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| 1 | +This directory contains a mix of tests integrated with kselftest and |
| 2 | +standalone stress tests. |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +kselftest tests |
| 5 | +=============== |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +sve-probe-vls - Checks the SVE vector length enumeration interface |
| 8 | +sve-ptrace - Checks the SVE ptrace interface |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +Running the non-kselftest tests |
| 11 | +=============================== |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +sve-stress performs an SVE context switch stress test, as described |
| 14 | +below. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +(The fpsimd-stress test works the same way; just substitute "fpsimd" for |
| 17 | +"sve" in the following commands.) |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +The test runs until killed by the user. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +If no context switch error was detected, you will see output such as |
| 23 | +the following: |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +$ ./sve-stress |
| 26 | +(wait for some time) |
| 27 | +^C |
| 28 | +Vector length: 512 bits |
| 29 | +PID: 1573 |
| 30 | +Terminated by signal 15, no error, iterations=9467, signals=1014 |
| 31 | +Vector length: 512 bits |
| 32 | +PID: 1575 |
| 33 | +Terminated by signal 15, no error, iterations=9448, signals=1028 |
| 34 | +Vector length: 512 bits |
| 35 | +PID: 1577 |
| 36 | +Terminated by signal 15, no error, iterations=9436, signals=1039 |
| 37 | +Vector length: 512 bits |
| 38 | +PID: 1579 |
| 39 | +Terminated by signal 15, no error, iterations=9421, signals=1039 |
| 40 | +Vector length: 512 bits |
| 41 | +PID: 1581 |
| 42 | +Terminated by signal 15, no error, iterations=9403, signals=1039 |
| 43 | +Vector length: 512 bits |
| 44 | +PID: 1583 |
| 45 | +Terminated by signal 15, no error, iterations=9385, signals=1036 |
| 46 | +Vector length: 512 bits |
| 47 | +PID: 1585 |
| 48 | +Terminated by signal 15, no error, iterations=9376, signals=1039 |
| 49 | +Vector length: 512 bits |
| 50 | +PID: 1587 |
| 51 | +Terminated by signal 15, no error, iterations=9361, signals=1039 |
| 52 | +Vector length: 512 bits |
| 53 | +PID: 1589 |
| 54 | +Terminated by signal 15, no error, iterations=9350, signals=1039 |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +If an error was detected, details of the mismatch will be printed |
| 58 | +instead of "no error". |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +Ideally, the test should be allowed to run for many minutes or hours |
| 61 | +to maximise test coverage. |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +KVM stress testing |
| 65 | +================== |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +To try to reproduce the bugs that we have been observing, sve-stress |
| 68 | +should be run in parallel in two KVM guests, while simultaneously |
| 69 | +running on the host. |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +1) Start 2 guests, using the following command for each: |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +$ lkvm run --console=virtio -pconsole=hvc0 --sve Image |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +(Depending on the hardware GIC implementation, you may also need |
| 76 | +--irqchip=gicv3. New kvmtool defaults to that if appropriate, but I |
| 77 | +can't remember whether my branch is new enough for that. Try without |
| 78 | +the option first.) |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +Kvmtool occupies the terminal until you kill it (Ctrl+A x), |
| 81 | +or until the guest terminates. It is therefore recommended to run |
| 82 | +each instance in separate terminal (use screen or ssh etc.) This |
| 83 | +allows multiple guests to be run in parallel while running other |
| 84 | +commands on the host. |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +Within the guest, the host filesystem is accessible, mounted on /host. |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +2) Run the sve-stress on *each* guest with the Vector-Length set to 32: |
| 89 | +guest$ ./vlset --inherit 32 ./sve-stress |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +3) Run the sve-stress on the host with the maximum Vector-Length: |
| 92 | +host$ ./vlset --inherit --max ./sve-stress |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +Again, the test should be allowed to run for many minutes or hours to |
| 96 | +maximise test coverage. |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +If no error is detected, you will see output from each sve-stress |
| 99 | +instance similar to that illustrated above; otherwise details of the |
| 100 | +observed mismatches will be printed. |
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