Hi Ilpo,
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2023, Shaopeng Tan (Fujitsu) wrote:
> > > > > When reading memory in order, HW prefetching optimizations will
> > > > > interfere with measuring how caches and memory are being accessed.
> > > > > This adds noise into the results.
> > > > >
> > > > > Change the fill_buf reading loop to not use an obvious in-order
> > > > > access using multiply by a prime and modulo.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c | 17
> > > > > ++++++++++-------
> > > > > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
> > > > > b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
> > > > > index 7e0d3a1ea555..049a520498a9 100644
> > > > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
> > > > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
> > > > > @@ -88,14 +88,17 @@ static void *malloc_and_init_memory(size_t
> > > > > s)
> > > > >
> > > > > static int fill_one_span_read(unsigned char *start_ptr,
> > > > > unsigned char
> > > > > *end_ptr) {
> > > > > - unsigned char sum, *p;
> > > > > -
> > > > > + unsigned int size = (end_ptr - start_ptr) / (CL_SIZE / 2);
> > > > > + unsigned int count = size;
> > > > > + unsigned char sum;
> > > > > +
> > > > > + /*
> > > > > + * Read the buffer in an order that is unexpected by HW
> prefetching
> > > > > + * optimizations to prevent them interfering with the caching
> pattern.
> > > > > + */
> > > > > sum = 0;
> > > > > - p = start_ptr;
> > > > > - while (p < end_ptr) {
> > > > > - sum += *p;
> > > > > - p += (CL_SIZE / 2);
> > > > > - }
> > > > > + while (count--)
> > > > > + sum += start_ptr[((count * 59) % size) * CL_SIZE / 2];
> > > >
> > > > Could you please elaborate why 59 is used?
> > >
> > > The main reason is that it's a prime number ensuring the whole buffer gets
> read.
> > > I picked something that doesn't make it to wrap on almost every iteration.
> >
> > Thanks for your explanation. It seems there is no problem.
> >
> > Perhaps you have already tested this patch in your environment and got a test
> result of "ok".
> > Because HW prefetching does not work well, the IMC counter fluctuates
> > a lot in my environment, and the test result is "not ok".
> >
> > In order to ensure this test set runs in any environments and gets
> > "ok", would you consider changing the value of MAX_DIFF_PERCENT of
> each test?
> > or changing something else?
> >
> > ```
> > Environment:
> > Kernel: 6.4.0-rc2
> > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6254 CPU @ 3.10GHz
> >
> > Test result(MBM as an example):
> > # # Starting MBM BW change ...
> > # # Mounting resctrl to "/sys/fs/resctrl"
> > # # Benchmark PID: 8671
> > # # Writing benchmark parameters to resctrl FS # # Write schema
> > "MB:0=100" to resctrl FS # # Checking for pass/fail # # Fail: Check
> > MBM diff within 5% # # avg_diff_per: 9% # # Span in bytes: 262144000 #
> > # avg_bw_imc: 6202 # # avg_bw_resc: 5585 # not ok 1 MBM: bw change ```
>
> Could you try if the approach below works better (I think it should apply cleanly
> on top of the fixes+cleanups v3 series which you recently tested, no need to
> have the other CAT test changes).
I ran the test set several times.
MBA and MBM seem fine, but CAT is always "not ok".
The result is below.
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$ sudo make -C tools/testing/selftests/resctrl run_tests
make: Entering directory '/**/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl'
TAP version 13
1..1
# selftests: resctrl: resctrl_tests
# TAP version 13
# # Pass: Check kernel supports resctrl filesystem
# # Pass: Check resctrl mountpoint "/sys/fs/resctrl" exists
# # resctrl filesystem not mounted
# # dmesg: [ 3.658029] resctrl: L3 allocation detected
# # dmesg: [ 3.658420] resctrl: MB allocation detected
# # dmesg: [ 3.658604] resctrl: L3 monitoring detected
# 1..4
# # Starting MBM BW change ...
# # Mounting resctrl to "/sys/fs/resctrl"
# # Benchmark PID: 9555
# # Writing benchmark parameters to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=100" to resctrl FS
# # Checking for pass/fail
# # Pass: Check MBM diff within 5%
# # avg_diff_per: 0%
# # Span (MB): 250
# # avg_bw_imc: 6880
# # avg_bw_resc: 6895
# ok 1 MBM: bw change
# # Starting MBA Schemata change ...
# # Mounting resctrl to "/sys/fs/resctrl"
# # Benchmark PID: 9561
# # Writing benchmark parameters to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=100" to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=90" to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=80" to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=70" to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=60" to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=50" to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=40" to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=30" to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=20" to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "MB:0=10" to resctrl FS
# # Results are displayed in (MB)
# # Pass: Check MBA diff within 5% for schemata 100
# # avg_diff_per: 0%
# # avg_bw_imc: 6874
# # avg_bw_resc: 6904
# # Pass: Check MBA diff within 5% for schemata 90
# # avg_diff_per: 1%
# # avg_bw_imc: 6738
# # avg_bw_resc: 6807
# # Pass: Check MBA diff within 5% for schemata 80
# # avg_diff_per: 1%
# # avg_bw_imc: 6735
# # avg_bw_resc: 6803
# # Pass: Check MBA diff within 5% for schemata 70
# # avg_diff_per: 1%
# # avg_bw_imc: 6702
# # avg_bw_resc: 6770
# # Pass: Check MBA diff within 5% for schemata 60
# # avg_diff_per: 1%
# # avg_bw_imc: 6632
# # avg_bw_resc: 6725
# # Pass: Check MBA diff within 5% for schemata 50
# # avg_diff_per: 1%
# # avg_bw_imc: 6510
# # avg_bw_resc: 6635
# # Pass: Check MBA diff within 5% for schemata 40
# # avg_diff_per: 2%
# # avg_bw_imc: 6206
# # avg_bw_resc: 6342
# # Pass: Check MBA diff within 5% for schemata 30
# # avg_diff_per: 1%
# # avg_bw_imc: 3826
# # avg_bw_resc: 3896
# # Pass: Check MBA diff within 5% for schemata 20
# # avg_diff_per: 1%
# # avg_bw_imc: 2820
# # avg_bw_resc: 2862
# # Pass: Check MBA diff within 5% for schemata 10
# # avg_diff_per: 1%
# # avg_bw_imc: 1876
# # avg_bw_resc: 1898
# # Pass: Check schemata change using MBA
# ok 2 MBA: schemata change
# # Starting CMT test ...
# # Mounting resctrl to "/sys/fs/resctrl"
# # Cache size :25952256
# # Benchmark PID: 9573
# # Writing benchmark parameters to resctrl FS
# # Checking for pass/fail
# # Pass: Check cache miss rate within 15%
# # Percent diff=10
# # Number of bits: 5
# # Average LLC val: 12994560
# # Cache span (bytes): 11796480
# ok 3 CMT: test
# # Starting CAT test ...
# # Mounting resctrl to "/sys/fs/resctrl"
# # Cache size :25952256
# # Writing benchmark parameters to resctrl FS
# # Write schema "L3:0=3f" to resctrl FS
# # Checking for pass/fail
# # Fail: Check cache miss rate within 4%
# # Percent diff=24
# # Number of bits: 6
# # Average LLC val: 275418
# # Cache span (lines): 221184
# not ok 4 CAT: test
# # Totals: pass:3 fail:1 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:0 error:0
not ok 1 selftests: resctrl: resctrl_tests # exit=1
make: Leaving directory '/**/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl'
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Best regards,
Shaopeng TAN
