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From: Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@google.com>
To: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@linux.dev>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu,
	maz@kernel.org, alexandru.elisei@arm.com, eric.auger@redhat.com,
	oliver.upton@linux.dev, reijiw@google.com
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 3/3] arm: pmu: Check for overflow in the low counter in chained counters tests
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 17:43:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YuxnvTT9EATgTY22@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220804081832.3pyn7nospfdekbz3@kamzik>

On Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 10:18:32AM +0200, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2022 at 11:23:28AM -0700, Ricardo Koller wrote:
> > A chained event overflowing on the low counter can set the overflow flag
> > in PMOVS.  KVM does not set it, but real HW and the fast-model seem to.
> > Moreover, the AArch64.IncrementEventCounter() pseudocode in the ARM ARM
> > (DDI 0487H.a, J1.1.1 "aarch64/debug") also sets the PMOVS bit on
> > overflow.
> > 
> > The pmu chain tests fail on bare metal when checking the overflow flag
> > of the low counter _not_ being set on overflow.  Fix by checking for
> > overflow. Note that this test fails in KVM without the respective fix.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Koller <ricarkol@google.com>
> > ---
> >  arm/pmu.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
> >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arm/pmu.c b/arm/pmu.c
> > index 7c5bc259..258780f4 100644
> > --- a/arm/pmu.c
> > +++ b/arm/pmu.c
> > @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static void test_chained_counters(void)
> >  	precise_instrs_loop(22, pmu.pmcr_ro | PMU_PMCR_E);
> >  
> >  	report(read_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 1) == 1, "CHAIN counter #1 incremented");
> > -	report(!read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0), "no overflow recorded for chained incr #1");
> > +	report(read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0) == 0x1, "overflow recorded for chained incr #1");
> >  
> >  	/* test 64b overflow */
> >  
> > @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static void test_chained_counters(void)
> >  	precise_instrs_loop(22, pmu.pmcr_ro | PMU_PMCR_E);
> >  	report_info("overflow reg = 0x%lx", read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0));
> >  	report(read_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 1) == 2, "CHAIN counter #1 set to 2");
> > -	report(!read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0), "no overflow recorded for chained incr #2");
> > +	report(read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0) == 0x1, "overflow recorded for chained incr #2");
> >  
> >  	write_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 0, PRE_OVERFLOW);
> >  	write_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 1, ALL_SET);
> > @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static void test_chained_counters(void)
> >  	precise_instrs_loop(22, pmu.pmcr_ro | PMU_PMCR_E);
> >  	report_info("overflow reg = 0x%lx", read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0));
> >  	report(!read_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 1), "CHAIN counter #1 wrapped");
> > -	report(read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0) == 0x2, "overflow on chain counter");
> > +	report(read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0) == 0x3, "overflow on even and odd counters");
> >  }
> >  
> >  static void test_chained_sw_incr(void)
> > @@ -629,8 +629,9 @@ static void test_chained_sw_incr(void)
> >  		write_sysreg(0x1, pmswinc_el0);
> >  
> >  	isb();
> > -	report(!read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0) && (read_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 1) == 1),
> > -		"no overflow and chain counter incremented after 100 SW_INCR/CHAIN");
> > +	report((read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0) == 0x1) &&
> > +		(read_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 1) == 1),
> > +		"overflow and chain counter incremented after 100 SW_INCR/CHAIN");
> >  	report_info("overflow=0x%lx, #0=%ld #1=%ld", read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0),
> >  		    read_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 0), read_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 1));
> >  
> > @@ -648,10 +649,10 @@ static void test_chained_sw_incr(void)
> >  		write_sysreg(0x1, pmswinc_el0);
> >  
> >  	isb();
> > -	report((read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0) == 0x2) &&
> > +	report((read_sysreg(pmovsclr_el0) == 0x3) &&
> >  		(read_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 1) == 0) &&
> >  		(read_regn_el0(pmevcntr, 0) == 84),
> > -		"overflow on chain counter and expected values after 100 SW_INCR/CHAIN");
> > +		"overflow on even and odd counters,  and expected values after 100 SW_INCR/CHAIN");
> 
> Besides the extra space, this doesn't read well (to me).

Replaced the sentence with something simpler and hopefully nicer (in v3).

Thanks,
Ricardo

> 
> Thanks,
> drew

  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-05  0:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-03 18:23 [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 0/3] arm: pmu: Fixes for bare metal Ricardo Koller
2022-08-03 18:23 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 1/3] arm: pmu: Add missing isb()'s after sys register writing Ricardo Koller
2022-08-04  8:55   ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-05  0:42     ` Ricardo Koller
2022-08-03 18:23 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 2/3] arm: pmu: Reset the pmu registers before starting some tests Ricardo Koller
2022-08-04 18:21   ` Eric Auger
2022-08-03 18:23 ` [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 3/3] arm: pmu: Check for overflow in the low counter in chained counters tests Ricardo Koller
2022-08-04  8:18   ` Andrew Jones
2022-08-05  0:43     ` Ricardo Koller [this message]
2022-08-04 18:21   ` Eric Auger
2022-08-08 10:40     ` Marc Zyngier

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