Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v2 13/18] arm64: timer: Test behavior when timer disabled or masked

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Hi,

On 12/13/19 6:28 PM, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 06:04:13PM +0000, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
>> When the timer is disabled (the *_CTL_EL0.ENABLE bit is clear) or the
>> timer interrupt is masked at the timer level (the *_CTL_EL0.IMASK bit is
>> set), timer interrupts must not be pending or asserted by the VGIC.
>> However, only when the timer interrupt is masked, we can still check
>> that the timer condition is met by reading the *_CTL_EL0.ISTATUS bit.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> This test was used to discover a bug and test the fix introduced by KVM
>> commit 16e604a437c8 ("KVM: arm/arm64: vgic: Reevaluate level sensitive
>> interrupts on enable").
> This kind of information can/should go above the ---, IMO.

Sure, I'll do that.

Thanks,
Alex
> Thanks,
> drew
>
>>  arm/timer.c | 8 ++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arm/timer.c b/arm/timer.c
>> index d2cd5dc7a58b..09d527bb09a8 100644
>> --- a/arm/timer.c
>> +++ b/arm/timer.c
>> @@ -230,9 +230,17 @@ static void test_timer(struct timer_info *info)
>>  
>>  	/* Disable the timer again and prepare to take interrupts */
>>  	info->write_ctl(0);
>> +	isb();
>> +	info->irq_received = false;
>>  	set_timer_irq_enabled(info, true);
>> +	report("no interrupt when timer is disabled", !info->irq_received);
>>  	report("interrupt signal no longer pending", !gic_timer_pending(info));
>>  
>> +	info->write_ctl(ARCH_TIMER_CTL_ENABLE | ARCH_TIMER_CTL_IMASK);
>> +	isb();
>> +	report("interrupt signal not pending", !gic_timer_pending(info));
>> +	report("timer condition met", info->read_ctl() & ARCH_TIMER_CTL_ISTATUS);
>> +
>>  	report("latency within 10 ms", test_cval_10msec(info));
>>  	report("interrupt received", info->irq_received);
>>  
>> -- 
>> 2.20.1
>>



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