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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 14/19] KVM: selftests: Expand PMU counters test to verify LLC events
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On 11/8/2023 8:31 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Expand the PMU counters test to verify that LLC references and misses have
> non-zero counts when the code being executed while the LLC event(s) is
> active is evicted via CFLUSH{,OPT}. Note, CLFLUSH{,OPT} requires a fence
> of some kind to ensure the cache lines are flushed before execution
> continues. Use MFENCE for simplicity (performance is not a concern).
>
> Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> ---
> .../selftests/kvm/x86_64/pmu_counters_test.c | 59 +++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/pmu_counters_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/pmu_counters_test.c
> index b9c073d3ade9..90381382c51f 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/pmu_counters_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/pmu_counters_test.c
> @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
> /*
> * Number of "extra" instructions that will be counted, i.e. the number of
> * instructions that are needed to set up the loop and then disabled the
> - * counter. 2 MOV, 2 XOR, 1 WRMSR.
> + * counter. 1 CLFLUSH/CLFLUSHOPT/NOP, 1 MFENCE, 2 MOV, 2 XOR, 1 WRMSR.
> */
> -#define NUM_EXTRA_INSNS 5
> +#define NUM_EXTRA_INSNS 7
> #define NUM_INSNS_RETIRED (NUM_BRANCHES + NUM_EXTRA_INSNS)
>
> static uint8_t kvm_pmu_version;
> @@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ static void guest_assert_event_count(uint8_t idx,
> case INTEL_ARCH_BRANCHES_RETIRED_INDEX:
> GUEST_ASSERT_EQ(count, NUM_BRANCHES);
> break;
> + case INTEL_ARCH_LLC_REFERENCES_INDEX:
> + case INTEL_ARCH_LLC_MISSES_INDEX:
> + if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSHOPT) &&
> + !this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH))
> + break;
> + fallthrough;
> case INTEL_ARCH_CPU_CYCLES_INDEX:
> case INTEL_ARCH_REFERENCE_CYCLES_INDEX:
> GUEST_ASSERT_NE(count, 0);
> @@ -123,29 +129,44 @@ static void guest_assert_event_count(uint8_t idx,
> GUEST_ASSERT_EQ(_rdpmc(pmc), 0xdead);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Enable and disable the PMC in a monolithic asm blob to ensure that the
> + * compiler can't insert _any_ code into the measured sequence. Note, ECX
> + * doesn't need to be clobbered as the input value, @pmc_msr, is restored
> + * before the end of the sequence.
> + *
> + * If CLFUSH{,OPT} is supported, flush the cacheline containing (at least) the
> + * start of the loop to force LLC references and misses, i.e. to allow testing
> + * that those events actually count.
> + */
> +#define GUEST_MEASURE_EVENT(_msr, _value, clflush) \
> +do { \
> + __asm__ __volatile__("wrmsr\n\t" \
> + clflush "\n\t" \
> + "mfence\n\t" \
> + "1: mov $" __stringify(NUM_BRANCHES) ", %%ecx\n\t" \
> + "loop .\n\t" \
> + "mov %%edi, %%ecx\n\t" \
> + "xor %%eax, %%eax\n\t" \
> + "xor %%edx, %%edx\n\t" \
> + "wrmsr\n\t" \
> + :: "a"((uint32_t)_value), "d"(_value >> 32), \
> + "c"(_msr), "D"(_msr) \
> + ); \
> +} while (0)
> +
> static void __guest_test_arch_event(uint8_t idx, struct kvm_x86_pmu_feature event,
> uint32_t pmc, uint32_t pmc_msr,
> uint32_t ctrl_msr, uint64_t ctrl_msr_value)
> {
> wrmsr(pmc_msr, 0);
>
> - /*
> - * Enable and disable the PMC in a monolithic asm blob to ensure that
> - * the compiler can't insert _any_ code into the measured sequence.
> - * Note, ECX doesn't need to be clobbered as the input value, @pmc_msr,
> - * is restored before the end of the sequence.
> - */
> - __asm__ __volatile__("wrmsr\n\t"
> - "mov $" __stringify(NUM_BRANCHES) ", %%ecx\n\t"
> - "loop .\n\t"
> - "mov %%edi, %%ecx\n\t"
> - "xor %%eax, %%eax\n\t"
> - "xor %%edx, %%edx\n\t"
> - "wrmsr\n\t"
> - :: "a"((uint32_t)ctrl_msr_value),
> - "d"(ctrl_msr_value >> 32),
> - "c"(ctrl_msr), "D"(ctrl_msr)
> - );
> + if (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSHOPT))
> + GUEST_MEASURE_EVENT(ctrl_msr, ctrl_msr_value, "clflushopt 1f");
> + else if (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH))
> + GUEST_MEASURE_EVENT(ctrl_msr, ctrl_msr_value, "clflush 1f");
> + else
> + GUEST_MEASURE_EVENT(ctrl_msr, ctrl_msr_value, "nop");
>
> guest_assert_event_count(idx, event, pmc, pmc_msr);
> }


Reviewed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>

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