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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-15 00:17:12 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-15 00:17:12 +0200
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parentselftests/futex: Check ANSI terminal color support (diff)
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Merge tag 'linux-kselftest-4.9-rc1-update' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest
Pull kselftest updates from Shuah Khan: "This update consists of: - Fixes and improvements to existing tests - Moving code from Documentation to selftests, samples, and tools: * Moves dnotify_test, prctl, ptp, vDSO, ia64, watchdog, and networking tests from Documentation to selftests. * Moves mic/mpssd, misc-devices/mei, timers, watchdog, auxdisplay, and blackfin examples from Documentation to samples. * Moves accounting, laptops/dslm, and pcmcia/crc32hash tools from Documentation to tools. * Deletes BUILD_DOCSRC and its dependencies" * tag 'linux-kselftest-4.9-rc1-update' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest: (21 commits) selftests/futex: Check ANSI terminal color support Doc: update 00-INDEX files to reflect the runnable code move samples: move blackfin gptimers-example from Documentation tools: move pcmcia crc32hash tool from Documentation tools: move laptops dslm tool from Documentation tools: move accounting tool from Documentation samples: move auxdisplay example code from Documentation samples: move watchdog example code from Documentation samples: move timers example code from Documentation samples: move misc-devices/mei example code from Documentation samples: move mic/mpssd example code from Documentation selftests: Move networking/timestamping from Documentation selftests: move watchdog tests from Documentation/watchdog selftests: move ia64 tests from Documentation/ia64 selftests: move vDSO tests from Documentation/vDSO selftests: move ptp tests from Documentation/ptp selftests: move prctl tests from Documentation/prctl selftests: move dnotify_test from Documentation/filesystems selftests/timers: Add missing error code assignment before test selftests/zram: replace ZRAM_LZ4_COMPRESS ...
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+/*
+ * Tests for prctl(PR_GET_TSC, ...) / prctl(PR_SET_TSC, ...)
+ *
+ * Tests if the control register is updated correctly
+ * when set with prctl()
+ *
+ * Warning: this test will cause a very high load for a few seconds
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <wait.h>
+
+
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#include <linux/prctl.h>
+
+/* Get/set the process' ability to use the timestamp counter instruction */
+#ifndef PR_GET_TSC
+#define PR_GET_TSC 25
+#define PR_SET_TSC 26
+# define PR_TSC_ENABLE 1 /* allow the use of the timestamp counter */
+# define PR_TSC_SIGSEGV 2 /* throw a SIGSEGV instead of reading the TSC */
+#endif
+
+/* snippet from wikipedia :-) */
+
+static uint64_t rdtsc(void)
+{
+uint32_t lo, hi;
+/* We cannot use "=A", since this would use %rax on x86_64 */
+__asm__ __volatile__ ("rdtsc" : "=a" (lo), "=d" (hi));
+return (uint64_t)hi << 32 | lo;
+}
+
+int should_segv = 0;
+
+static void sigsegv_cb(int sig)
+{
+ if (!should_segv)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "FATAL ERROR, rdtsc() failed while enabled\n");
+ exit(0);
+ }
+ if (prctl(PR_SET_TSC, PR_TSC_ENABLE) < 0)
+ {
+ perror("prctl");
+ exit(0);
+ }
+ should_segv = 0;
+
+ rdtsc();
+}
+
+static void task(void)
+{
+ signal(SIGSEGV, sigsegv_cb);
+ alarm(10);
+ for(;;)
+ {
+ rdtsc();
+ if (should_segv)
+ {
+ fprintf(stderr, "FATAL ERROR, rdtsc() succeeded while disabled\n");
+ exit(0);
+ }
+ if (prctl(PR_SET_TSC, PR_TSC_SIGSEGV) < 0)
+ {
+ perror("prctl");
+ exit(0);
+ }
+ should_segv = 1;
+ }
+}
+
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ int n_tasks = 100, i;
+
+ fprintf(stderr, "[No further output means we're allright]\n");
+
+ for (i=0; i<n_tasks; i++)
+ if (fork() == 0)
+ task();
+
+ for (i=0; i<n_tasks; i++)
+ wait(NULL);
+
+ exit(0);
+}
+