2 cache size */
ret = get_cache_size(uparams->cpu, test->resource, &cache_total_size);
if (ret)
return ret;
ksft_print_msg("Cache size :%lu\n", cache_total_size);
count_of_bits = count_contiguous_bits(long_mask, &start);
if (!n)
n = count_of_bits / 2;
if (n > count_of_bits - 1) {
ksft_print_msg("Invalid input value for no_of_bits n!\n");
ksft_print_msg("Please enter value in range 1 to %d\n",
count_of_bits - 1);
return -1;
}
start_mask = create_bit_mask(start, n);
struct resctrl_val_param param = {
.ctrlgrp = "c1",
.filename = RESULT_FILE_NAME,
.num_of_runs = 0,
};
param.mask = long_mask;
span = cache_portion_size(cache_total_size, start_mask, full_cache_mask);
remove(param.filename);
ret = cat_test(test, uparams, &param, span, start_mask);
if (ret)
return ret;
ret = check_results(&param, test->resource,
cache_total_size, full_cache_mask, start_mask);
return ret;
}
static bool arch_supports_noncont_cat(const struct resctrl_test *test)
{
unsigned int vendor_id = get_vendor();
/* AMD and Hygon always support non-contiguous CBM. */
if (vendor_id == ARCH_AMD || vendor_id == ARCH_HYGON)
return true;
#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) /* arch */
unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
/* Intel support for non-contiguous CBM needs to be discovered. */
if (!strcmp(test->resource, "L3"))
__cpuid_count(0x10, 1, eax, ebx, ecx, edx);
else if (!strcmp(test->resource, "L2"))
__cpuid_count(0x10, 2, eax, ebx, ecx, edx);
else
return false;
return ((ecx >> 3) & 1);
#endif /* end arch */
return false;
}
static int noncont_cat_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test,
const struct user_params *uparams)
{
unsigned long full_cache_mask, cont_mask, noncont_mask;
unsigned int sparse_masks;
int bit_center, ret;
char schemata[64];
/* Check to compare sparse_masks content to CPUID output. */
ret = resource_info_unsigned_get(test->resource, "sparse_masks", &sparse_masks);
if (ret)
return ret;
if (arch_supports_noncont_cat(test) != sparse_masks) {
ksft_print_msg("Hardware and kernel differ on non-contiguous CBM support!\n");
return 1;
}
/* Write checks initialization. */
ret = get_full_cbm(test->resource, &full_cache_mask);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
bit_center = count_bits(full_cache_mask) / 2;
/*
* The bit_center needs to be at least 3 to properly calculate the CBM
* hole in the noncont_mask. If it's smaller return an error since the
* cache mask is too short and that shouldn't happen.
*/
if (bit_center < 3)
return -EINVAL;
cont_mask = full_cache_mask >> bit_center;
/* Contiguous mask write check. */
snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", cont_mask);
ret = write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource);
if (ret) {
ksft_print_msg("Write of contiguous CBM failed\n");
return 1;
}
/*
* Non-contiguous mask write check. CBM has a 0xf hole approximately in the middle.
* Output is compared with support information to catch any edge case errors.
*/
noncont_mask = ~(0xfUL << (bit_center - 2)) & full_cache_mask;
snprintf(schemata, sizeof(schemata), "%lx", noncont_mask);
ret = write_schemata("", schemata, uparams->cpu, test->resource);
if (ret && sparse_masks)
ksft_print_msg("Non-contiguous CBMs supported but write of non-contiguous CBM failed\n");
else if (ret && !sparse_masks)
ksft_print_msg("Non-contiguous CBMs not supported and write of non-contiguous CBM failed as expected\n");
else if (!ret && !sparse_masks)
ksft_print_msg("Non-contiguous CBMs not supported but write of non-contiguous CBM succeeded\n");
return !ret == !sparse_masks;
}
static bool noncont_cat_feature_check(const struct resctrl_test *test)
{
if (!resctrl_resource_exists(test->resource))
return false;
return resource_info_file_exists(test->resource, "sparse_masks");
}
struct resctrl_test l3_cat_test = {
.name = "L3_CAT",
.group = "CAT",
.resource = "L3",
.feature_check = test_resource_feature_check,
.run_test = cat_run_test,
.cleanup = cat_test_cleanup,
};
struct resctrl_test l3_noncont_cat_test = {
.name = "L3_NONCONT_CAT",
.group = "CAT",
.resource = "L3",
.feature_check = noncont_cat_feature_check,
.run_test = noncont_cat_run_test,
};
struct resctrl_test l2_noncont_cat_test = {
.name = "L2_NONCONT_CAT",
.group = "CAT",
.resource = "L2",
.feature_check = noncont_cat_feature_check,
.run_test = noncont_cat_run_test,
};