linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 2/2] selftests/resctrl: Print a message if the result of MBM&CMT tests is failed on Intel cpu

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Date:   Wed, 16 Mar 2022 14:59:40 +0900
From:   Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
To:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/2] selftests/resctrl: Print a message if the result of MBM&CMT tests is failed on Intel cpu

According to "Intel Resource Director Technology (Intel RDT) on
2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Reference Manual",
When the Intel Sub-NUMA Clustering(SNC) feature is enabled,
Intel CMT and MBM counters may not be accurate.

However, there does not seem to be an architectural way to detect
if SNC is enabled.

If the result of MBM&CMT test fails on Intel CPU,
print a message to let users know a possible cause of failure.

Signed-off-by: Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
index dc548d3e2454..97ad6cfee6ee 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ static void run_mbm_test(bool has_ben, char **benchmark_cmd, int span,
 		sprintf(benchmark_cmd[5], "%s", MBA_STR);
 	res = mbm_bw_change(span, cpu_no, bw_report, benchmark_cmd);
 	ksft_test_result(!res, "MBM: bw change\n");
+	if ((get_vendor() == ARCH_INTEL) && res)
+		ksft_print_msg("Intel MBM may be inaccurate when Sub-NUMA Clustering is enabled. Check BIOS configuration.\n");
 	mbm_test_cleanup();
 }
 
@@ -122,6 +124,8 @@ static void run_cmt_test(bool has_ben, char **benchmark_cmd, int cpu_no)
 		sprintf(benchmark_cmd[5], "%s", CMT_STR);
 	res = cmt_resctrl_val(cpu_no, 5, benchmark_cmd);
 	ksft_test_result(!res, "CMT: test\n");
+	if ((get_vendor() == ARCH_INTEL) && res)
+		ksft_print_msg("Intel CMT may be inaccurate when Sub-NUMA Clustering is enabled. Check BIOS configuration.\n");
 	cmt_test_cleanup();
 }
 
-- 
2.27.0