On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 11:16:42PM -0600, Wei Huang wrote:
> From: Christopher Covington <cov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Calculate the numbers of cycles per instruction (CPI) implied by ARM
> PMU cycle counter values. The code includes a strict checking facility
> intended for the -icount option in TCG mode in the configuration file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christopher Covington <cov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Huang <wei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arm/pmu.c | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> arm/unittests.cfg | 14 +++++++
> 2 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arm/pmu.c b/arm/pmu.c
> index 3566a27..29d7c2c 100644
> --- a/arm/pmu.c
> +++ b/arm/pmu.c
> @@ -69,6 +69,27 @@ static inline void set_pmccfiltr(uint32_t value)
> set_pmxevtyper(value);
> isb();
> }
> +
> +/*
> + * Extra instructions inserted by the compiler would be difficult to compensate
> + * for, so hand assemble everything between, and including, the PMCR accesses
> + * to start and stop counting. isb instructions were inserted to make sure
> + * pmccntr read after this function returns the exact instructions executed in
> + * the controlled block. Total instrs = isb + mcr + 2*loop = 2 + 2*loop.
> + */
> +static inline void precise_instrs_loop(int loop, uint32_t pmcr)
> +{
> + asm volatile(
> + " mcr p15, 0, %[pmcr], c9, c12, 0\n"
> + " isb\n"
> + "1: subs %[loop], %[loop], #1\n"
> + " bgt 1b\n"
> + " mcr p15, 0, %[z], c9, c12, 0\n"
> + " isb\n"
> + : [loop] "+r" (loop)
> + : [pmcr] "r" (pmcr), [z] "r" (0)
> + : "cc");
> +}
> #elif defined(__aarch64__)
> DEFINE_GET_SYSREG32(pmcr, el0)
> DEFINE_SET_SYSREG32(pmcr, el0)
> @@ -77,6 +98,27 @@ DEFINE_GET_SYSREG64(pmccntr, el0);
> DEFINE_SET_SYSREG64(pmccntr, el0);
> DEFINE_SET_SYSREG32(pmcntenset, el0);
> DEFINE_SET_SYSREG32(pmccfiltr, el0);
> +
> +/*
> + * Extra instructions inserted by the compiler would be difficult to compensate
> + * for, so hand assemble everything between, and including, the PMCR accesses
> + * to start and stop counting. isb instructions are inserted to make sure
> + * pmccntr read after this function returns the exact instructions executed
> + * in the controlled block. Total instrs = isb + msr + 2*loop = 2 + 2*loop.
> + */
> +static inline void precise_instrs_loop(int loop, uint32_t pmcr)
> +{
> + asm volatile(
> + " msr pmcr_el0, %[pmcr]\n"
> + " isb\n"
> + "1: subs %[loop], %[loop], #1\n"
> + " b.gt 1b\n"
> + " msr pmcr_el0, xzr\n"
> + " isb\n"
> + : [loop] "+r" (loop)
> + : [pmcr] "r" (pmcr)
> + : "cc");
> +}
> #endif
>
> /*
> @@ -134,6 +176,79 @@ static bool check_cycles_increase(void)
> return success;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Execute a known number of guest instructions. Only even instruction counts
> + * greater than or equal to 4 are supported by the in-line assembly code. The
> + * control register (PMCR_EL0) is initialized with the provided value (allowing
> + * for example for the cycle counter or event counters to be reset). At the end
> + * of the exact instruction loop, zero is written to PMCR_EL0 to disable
> + * counting, allowing the cycle counter or event counters to be read at the
> + * leisure of the calling code.
> + */
> +static void measure_instrs(int num, uint32_t pmcr)
> +{
> + int loop = (num - 2) / 2;
> +
> + assert(num >= 4 && ((num - 2) % 2 == 0));
> + precise_instrs_loop(loop, pmcr);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Measure cycle counts for various known instruction counts. Ensure that the
> + * cycle counter progresses (similar to check_cycles_increase() but with more
> + * instructions and using reset and stop controls). If supplied a positive,
> + * nonzero CPI parameter, also strictly check that every measurement matches
> + * it. Strict CPI checking is used to test -icount mode.
> + */
> +static bool check_cpi(int cpi)
> +{
> + uint32_t pmcr = get_pmcr() | PMU_PMCR_LC | PMU_PMCR_C | PMU_PMCR_E;
> +
> + /* init before event access, this test only cares about cycle count */
> + set_pmcntenset(1 << PMU_CYCLE_IDX);
> + set_pmccfiltr(0); /* count cycles in EL0, EL1, but not EL2 */
> +
> + if (cpi > 0)
> + printf("Checking for CPI=%d.\n", cpi);
> + printf("instrs : cycles0 cycles1 ...\n");
> +
> + for (unsigned int i = 4; i < 300; i += 32) {
> + uint64_t avg, sum = 0;
> +
> + printf("%d :", i);
> + for (int j = 0; j < NR_SAMPLES; j++) {
> + uint64_t cycles;
> +
> + set_pmccntr(0);
> + measure_instrs(i, pmcr);
> + cycles = get_pmccntr();
> + printf(" %"PRId64"", cycles);
> +
> + if (!cycles) {
> + printf("\ncycles not incrementing!\n");
> + return false;
> + } else if (cpi > 0 && cycles != i * cpi) {
> + printf("\nunexpected cycle count received!\n");
> + return false;
> + } else if ((cycles >> 32) != 0) {
> + /* The cycles taken by the loop above should
> + * fit in 32 bits easily. We check the upper
> + * 32 bits of the cycle counter to make sure
> + * there is no supprise. */
> + printf("\ncycle count bigger than 32bit!\n");
> + return false;
> + }
> +
> + sum += cycles;
> + }
> + avg = sum / NR_SAMPLES;
> + printf(" sum=%"PRId64" avg=%"PRId64" avg_ipc=%"PRId64" "
> + "avg_cpi=%"PRId64"\n", sum, avg, i / avg, avg / i);
> + }
> +
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> void pmu_init(void)
> {
> uint32_t dfr0;
> @@ -144,13 +259,19 @@ void pmu_init(void)
> report_info("PMU version: %d", pmu_version);
> }
>
> -int main(void)
> +int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> + int cpi = 0;
> +
> + if (argc > 1)
> + cpi = atol(argv[1]);
> +
> report_prefix_push("pmu");
>
> pmu_init();
> report("Control register", check_pmcr());
> report("Monotonically increasing cycle count", check_cycles_increase());
> + report("Cycle/instruction ratio", check_cpi(cpi));
>
> return report_summary();
> }
> diff --git a/arm/unittests.cfg b/arm/unittests.cfg
> index 816f494..044d97c 100644
> --- a/arm/unittests.cfg
> +++ b/arm/unittests.cfg
> @@ -63,3 +63,17 @@ groups = pci
> [pmu]
> file = pmu.flat
> groups = pmu
> +
> +# Test PMU support (TCG) with -icount IPC=1
> +[pmu-tcg-icount-1]
> +file = pmu.flat
> +extra_params = -icount 0 -append '1'
> +groups = pmu
> +accel = tcg
> +
> +# Test PMU support (TCG) with -icount IPC=256
> +[pmu-tcg-icount-256]
> +file = pmu.flat
> +extra_params = -icount 8 -append '256'
> +groups = pmu
> +accel = tcg
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
>
As we work out how best to handle tcg-only tests in order to get Alex
Bennee's MTTCG tests merged, we'll probably revisit this file, factoring
out common PMU code and pulling the tcg-only code out to its own unit
test file (maybe arm/tcg/pmu.c). But that's future work.
Thanks,
drew
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