Re: [PATCH V2 10/12] selftests, powerpc: Add test for DSCR inheritence across fork & exec

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Tue Jan 13 2015 - 10:24:21 EST


On 01/13/2015 03:22 AM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> This patch adds a test case to verify that the changed DSCR value
> inside any process would be inherited to it's child across the fork
> and exec system call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile | 2 +-
> .../powerpc/dscr/dscr_inherit_exec_test.c | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_inherit_exec_test.c
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
> index 81239e2..4e84309 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> PROGS := dscr_default_test dscr_explicit_test dscr_user_test \
> - dscr_inherit_test
> + dscr_inherit_test dscr_inherit_exec_test
>
> CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -lpthread
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_inherit_exec_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_inherit_exec_test.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..5ff3849
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_inherit_exec_test.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
> +/*
> + * POWER Data Stream Control Register (DSCR) fork exec test
> + *
> + * This testcase modifies the DSCR using mtspr, forks & execs and
> + * verifies that the child is using the changed DSCR using mfspr.
> + *
> + * 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@xxxxxxxxxx>, IBM
> + * Copyright (C) 2015 Anshuman Khandual <khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 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"
> +
> +static char prog[LEN_MAX];
> +
> +static void do_exec(unsigned long parent_dscr)
> +{
> + unsigned long cur_dscr, cur_dscr_usr;
> +
> + cur_dscr = get_dscr();
> + cur_dscr_usr = get_dscr_usr();
> +
> + if (cur_dscr != parent_dscr) {
> + fprintf(stderr, "Parent DSCR %ld was not inherited "
> + "over exec (kernel value)\n", parent_dscr);
> + exit(1);
> + }
> +
> + if (cur_dscr_usr != parent_dscr) {
> + fprintf(stderr, "Parent DSCR %ld was not inherited "
> + "over exec (user value)\n", parent_dscr);
> + exit(1);
> + }
> + exit(0);
> +}
> +
> +int test_body(void)
> +{
> + unsigned long i, dscr = 0;
> + pid_t pid;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
> + dscr++;
> + if (dscr > DSCR_MAX)
> + dscr = 0;
> +
> + if (dscr == get_default_dscr())
> + continue;
> +
> + if (i % 2 == 0)
> + set_dscr_usr(dscr);
> + else
> + set_dscr(dscr);
> +
> + /*
> + * XXX: Force a context switch out so that DSCR
> + * current value is copied into the thread struct
> + * which is required for the child to inherit the
> + * changed value.
> + */
> + sleep(1);
> +
> + pid = fork();
> + if (pid == -1) {
> + perror("fork() failed\n");
> + exit(1);
> + } else if (pid) {
> + int status;
> +
> + if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1) {
> + perror("waitpid() failed\n");
> + exit(1);
> + }
> +
> + if (!WIFEXITED(status)) {
> + fprintf(stderr, "Child didn't exit cleanly\n");
> + exit(1);
> + }
> +
> + if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
> + fprintf(stderr, "Child didn't exit cleanly\n");
> + return 1;
> + }
> + } else {
> + char dscr_str[16];
> +
> + sprintf(dscr_str, "%ld", dscr);
> + execlp(prog, prog, "exec", dscr_str, NULL);
> + exit(1);
> + }
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> +{
> + if (argc == 3 && !strcmp(argv[1], "exec")) {
> + unsigned long parent_dscr;
> +
> + parent_dscr = atoi(argv[2]);
> + do_exec(parent_dscr);
> + } else if (argc != 1) {
> + fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s\n", argv[0]);
> + exit(1);
> + }
> +
> + strncpy(prog, argv[0], strlen(argv[0]));
> + return test_harness(test_body, "dscr_inherit_exec_test");
> +}
>

Could you please add a .gitignore for powerpc targets as we
discussed earlier. It can be separate patch.

Also, I would like to see the test results reports using
kselftest.h - it can be separate patch in the interest of
getting tests in.

Acked-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Please take this through powerpc maintainer git.

thanks,
-- Shuah

--
Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Open Source Innovation Group
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (970) 217-8978
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